Punjab Kesari

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{{short description|Indian Hindi-language newspaper}}
{{for|the film of the same name|Punjab Kesari (film)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Newspaper
| name = Punjab Kesari
| logo = PKD2.jpg
| logo_size = 220px
| image = [[File:PKJ1.jpg|225px|border]]
| caption = ''Punjab Kesari'' header with the photos of late founders [[Lala Jagat Narain]] and Romesh Chander
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation = 1965
| price on weekdays =
| price on sundays =
| owners =
| political = [[Liberalism|Liberal]]
| publisher = The Hindsamachar Ltd.
| editor = Vijay Chopra (Jalandhar) and Ashwini Kumar Chopra (Delhi)
| headquarters = [[Jalandhar]], [[Delhi]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| circulation = 1,159,489 Daily<ref name=ABCIND>{{cite web| url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/Highest%20Circulated%20amongst%20ABC%20Member%20Publications%20(across%20languages).pdf| title=Submission of circulation figures for the audit period July - December 2015| publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |access-date=5 January 2016}}</ref>
| circulation_date = Jul - Dec 2015
| ISSN =
| oclc =
| website = {{URL|punjabkesari.in/national|Jalandhar}} <br/> {{URL|punjabkesari.com|Delhi}}
}}
'''''Punjab Kesari''''' is a [[Hindi]]-language newspaper published from many centres in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Delhi]] in [[India]]. It is owned by the Punjab Kesari group (The Hindsamachar Ltd.). It is one of the four newspapers started by the group; the other three are ''[[Hind Samachar]]'' in Urdu, ''[[Jagbani]]'' in Punjabi languages and ''[[Navodaya Times]]'' in Hindi languages from [[Delhi]] [[National Capital Region (India)|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|terrorism in Punjab]], both were assassinated, in 1981 and 1984 respectively.<ref>NT-Oct22,2013 [http://www.navodayatimes.in/new_delhi/news/new_delhi/fullstory/25432581_1623 The Struggle]</ref><br /> During those days of terrorism, ''Punjab Kesari'' continued to work against terrorism. The management also established ''Shaheed Parivar Fund'' (martyrs' welfare fund) to provide help to the terrorism-affected families.<ref>108th [http://www.punjabkesari.in/spf Shaheed Parivar Fund]</ref>

== Publication centres ==

The newspaper has a daily circulation of approximate {{formatnum:1571000}} copies which are printed from the following locations:
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* Jalandhar (since 1965)<ref name=":0">Jalandhar Edition [http://www.punjabkesari.in PunjabKesari.in]</ref>
* Delhi (1983)<ref name=":1">Delhi Edition [http://www.punjabkesari.com PunjabKesari.com]</ref>
* [[Ambala Cantt]] (1991)
* [[Palampur]] (2004)
* [[Ludhiana]] (2004)
* [[Jaipur]] (2006)
* [[Panipat]] (2006)
* [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]] (2006)
* [[Jammu]] (2007)
* [[Mohali]] (2008),
* [[Chandigarh]] (2009)
* [[Shimla]] (2009)
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== ''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.printweek.in/features/interview-amit-chopra-punjab-kesari-17693|title=Big interview: Amit Chopra of Punjab Kesari|website=[[PrintWeek]]|author=Rahul Kumar|date=13 November 2014|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref> As per [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]], a [[web traffic]] data and analytics, Jalandhar group's website ''PunjabKesari.in'' is ranked ''523''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/punjabkesari.in|title=How popular is punjabkesari.in?|work=[[Alexa Internet]]|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref> in India and Delhi group's website ''PunjabKesari.com'' is ranked ''9425''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/punjabkesari.com|title=How popular is punjabkesari.com?|work=[[Alexa Internet]]|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref> in India on 17 March 2018.

