Aajkaal
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Aajkaal is one of the leading Bengali newspapers in Kolkata, India. The newspaper arose from the transformation of the newspaper industry in the 1980s and was started in 1981 by Abhik Kumar Ghosh. The newspaper is well known for its comprehensive sports news. The first editor of the newspaper was legendary journalist Sri Gour Kishore Ghosh. The present editor is Ashok Dasgupta, a renowned sports journalist & first of his ilk to become a full-fledged editor of an Indian daily.
Aajkaal strives to survive in a very competitive newspaper market in West Bengal with the secured niche created by its leftist perspective & sports news. But nowadays some observers feel that the quality of its sports news has deteriorated. It is also one of the very few Indian dailies which do not publish astrological predictions.Off late, it has gone through a format change to incorporate more analytical features into it, which could be a staple for left-leaning intellectual Bengalees.
Its readership was measured as 33 lakh by Round 1 of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008.[1]
In 2005, Asim Nath, a journalist for Aajkaal, died in a car crash. He was one of about 150 journalists worldwide killed that year.[2]
Sports journalist Dr Pallab Basu Mallik, who was the associate editor of Aajkaal newspaper in June 2005, is also a medical doctor.[3]
Another newspaper with a similar name is Desh Pardes Ni AajKaal, a Gujarati evening newspaper.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ exchange4media Mumbai Bureau (April 26, 2008). "IRS 2008 R1: No surprises in the language wise leaders as well", Exchange4media.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
- ^ "150 journalists and media workers killed in 2005 worldwide.", Press Trust of India (24 January 2006). Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
- ^ Abdi, S.N.M. (30 June 2005). "Spirited away to London on the Maharaja's flying carpet. Kolkata calling", Khaleej Times Online. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Business Standard signs marketing alliance with Desh Pardes Ni AajKaal", exchange4media News Service (April 07, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
- Chowdhury, Manosh (Sat. September 06, 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 on 2008-04-28. Discusses the rivalry between and the news judgments of different newspapers in Kolkata, include Aajkaal.
- "Bowled over by the spat. Regional Roundup.", Business Standard (September 30, 2005). Retrieved on 2008-04-28. Discusses how rival Bengali newspapers covered a cricket spat.
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