''Saamana'' is a
Marathi-language newspaper published in
Maharashtra
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, India. The paper was launched on 23 January 1988 by
Bal Thackeray, the founder of the
Shiv Sena, a local, regional and language driven; political party; in the Indian state of Maharashtra. A Hindi version of the paper, ''Dopahar Ka Saamana'' popularly known as Hindi Saamana, was launched on 23 February 1993.
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History
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'' attributes the founding of ''Saamana'' to Thackeray's dissatisfaction about the amount of press he and his party received in other news outlets. It has been described it as a mouthpiece of the
Shiv Sena, providing a link to Thackeray that did not exist previously. ''Firstpost'' also reports that while other newspapers allowed bias to creep into their news coverage, ''Saamana'' provided relatively unbiased news coverage of government policy and civic matters. It was only news about the Shiv Sena that was biased.
According to the ''
Hindustan Times'', ''Saamana'' played a "significant role during the 1992–93 riots", and Thackeray was "not beyond publishing lies and exaggerating the extent of the violence indulged in by the opposing groups and inciting Shiv Sainiks to do their worst."
Bal Thackeray edited both newspapers until his death on 17 November 2012. To honour him, Thackeray's son
Uddhav Thackeray named him as the "founder-editor".
Until 27 November 2019, the
chief editor
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of ''Saamana'' and ''Dopahar Ka Saamana'' was
Uddhav Thackeray, but when he was elected as
Chief Minister of Maharashtra he resigned from this position. Now the
executive editor of the Marathi newspaper is
Rashmi Thackeray and the resident editor of the Hindi newspaper is Anil Tiwari. The publisher of Dainik Saamana Marathi newspaper is Vivek Kadam.
In September 2020, the newspaper came into controversy for publishing an article with the title 'Tod Diya' which means 'We Broke It' in Hindi. This article referred to the demolition of the office of the Bollywood actress
Kangana Ranaut by the
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
See also
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List of Marathi-language newspapers
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List of newspapers in India
References
External links
''Saamana'' e-PaperAt the launch of ''Saamana''
Newspapers published in Mumbai
Marathi-language newspapers
Daily newspapers published in India
Shiv Sena (UBT)
Bal Thackeray
1998 establishments in Maharashtra
Newspapers established in 1998
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