''Vaartha'' is a
Telugu newspaper headquartered in
Hyderabad, India
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
. ''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
Telangana
Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
and
Andhra Pradesh
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to use
Information Technology
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, allowing it to publish news that broke at as late as 4 a.m. ''Vaartha'' was initially popular, competing with ''
Eenadu'' and ''
Udayam''. 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
Newspapers established in 1966
1966 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
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