Sandesh (Indian newspaper)
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Sandesh Ltd. |
| Publisher | Falgunbhai Patel |
| Editor | Falgunbhai Patel |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Headquarters | Ahmedabad,India |
| Website | Official Website |
Sandesh was a Leading daily newspaper in Gujarat. It is published in Gujarati.The Sandesh Limited is a listed and public limited company with Head Quarter at Ahmedabad. Till 1984, Sandesh was a single edition newspaper published from Ahmedabad. Then under expansion programme new editions were launched Baroda, Surat,Rajkot & Bhavnagar in 1985, 1989, 1990 and 1998 respectively.
This news paper is famous for publishing fake news to increase its audience and cause disharmony in the society. There have been several incidents where Press Council has slammed Sandesh for the infraction of the norms of journalistic conduct in their reports appeared aimed at creating a sensation in the surcharged atmosphere; misleading and inflammatory articles; provocative and instigating language causing divisiveness and hatred among the common people.
History
Initially in 1923 Shri Nandlal Bodiwala started Sandesh daily on a small scale, But in 1958 when late Shri Chimanbhai Patel was at the helm of affairs ; his vision , foresight and business acuemenship changed the destiny of Sandesh and its circulation began to increase by leaps and bounds. His unique contribution was Sunday Sanskar Poorti in Gujarati journalism, that included many celebrities as columnists . Thus he was the pioneer of Sunday Supplements in Gujarati journalism. He was always in search of new talents and new ideas to make Sandesh a unique and dynamic daily. It was this missionary zeal that made Sandesh a household name in Gujarat.
Present CMD and the editor of Sandesh Shri Falgunbhai Patel joined the organization in 1979 after completing his MBA in USA. His close collaboration with his father made a rare combination of wide experience and youthful dynamism that added a rare spirit of adventure and calculated business viewpoint in the development of Sandesh as a giant entity. The Sandesh Limited is the first media house to become a public limited company in 1994.
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This news paper is going through a bad phase financially and its board is doing everything to revive it out of this crisis. They have selected few great people of country and are creating controversies around them. Its working fine for the company. Stay invested. Sandesh newspaper ideology is publishing cheap news. Its target audience are people of cheap mentality, The circulation of this paper is very low,
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