Issue of July , 2011 (Bangalore edition). |
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| Editors-in-chief | Ravi Belagere |
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| Categories | News magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Ravi Belagere |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Bangalore |
| Language | Kannada |
Hai Bangalore (Kannada: ಹಾಯ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರ್) is a mass circulation weekly Kannada language tabloid published in Bangalore.[1] Its editor is journalist Ravi Belagere, who received a Karnataka Media Award in 2007.[2] The tabloid articles include reports about scandals, scams, affairs, background politics, murders, crime to the public eye, although the accuracy of the reports is often questionable. Apart from these reports, it contains columns and articles about various fields like psychology, sports, science and cinema news.
On the second page of the tabloid, there comes "Khaaas Baath" where the editor writes about the topics involving his personal life, may be the New Good Book reviews or some good - gazhals he heard, basically its more like Editors communication with the readers.
A running article "Bottom-Item" comes on 3rd page, which is more or less a series of "life lessons" by the editor. There are also some running articles from authors like Nagathihalli Chandrashekar (a well known Kannada Film director) and Aloor Chandrashekar.
In 2003, its coverage accounted for 13 of the 46 complaints investigated by a Press Council of India inquiry into defamatory and damaging journalism in the southern states of India.[3]