3. HISTORY
IT IS THE MEMBER OF
THE ASIA NEWS NETWORK
IT IS ONE OF THE LEADING ENGLISH NEWSPAPER IN WEST
BENGAL , INDIA
IT IS STARTED IN 1811 BY ROBERT KNIGHT WHO WAS
PREVIOUSLY THE PRINCIPAL FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF
THE TIMES OF INDIA
ROBERT KNIGHT FOUNDED THE STATESMAN AND NEW
FRIEND OF INDIA ON 1875 , JAN 15
4. THE STATESMAN WAS MANAGED BY A BRITISH
CORPORATE GROUP UNTIL IT TRANSFERED
OWNERSHIP COMPANY IN THE MID 1960
THE FIRST EDITOR ASSINGED UNDER THIS
NEW OWNERSHIP WAS PRAN CHOPRA
5. CONTROVERSY
IN 2009 FEB EDITOR RAVINDRA KUMAR AND FORMER
PUBLISHER ANAND SINHA OF THE STATESMAN WERE
ARRESTED ON THE CHARGES OF “HURTING THE
RELIGIOUS FEELINGS” OF MUSLIMS
BBC REPORTED THAT THE MUSLIMS WERE UPSET WITH
THE STATESMAN FOR REPRODUCING JOHANN HARI‟s
ARTICLE
WHY SHOULD I RESPECT THESE OPPRESIVE RILIGIONS ?
FROM THE UK‟s THE INDEPENDENT DAILY IN ITS FEB
EDITION
6. EDITORIAL STYLE
THE STATESMAN IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS TERSE
REPORTING STYLE
IT HOLDS AN INDEPENDENT ANTI-ESTABLISHED POSITION
IT APPOSED THE SHIFTING OF INDIA‟s CAPITAL FROM
CALCUTTA TO NEW DELHI IN 1911
THE STATESMAN AWARD FOR RURAL REPORTING IS
PRESENTED TO OUTSTANDING JOURNALIST EVERY YEAR
THE AWARD ARE PRESENTED ON THE 16th OF SEPTEMBER
EVERY YEAR, THE DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF JUSTICE SUDHI
RANJAN DAS, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA‟s SUPREME
COURT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE STATESMAN DURING THE
TUMULTUOUS EMERGENCY YEARS
7. THE STATESMAN HAS NOW LOST SOME
GROUND TO THE TELEGRAPH ,
THE TIMES OF INDIA AND
HINDUSTAN TIMES IN THE STATES
MARQUEE, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY ,
COVERS THE FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT
SCENE
8. KEY EDITORIAL STYLE
RAVINDRA KUMAR IS EDITOR OF THE
STATESMAN
USHA MAHADEVAN IS RESIDENT EDITOR OF
THE STATESMAN , DELHI
K.RAVI IS ALSO THE RESIDENT EDITOR OF THE
STATESMAN , BHUBANESWAR
A DAILY BENGALI NEWSPAPER WAS LAUNCHED
IN JUNE 2004 AND IS PUBLISHED
SIMULTANEOUSLY IN KOLKATA AND SILIGURI
9. SUPPLEMENTS
STATESMAN HOUSE , NEW DELHI NOTABLE
AMONG ALL OF THE SUPPLEMENTS IS THE
THURSDAY FEATURE SUPPLEMENT CALLED
“SECTION 2” WHICH IS PUBLISHED IN NEW
DELHI
THE FOUR-PAGE SUPPLEMENT IS WIDELY
RECOGNISED FOR IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ON ART,
DANCE, DRAMA, FASHION, LIFESTYLE AND
ENTERTAINMENT
IN KOLKATA , SUPPLEMENT VOICES FOCUSES ON
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN
10. ABOUT STATESMAN
THE STATESMAN HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF
THROUGH OBJECTIVE COVERAGE OF EVENTS.
ITS VALUE AS AN HONEST PURVEYOR OF NEWS
EMPHASISED AT TIMES OF CRISIS SUCH AS THE
BENGAL FEMINE OF 1943 AND THE INFAMOUS
INTERNAL EMERGENCY OF THE MID 1970‟s.
IT IS FORTHRIGHT IN THE EXPRESSION OF ITS
VIEWS.
11.
ITS PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH HAS BEEN
RELENTLESS AND OFTEN AT CONSIDERABLE
COST TO ITSELF
12. ACHIEVEMENTS
THE STATESMAN PASSED ANOTHER MILESTONE
ON 18 JUNE 1998.
READERS IN NORTH BENGAL, LOWER ASSAM,
SIKKIM AND SOME HILLS IN THE NORTH – EAST
ARE NOW SERVICED BY AN EDITION PRINTED IN
SILIGURI WHERE THE STATESMAN HAS ITS
PREMISES, STAFF AND PRESS.
IT IS AN AFFIRMATION OF THE STATESMAN‟s
COMMITMENT TO BENGAL, WHERE IT HAS HAD
ITS HOME FOR OVER 100 YEARS.
13. QUALITY POLICY
THE JOB AND COMMERCIAL PRINTING
DEPARTMENT OF THE STATESMAN TAKES UP
HIGH QUALITY SHEET AND WEB OFFSET
PRINTING JOBS ON BEHALF OF VARIOUS
CLIENTS, AND INCLUDING NEWSPAPERS.
14. THE MILESTONES
NEWSPAPERS SUCH AS:
•
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES
ASIAN AGE
ANANDA BAZAR PATRIKA
PRABHAT KHABAR
BARTAMAN
AAJKAAL
TODAY
•
•
•
•
•
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HAVE BEEN PRINTED IN THE PAST FROM THEIR PRESSES IN
KOLKATA, SILIGURI AND NEW DELHI.
15. SERVICES PROVIDED
ON 23 SEPTEMBER 2002, THE STATESMAN
LAUNCHED AN EDITION FROM
BHUBANESWAR, THE CAPITAL OF ORISSA.
THIS EDITION ADDRESSES THE LONG – FELT
NEEDS OF READERS IN THE COASTAL
STATES, PROVIDING THEM AUTHENTIC NEWS
AND OBJECTIVES VIEWS.
THE STATESMAN IS THE FIRST ENGLISH
NEWSPAPER TO INVEST IN PLANT AND
MACHINERY IN THE STATE.
16. REFRENCE
“WORLD NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES”
ABOUT STATESMAN SUBIR BHAUMIK , PAIR
HELD FOR „OFFENDING ISLAM‟
BBC NEWS SUBIR BHAUMIK THE EDITOR AND
PUBLISHER OF A MAJOR INDIAN NEWSPAPER
“THE INDEPENDENCE”
