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The Sakaal Times employees in Delhi have reached an agreement with the management on a compensation package which is agreeable to both sides. KK Laskar, convenor of the employees' action committee that has been formed to fight for the rights of employees, said that the issue of compensation had been amicably resolved to the "complete satisfaction" of the employees. Sixtyone employees were laid off...

The Delhi operations of the Sakaal Times of the Pune-based Sakaal Media Group have been closed down without informing employees in advance. On November 30, the newspaper's journalists were taken aback to find the office locked and a lockout notice pasted on the doors. The anger of the 70-odd employees is not so much about the shutdown but that the Sakaal management did not inform them personally...

The body of Sabina Sehgal Saikia, a consulting editor with the Times of India, was today consigned to flames at the Lodhi Road cremation grounds in New Delhi. The body of Sabina, who was trapped on the sixth floor of the Taj Hotel during the Mumbai terrorist attacks, was discovered on Saturday among a pile of bodies in a section of the hotel. Sabina had been SMSing her family and friends till past...

Following are the top five Telugu newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 TELUGU DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Eenadu 142.22 144.11 2 Andhra Jyothi 56.83 68.11 3 Vartha 71.08 63.46 4...

Following are the top five Tamil newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 TAMIL DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Daily Thanthi 208.79 205.75 2 Dinakaran 160.76 168.25 3 Dinamalar 112.97...

Following are the top five Malayalam newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 MALAYALAM DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Malayala Manorama 129.08 121 2 Mathrubhumi 104.99 97 3...

Following are the top five Kannada newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 KANNADA DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Vijay Karnataka 99.40 92.18 2 Prajavani 66.41 58.32 3 Samyukta...

Following are the top five Gujarati newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 GUJARATI DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Gujarat Samachar 84.74 87.42 2 Sandesh 63.64 65.30 3 Divya Bhaskar...

Following are the top five Bangla (Bengali) newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 BANGLA (BENGALI) DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Ananda Bazar Patrika 157.52 153.93 2 Bartaman 87.56...

Following are the top five Axomiya (Assamese) newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 5 AXOMIYA (ASSAMESE) DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Asomiya Pratidin 65.87 60.19 2 Dainik Agradoot...