Kannada Prabha
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| Kannada Prabha | |
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 Front Page of Kannada Prabha dated July 7, 2007 |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Manoj Kumar Sonthalia |
| Publisher | Express Publication (Madurai) Ltd |
| Editor | H R Ranganath |
| Founded | Ramnath Goenka |
| Language | Kannada |
| Price | 2.50 Rs |
| Headquarters | Bangalore, Shimoga, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Hubli, Belagavi |
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| Website: www.kannadaprabha.com | |
Kannada Prabha a morning daily from the house of The New Indian Express Group, is a major Kannada newspaper in Karnataka. The tag line on the masthead The Most Powerful Kannada Newspaper is true to the spirits of its founder Late Shri Ramnath Goenka The Iron Man of Indian Journalism.
Started on November 4, 1967 with one edition in Bangalore, today this newspaper, headquartered in Bangalore is spread across the state with 5 other publication centers viz.. Mangalore, Shimoga, Belgaum, Hubli and Hyderabad.
Being a trend setter in Kannada Journalism, The Kannada Prabha has several Firsts to its credit. few among them are... introduction of a cinema supplement, introduction of a business supplement, introduction of an astrology supplement, introduction of daily colour printing, introduction of a new sleek format, introduction of modern newspaper layout and content, etc.. Karnataka 50 - a 138 page broadsheet, massive special edition by Kannada Prabha on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebration of Karnataka state, is a record in the history of Kannada journalism.
Known for the Breaking news and the Special campaigns Kannada Prabha is one of the most vivacious kannada newspapers. It's online portal www.kannadaprabha.com is the no.1 kannada destinations on the net. Alexa Info
Khadri Shamanna and YNK (Y N Krishnamurthy) are the two most celebrated Editors of Kannada Prabha who made the newspaper most respected among the other news dailies in Karnataka. Currently the newspaper is reaching its new peak with a very young brigade led by Editor Shri H R Ranganath and Executive Editor Shri Ravi Hegde.
Media Academy Award for the Best Designed Kannada Newspaper: Kannada Prabha has won the prestigious Karnataka Media Academy award for the Best Designed Newspaper successively for three times since the inception of the award in 2005.
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