''Bartaman Patrika'' is an Indian

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published from

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, India, by Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. Apart from the Kolkata edition, the newspaper has three other simultaneous editions, published daily from three major towns of West Bengal:

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, and Midnapore. ''Bartaman'' is the second-most widely circulated Bengali newspaper in West Bengal after ''

Anandabazar Patrika '' Anandabazar Patrika'' ( Bengali: আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা, ) is an Indian Bengali-language daily newspaper owned by the ABP Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1 million c ...

''.

History

The newspaper was founded on 7 December 1984 by

Barun Sengupta Barun Sengupta ( bn, বরুণ সেনগুপ্ত) (23 January 1934 – 19 June 2008), the founder-editor of ''Bartaman'' newspaper, was a Bengali journalist and popular political critic. He is remembered for his bold and simple dicti ...

, a former ''Anandabazar Patrika'' journalist. Sengupta died on 19 June 2008 at Kolkata. During the Left Front regime, ''Bartaman Patrika'' was known for his staunch anti-communist and anti-establishment views. However, in the

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regime ''Bartaman Patrika'' works as a mouthpiece of

Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 20 ...

. Since April 2002, ''Bartaman Patrika'' has published an online version (https://bartamanpatrika.com) and in the year of 2006 Bartaman launched it's Mobile App version. Also in 2022 Bartaman published Hindi daily named Bartaman Patrika.

Competition

''Bartaman''s main competitor is ''Anandabazar Patrika'', published since 1922. ''Bartaman'' holds second position after ''Anandabazar Patrika'' in West Bengal, by readership and circulation; its daily circulation is roughly about 60% of that of ''

''.

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* * History of
Bartaman Patrika
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