''Loksatta'' (''Lōksattā'') is a Marathi daily newspaper in

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. It is published by

The Indian Express Group Indian Express Limited is an Indian news media publishing company. It publishes several widely circulated dailies, including '' The Indian Express'' and '' The Financial Express'' in English, the '' Loksatta'' in Marathi and the '' Jansatta'' ...

and was launched on 14 January 1948. ''Loksatta'' is published out of

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, Aurangabad and

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History

Established in 1948, on the

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day, ''Loksatta'' gained notability through coverage of

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's assassination and subsequent developments. The founder of the Indian Express Group, Ramnath Goenka, remained dedicated to ''Loksatta''. After remaining the largest circulated standard Marathi daily for many years, by the late-90s, ''Loksatta'' saw competition from newer daily newspapers like ''

Maharashtra Times ''Maharashtra Times'' ( mr, महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स), colloquially referred to as 'Ma Ta' (मटा) from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based in Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest selling daily ...

''. By 1997, it only had a circulation of 400,000 in Mumbai, Pune, Ahmednagar and Nagpur combined. However, Circulation increased in the 2000s after changes which included addition of various supplements and adding several new city editions for local news.

Editors

* T.V. Parvate * S.R. Pendse * H.R. Mahajani * R. N. Late * Vidyadhar Gokhale * Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari * Arun Tikekar * Kumar Ketkar * Girish Kuber

News Editors

*Hari Apte *Tukaram Kokje *Aatmaram Shetye *Ramesh Zawar *Vishwanath More *Datta Panchwagh *Prashant Dixit

References

External links

Latest Marathi News
Official site
''Loksatta'' official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loksatta (Newspaper) Newspapers published in Mumbai Marathi-language newspapers Publications established in 1948 Newspapers published in Delhi Indian Express Limited 1949 establishments in India

History

Editors

News Editors

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