Aajkal Tripura
The Aajkal Tripura is a Bengali daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Agartala, Tripura, India. It is a branch of the Aajkaal newspaper which is published in Kolkata, and is owned by Satyam Roy Chowdhury, Aajkaal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.[1] The newspaper was started in 1981 by Abhik Kumar Ghosh and includes an e-edition that is distributed worldwide.[2][3][4][1]
Abhik Kumar Ghosh helped establish the paper in 1981. Chief editor at the time was Gour Kishore Ghosh, "a veteran journalist and socialist," who helped to make the paper popular and credible.[4]The current Editor in chief is Ashok Dasgupta, an established sports journalist.[4]
Distribution also includes parallel editions in Agartala, Kolkata and Siliguri; an evening edition; and an e-paper. Readership is distributed widely around the state, and it has developed a reputation for political neutrality and "strong principles and authentic reporting."[4][1] It is numbered among "the leading Bengali newspapers in Kolkata, India." It covers myriad subjects (broadly business, entertainment, politics, etc.) from Kolkata, India and the world.[1]
In May, 2021, one of the paper's correspondents, Samir Dhar, was attacked. This was the third time since 2018. Arriving on motorcycles, “The miscreants, said to be supporters of the ruling party in the area, ... [armed] with sharp weapons and carried out the attack. They also used obscene language against the senior journalist,” the Assembly of Journalists said. The Assembly demanded a full investigation and immediate arrests of the perpetrators.[5] See Safety of journalists.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The AajKaal Epaper". Epaper.hub. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ↑ North East India History Association. Session (1985). Proceedings of North East India History Association. The Association. p. 345. Search this book on
- ↑ "List of newspapers categorized by the state Government as per advertisement guidelines – 2009". Department of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism, Government of Tripura. 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Ajkal Tripura". Tamakura Digital Library. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ↑ Panday, Chandan (May 31, 2021). "'Aajkaal' correspondent 'attacked' in Tripura; journalists' forum condemns act". eastmojo.com. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
External links[edit]
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- Chowdhury, Manosh (6 September 2003). "Travel Writing. Cricket, Communism, Consumerism and Krishna... Kolkata and Dhaka, we and they, are similar, yet different. The differences have similarities, and the similarities show up interesting differences". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2008-04-28. Discusses the rivalry between and the news judgements of different newspapers in Kolkata, include Aajkaal.
- "Bowled over by the spat. Regional Roundup". Business Standard. 30 September 2005. Archived from the original on 19 April 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) Discusses how rival Bengali newspapers covered a cricket spat. - Ajkal Tripura home page
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