''Vaartha'' is a Telugu newspaper headquartered in

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. ''Vaartha'' means "news" in Telugu.

History

''Vaartha'' was launched in 1996 with A.B.K Prasad as its first editor. It claimed to be the first Telugu daily in

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and

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to use

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, allowing it to publish news that broke at as late as 4 a.m. ''Vaartha'' was initially popular, competing with ''

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''. It now has a smaller circulation than ''Eenadu'', ''Sakshi'' or ''Andhra Jyothy''. ''Vaartha'' is produced by A.G.A Publications, which is owned by Gireesh Kumar Sanghi's Hyderabad-based Sanghi Group.

References

External links

* http://www.vaartha.com/ Telugu-language newspapers Newspapers published in Hyderabad Daily newspapers published in India Publications established in 1966 1966 establishments in Andhra Pradesh {{India-newspaper-stub