Dinakaran
Dinakaran is a Tamil daily newspaper distributed in India. It was founded by K. P. Kandasamy in 1977. It is currently owned by the Sun Network group.[1] Dinakaran is the second largest distributed Tamil daily in India after Dina Thanthi.[2][3][4]It is printed in 12 cities across India. These cities are Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Nagercoil, Pondicherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Vellore.
Attack case
changeDinakaran published the result of a opinion polls. The poll was about people's wish of who will become the next leader of DMK. The results said that 70% of the people support Stalin while only 2% support Alagiri. Dinakaran daily's office were bombed by Alagiri supporters. In this attack case, 3 were dead .[5][6] This led to the resignation of Central Minister Dayanidhi Maran, brother of Kalanidhi Maran from the Union Cabinet.[7]
Reference
change- ↑ "Sun acquires Dinakaran newspaper". rediff.com. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "Details of most circulated publications for the audit period Jul-Dec 2014" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ Judy Franko (13 March 2010). "Tamil daily Dinakaran takes over the lead". exchange4media.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "India's 15 most-read newspapers". rediff.com. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "Sun Network accuses Alagiri as being main culprit in Dinakaran attack". DNA India. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ↑ "TN: 2 killed as Dinakaran office set afire". Rediff. 9 May 2007.
- ↑ "DMK kicks out Dayanidhi, brings in Raja as Minister". CNN-IBN. 15 May 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2018.