MediaVoices The Navhind Times Pioneer Best known for: Remaining one of the highly read newspapers in the State even in the face of stiff competition. The story: Keeping with the demands of the times, today The Navhind Times sports a fresh and new mast head, is packed with a ton of news and information, local, national and international, everything that one needs to kick start the day into action. Despite the many publications – newspapers and magazines alike – that have suddenly mushroomed across the State, it is this constant and timely innovation and improvisation that has ensured The Navhind Times’ position as one of the highly read papers in Goa. The first English newspaper of Goa, The Navhind Times was first published in 1963 soon after liberation from Portuguese Rule. After 500 years of strict censorship under Portuguese rule, The Navhind Times offered a medium of expression to the
people of Goa. Today, it still remains one of Goa’s most popular and trusted newspapers. Apart from writers of national repute, it features the most respected writers of Goa such as Nandkumar Kamat, Tomazinho Cardozo and Victor Rangel Ribeiro. The publication company also caters to the needs of the Marathi speaking population with their publication ‘Navaprabha’ which was launched in 1970. Among the various Marathi papers that exist in Goa, this is reputed to have the best editorial page and its Sunday magazine ‘Prabhawal’ carries articles and features from the best Goan writers. Many of these writings have been compiled and published as books. Over the years, The Navhind Times has built a reputation for unbiased coverage and editorials and thus, enjoys the status of being a highly credible newspaper with rich coverage of news – Goan, national and international
Tarun Bharat Thinking local Best known for: Holding their ground in the competitive world of Marathi print journalism and making an impact with their own style of news reporting. The story: Established by late Baburao Thakur, a freedom fighter, educationist and social activist, Tarun Bharat has been instrumental in covering the Goa liberation struggle by playing an active part in it. A Belgaum-based paper, when they launched, there were no other Marathi newspapers that covered the whole of Goa. Ever since Tarun Bharat entered the market, they decided to be an extremely localised offering reporting on even the smallest incidents happening in the State. Of the total population of 15 lakh, Goa has an Indian language reading population of about 9.75 lakh, of which 65 per cent reads Marathi newspapers. Tarun Bharat was the second Marathi paper to launch in Goa. Alongside the main edition, the Goa edition of Tarun Bharat also prints four: Gharkul – a realty supplement on Mondays, Khazana – 100 Business Goa
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a general knowledge based booklet on Wednesdays; Champion – focussing on children till class 9 on Saturdays; Akshar Yatra – focussing on current topics of interest on Sundays. As per Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) figures, the newspaper boast of a circulation figure of 42,000 in Goa. Till 2002, the Goa edition was published from Belgaum. It was in that momentous year that the group set up its printing location in Goa, which now caters to two editions – Goa and Sindhudurg. The milieu and responsive reader base has found true representation in Tarun Bharat, enabling it to reign over not only circulation figures, but also the heart of every Goan. It helps to be politically neutral; for you become the true torchbearer of the populace in every aspect. Tarun Bharat has seen Goa grow into today’s modern State by not witnessing the change from the periphery, but by being a part of the process for all these 25 years. And that is what makes this journey so special and significant for the newspaper