Punjab Kesari () is a Hindi-language newspaper published from many centres in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi in India. It is owned by the Punjab Kesari group, Jalandhar (The Hindsamachar Ltd.) and Dainik Samachar Ltd., Delhi. It is one of the four newspapers started by the group; the other three are Hind Samachar in Urdu, Jagbani in Punjabi and Navodaya Times in Hindi from Delhi NCR.
The newspaper was established by Lala Jagat Narain and later on his elder son Romesh Chander took over the reins. However, during the days of Punjab insurgency, both were assassinated, in 1981 and 1984 respectively.NT-Oct22,2013 The Struggle The management also established Shaheed Parivar Fund (martyrs' welfare fund) to provide help to the affected families.108th Shaheed Parivar Fund
Publication centres
The newspaper has a daily circulation of approximate copies which are printed from the following locations:
Jalandhar (since 1965)Jalandhar Edition PunjabKesari.in Delhi (1983)Delhi Edition PunjabKesari.com Ambala Cantt (1991) Palampur (2004) Ludhiana (2004) Jaipur (2006) Panipat (2006) Hisar (2006) Jammu (2007) Mohali (2008), Chandigarh (2009) Shimla (2009)
Punjab Kesari on internet Digital Portals: publish news on their respective websites from two different places in India, i.e., Delhi on PunjabKesari.com and Jalandhar on PunjabKesari.in. As per Alexa, a web traffic data and analytics, Jalandhar group's website PunjabKesari.in is ranked 523 in India and Delhi group's website PunjabKesari.com is ranked 9425 in India on 17 March 2018.
Bollywood Kesari: Delhi group launched a Bollywood niche website under the brand name Bollywood Kesari.
Cricket Kesari: Delhi group launched a cricket niche website recently under the brand name Cricket Kesari and its Facebook page has over 121k likes. Sports Punjab kesari site is: sports.punjabkesari.in
Shayari: Delhi group also launched a Shayari specific Facebook page named Shayari
Prominent columnists
Khushwant Singh Shekhar Gurera Daily Page 2 : Shekhar Gurera's Pocket Cartoon Punjab Kesari 16/09/2014 Feroze Varun Gandhi Poonam I KaushikTuesday Weekly Editorial : Poonam I Kaushik Punjab Kesari 16/09/2014 Shanta Kumar Vineet NarainMonday Weekly Editorial : Vineet Narain Punjab Kesari 15/09/2014 Virendra KapurSunday Weekly Editorial : Virendra Kapur Punjab Kesari 14/09/2014 B G VergheseTuesday Weekly Editorial : B G Verghese Punjab Kesari 16/09/2014 Balbir Punj Mahmood Shaam Karan Thapar Kalyani ShankarFriday Weekly Editorial : Kalyani Shankar Punjab Kesari 15/09/2014 Manmohan Sharma Neera Chopra Maneka Gandhi Chandermohan Chander Trikha Nerja Chaudhry
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