''Lokmat'' ( ) is a

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newspaper published in

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, India. Founded in 1971 by

Jawaharlal Darda Jawaharlal Amolakchand Darda (2 July 1923 – 25 November 1997), known popularly as Babuji, was an Indian freedom fighter and a senior Indian National Congress politician. He is the founding editor of Lokmat group of newspapers (now Lokmat Medi ...

, it is the largest read Marathi-language newspaper in India. and has presence in print, digital, TV and events.IRS-2019-Q4-Highlights
. It is also available in an

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format and is published in

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and

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as ''Lokmat Samachar'' and the ''Lokmat Times'' respectively. Lokmat Media is one of the largest regional media groups in India and has presence in print, digital, TV and events.

Television news channel

Lokmat extended its media business to broadcast through a 50-50 joint venture with IBN18 Broadcast Limited. The joint venture company, IBN-Lokmat Private Limited (“IBNL”), operates

IBN-Lokmat News18 Lokmat is a 24-hour Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a joint venture between Network18 Group and Lokmat Group the publisher of the newspaper Lokmat. The channel was launched as IBN Lokmat on ...

, a 24 x 7 Marathi news and current affairs television channel which went on air on 6 April 2008.

Controversies

2015 ISIS cartoon controversy

In 2015, a cartoon published alongside the article "ISIS cha Paisa" (ISIS' money), regarding the funding pattern of terrorist group

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, led to violent protests from

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groups and attacks on the newspaper's offices in

Jalgaon Jalgaon () is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra in the subregion of Khandesh, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. In the subregion of ...

Dhule Dhule is one of the largest cities in Maharashtra, and central region of India. The city located in the Dhule District in the northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India known as West Khandesh. Situated on the banks of Panzara River, Dhule i ...

Nandurbar Nandurbar () is a city and a municipal council in Nandurbar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Nandurbar municipal corporation is the first municipal corporation. The District Nandurbar was formed from the district Dhule on July 1, ...

Malegaon Malegaon (IAST: ''Mālegāv''; Pronunciation: alegaːʋ is a city in Nashik District of Maharashtra State in India. It is situated on the bank of the Girna river with Mosam River river flowing through middle of the city dividing it in two part ...

and other locations across

. Protestors deemed the cartoon to be "

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". Several complaints were filed with the police regarding the cartoon, and subsequently, an

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was lodged against the owners, the cartoonist and the editor. The newspaper later published an apology. Police stated that they had increased security at all ''Lokmat'' offices across Maharashtra following the attacks.

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Alternate Publication
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