''Prajasakti,'' also spelled as ''Prajashakti,'' is a

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newspaper that is published in

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by the

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PI (M) It started as a daily newspaper in 1981 with

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as the centre. Currently it is being published with nine centres (or editions) at

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, Vijayawada,

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, Kurnool,

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, Srikakulam,

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and

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. It has a wide network of over 100 primary news-gathering centers across the state.

History

''Prajasakti'' was a borne child of the freedom struggle. It had its inception in 1942 and was published as a daily from 1945. No sooner it was subjected to repression by the British and was banned in 1948. It started again as a weekly journal in 1969 and took the form of a daily in 1981 with Vijayawada as the edition centre. It had grown very fast in the last decade and won the hearts of the toiling masses, workers and the middle class. ''Prajasakti'' forged ahead in an atmosphere when all progressive and democratic forces were facing an uphill task of struggling the onslaughts by imperialism. The second edition started in 1997 from

, the third edition in 1997 at

and the fourth edition in 2001 at

, the fifth edition in July 2003 and the sixth edition at Kurnool in November 2003, the seventh edition at

in May 2005, eighth edition in September 2005, the ninth edition at Srikakulam in 2006, and the tenth edition at

in 2012.

Vision and mission

''Prajasakti'' is committed to the cause of oppressed people. At its very inception it was with the peasants' struggle in 1981. ''Prajasakti'' has always spearheaded the propaganda for

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and progressive values in the

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. It strives for democratic values, and upholds the ardent struggle for

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and a just living waged against the one-sided imperialist

globalization Globalization, or globalisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences), is the process of foreign relation ...

. It comes out with a scientific analysis on all contemporary, national and international issues. ''Prajasakti'' stands for the projection of all the just values and relentlessly fights anti-peoples policies, corruption,

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and many issues that make the life of poor and middle class worse.

Publishers and the team

''Prajasakti'' daily is a part of the Prajasakti Sahithee Samastha with its headquarters at

. It has a team with hundreds of journalists and professionals from the advertisement team, circulation department, software department and technical department and the editorial board headed by Mallajosyula Venkata Subrahmanya Sarma as editor and Y.Acthyutarao as chief general manager. ''Prajasakti'' daily is published at the Prajasakti daily printing press that caters the print requirement. ''Prajasakti'' daily extends its support to the Prajasakti Book House and the Prajasakti Publishing House, which are the centers for progressive literature in

. 'Navatelangana' Telugu daily is an important News paper in Telangana State. Its headquarters at Hyderabad, India. The editorial board headed by S. Veeraiah as Editor. The News paper launched by the then Chief Minister of Telangana, Chandra Sekhara Rao, in June 2015.
www.prajasakti.com The website of Prajasakti
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