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{{Infobox newspaper<br />
| name = {{Lang|ta-latn|Sigappu Nada}} ('Red Tape')<br />({{langx|ta|சிகப்பு நாடா}})<br />
| logo = SN logo eng.png<br />
| caption = The 16 March 2005 front page of ''Sigappu nada''<br />
| type = Weekly magazine, [[website]]<br />
| format = [[Book]], [[website]]<br />
| owners = R. Prathap Chander<br />
| founder = P. Kailai Mannan<br />
| publisher = R. Prathap Chander<br />
| editor = R. Prathap Chander<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url= http://sigappunada.com/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF/|title=Prathap the current editor of Sigappunada Tamil magazine|work=sigappunada|accessdate=14 May 2016}}</ref><br />
| founded = {{start date|1970|01|20|df=yes}}<br />
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| headquarters = [[Velachery]], Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.<br />
| RNI = 17884/70<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.sigappunada.com}}<br />
}}<br />
'''{{Lang|ta-latn|Sigappu Nada}}''' (Tamil) ({{langx|ta|சிகப்பு நாடா}}) is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] weekly [[investigative journalism]] [[magazine]] published by R. Prathap Chander. The first issue was published on 20 January 1970.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rni.nic.in/display_details.asp?regn=17884|title=Sigappu Nada weekly magazine launch day|date=20 January 1970|work=RNI|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> The web edition of {{Lang|ta-latn|Sigappu Nada}} was launched on 1 June 2016.<br />
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==History==<br />
''Sigappu nada'' (சிகப்பு நாடா) was founded in [[Chennai]] on 20 January 1970 as a monthly, by P. Kailai Mannan. It was an investigative journalism magazine that brings out the scams and crimes inside and outside government.<br />
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==Name==<br />
The magazine is named {{Lang|ta-latn|Sigappu Nada}} ({{langx|ta|சிகப்பு நாடா}}) because the most confidential documents of government offices are kept in a file bound with [[red tape]]. This secret files and scams in government are issued in {{Lang|ta-latn|Sigappu Nada}}. It created an impact among corrupt government officials.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gujNYPcNETMC&q=sigappunada&pg=PA109|title=Sigappu nada brings out corruption in judiciary|date=20 January 1970|work=Law of Contempt of Court in India|isbn=9788126903597|accessdate=12 August 2016|last1=Balasankaran Nair|first1=K.}}</ref><br />
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==Notice issued==<br />
According to the Contempt of Courts Act 1971, a notice was issued against the founder of {{Lang|ta-latn|Sigappu Nada}} (P. Kumaraswamy alias Kalai Mannan) regarding his article about corruption by four judges of Madras High Court in a judgement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gujNYPcNETMC&q=sigappunada&pg=PA109|title=notice issued against sigappu nada author for contempt of court|date=20 January 1970|work=Law of Contempt of Court in India|isbn=9788126903597|accessdate=12 August 2016|last1=Balasankaran Nair|first1=K.}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Tamil Language Magazines]]<br />
* [[Tamil Language Media]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://sigappunada.com/ sigappu nada website]<br />
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[[Category:Magazines established in 1970]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Monthly magazines published in India]]<br />
[[Category:News magazines published in India]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language magazines]]<br />
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