''Suprabhaatham'' (സുപ്രഭാതം) is a

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

daily newspaper owned and published by ''Kozhikode Iqrau Publications'' from Kozhikode on behalf of the

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, a Sunni organisation based in

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. The daily publishing from

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. It is the first Malayalam daily to be published with six editions. The word " Suprabhaatham" translates to literally "''auspicious

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''". It is among the most read leading newspapers in Kerala. The newspaper has various editions from Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad in Kerala. It is headquartered at Francis Road,

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

, Kerala

History

Kozhikode Iqrau Publication launched the daily on 1 September 2014 in a function attended by

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, the then Chief Minister of Kerala. It is the first Malayalam daily to be published with six editions. ''Suprabhaatham'' has 7 print editions published from

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and

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, . The daily has readership across Kerala as well as among the ethnic Malayali population of

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and Nilgiri. It is the first Malayalam news which has got an initial circulation of more than three lakhs. Late Kottumala Bappu Musliyar was the founding chairman.

Organisation

Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi is the Editor. T. P. Cheroopa is the Managing Editor.

Sayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal Sheikh Habib Muhammad bin Husayn Al-Jifri , also known as Syed Jifri Muthukoya Thangal is the current President, Samastha and he is an Islamic scholar, Teacher, religious leader and Qazi. He is an Islamic scholar from Kerala, India. He serves ...

is the chairman of the management while Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi, Abdul Hameed Faizee are the directors & CEO. Musthafa Mundupara and director Maniyoor Ahmad Musliyar is the chief patron of ''Suprabhaatham.''

References

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