''Kannada Prabha'' is a morning daily jointly owned by Jupiter Capital a company founded by

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who is

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’s member of parliament and ''

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'' Group, is a major

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

newspaper in

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. The tag line on its masthead is ''The Most Powerful Kannada Newspaper''. It was founded by

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History

Started on 4 November 1967 with one edition in Bengaluru, today this newspaper, headquartered in

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is spread across the state with 5 other publication centers viz.

Gulbarga Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kalaburagi district and is the largest city in the region of North Karnataka (Kalyana-Karnataka). Kalaburagi is ...

Mangalore Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka– ...

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Hubballi Hubli, officially known as Hubballi, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. The twin cities Hubli–Dharwad form the second largest city in the state by area and population and the largest city in North Karnataka. Hubli is in Dharwad distr ...

Belagavi Belgaum ( ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi ...

and chithradurga

Kalaburagi Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kalaburagi district and is the largest city in the region of North Karnataka (Kalyana-Karnataka). Kalaburagi is 6 ...

. Jupiter Capital, owned by

purchased a 51% stake in the newspaper in 2011. Ravi Hegde took charge as Editor in Chief in January 2017. Kannada Prabha has won the ''Karnataka Media Academy award'' for the Best Designed Newspaper successively, three times since the inception of the award in 2005.

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'', an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper * ''

Sakhi Sakhi (Gurmukhi: ਸਾਖੀ; ''sākhī'') literally means 'historical account' or 'story'. It is derived from the Sanskrit word ''sākṣī'' (साक्षी) which literally means 'witness'. The term refers to the accounts of the historica ...

'', a fortnightly Kannada language women's interest magazine * ''

Kannada Prabha paper Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...

'', a daily news publication to help people throughout Karnataka, it features national & international news, current affairs, political news, sports, entertainment and the sharemarket

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