'''Bollywood Kesari:''' Delhi group launched a Bollywood niche website under the brand name Bollywood Kesari.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punjabkesari.com/bollywood|title=बॉलीवुड केसरी|website=Punjab Kesari (पंजाब केसरी)|language=en-US|access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref>

'''Cricket Kesari:''' Delhi group launched a Cricket niche website recently under the brand name Cricket Kesari<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punjabkesari.com/cricket|title=क्रिकेट केसरी|website=Punjab Kesari (पंजाब केसरी)|language=en-US|access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> and Its Facebook page has over 121k likes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/cricketkesari|title=Cricket Kesari|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> sports punjab kesari site is: [https://Sports.punjabkesari.in sports.punjabkesari.in]

'''Shayari:''' Delhi group also launched a Shayari specific Facebook page named Shayari<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://facebook.com/shayaribypunjabkesari|title=Shayari|website=facebook.com|language=en|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>

== Prominent columnists ==
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* [[Khushwant Singh]]
* [[Shekhar Gurera]] {{small|(Cartoonist)}}<ref>Daily Page 2 : Shekhar Gurera's Pocket Cartoon [http://punjabkesari.epapr.in/339335/Punjab-kesari-/-Punjab-kesari-Main#page/2/1 Punjab Kesari 16/09/2014]</ref>
* [[Feroze Varun Gandhi]]
* Poonam I Kaushik<ref>Tuesday Weekly Editorial : Poonam I Kaushik [http://punjabkesari.epapr.in/339335/Punjab-kesari-/-Punjab-kesari-Main#page/6/1 Punjab Kesari 16/09/2014]</ref>
* [[Shanta Kumar]]
* [[Vineet Narain]]<ref>Monday Weekly Editorial : Vineet Narain [http://punjabkesari.epapr.in/338713/Punjab-kesari-/-Punjab-kesari-Main#page/6/1 Punjab Kesari 15/09/2014]</ref>
* Virendra Kapur<ref>Sunday Weekly Editorial : Virendra Kapur [http://punjabkesari.epapr.in/338231/Punjab-kesari-/-Punjab-kesari-Main#page/4/2 Punjab Kesari 14/09/2014]</ref>
* B G Verghese<ref>Tuesday Weekly Editorial : B G Verghese [http://punjabkesari.epapr.in/338231/Punjab-kesari-/-Punjab-kesari-Main#page/4/2 Punjab Kesari 16/09/2014]</ref>
* [[Balbir Punj]]
* [[Mahmood Shaam]]
* [[Karan Thapar]]
* Kalyani Shankar<ref>Friday Weekly Editorial : Kalyani Shankar [http://punjabkesari.epapr.in/338713/Punjab-kesari-/-Punjab-kesari-Main#page/6/1 Punjab Kesari 15/09/2014]</ref>
* Manmohan Sharma
* Neera Chopra
* [[Maneka Gandhi]]
* Chandermohan
* Chander Trikha
* Nerja Chaudhry

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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Punjab Kesari cover page.jpg|''Punjab Kesari'', [[Jalandhar]]<ref>PK Social Media, Jalandhar [https://www.facebook.com/Pkesarionline PKJ online]</ref>
File:VijayKumarChopra.jpg|[[Vijay Kumar Chopra]], Editor-in-Chief cum Managing Director ''Punjab Kesari''
File:PKD1.jpg|''Punjab Kesari'', [[Delhi]]<ref>PK Social Media, Delhi [https://www.facebook.com/PunjabKesariNational Punjab Kesari (National)]</ref>
File:Ashwini Kumar.jpg|[[Ashwini Kumar Chopra]] (senior journalist, Resident Editor and Owner at ''Punjab Kesari'', Delhi<ref>AKC as MP [https://www.facebook.com/akc4karnal Ashwini Kumar Chopra for Karnal]</ref>
File:Punjab Kesari during Emergency1974.jpg|During [[The Emergency (India)|1974 emergency in India]], when undeclared censorship was imposed on the press and the power supply was discontinued, the newspaper was printed by the alternative arrangements with tractors on diesel
File:Punjab Kesari during Terrorism 1984-92.jpg|1984–92 : During the [[Punjab insurgency|terrorism in Punjab]], due to the continuous threats and attack on media staff, the production, printing and distribution, every process was under strict police protection
</gallery>

== References ==
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