Tehelka

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Launched as am online newspaper in 2000,Tehelka.com began as an on line news-views portal, unaligned of any of India's established media groups. Since then, it has become the sub continent's popular independent weekly newspaper^{[citation needed]}. Published by Tarun Tejpal, Tehelka's 2001 sting Operation West End captured several members of the then ruling party BJP - Bangaru Laxman accepting bribes to approve defence contracts. George Fernandes resigned after the tapes were made public (See: Barak Missile Deal Scandal). In the aftermath of these exposes, Tehelka drew the ire of the government and was at the receiving end of a destructive un-constitutional assault eventually forcing its closure. After a widespread public appeal to loyal readers, Tehelka re-launched in 2004 as a weekly newspaper, committed to free, fair and fearless journalism. Tehelka's reputation for ground- breaking investigations, tenacious public interest journalism, exposes of corruption, fiery reportage and fine writing, has earned it a strong national following and widespread international acclaim. Tehelka’s in depth investigative stories on witness bribery in the Best Bakery Fire case, corruption over airline pilots’ qualifications and child sex scandals in resort areas are among the many that have contributed to changing the fundamental nature of Indian media.

Tehelka's Executive Editor is Sankarshan Thakur.