Punjab Kesari

Punjab Kesari (पंजाब केसरी)

Punjab Kesari header with the photos of late founders Lala Jagat Narain and Romesh Chander
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Publisher	The Hindsamachar Ltd.
Editor	Vijay Chopra (Jalandhar) and Ashwini Kumar chopra (Delhi)
Founded	1965
Political alignment	Liberal
Language	Hindi
Headquarters	Jalandhar, Delhi
Circulation	1,159,489 Daily (as of Jul - Dec 2015)
Website	Jalandhar, Delhi

Punjab Kesari Group 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 (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 ( 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 terrorism in Punjab, both were assassinated, in 1981 and 1984 respectively.
During those days of terrorism, Punjab Kesari worked as the newspaper of masses with its news and editorials. From then onward in a bid to provide direct and regular help to the families of terrorism-affected people, the management also established Shaheed Parivar Fund for the cause.

The newspaper has a daily circulation of approximate 15,71,000 copies which are printed from Jalandhar (since 1965),Delhi (1983),Ambala Cantt (1991), Palampur (2004), Ludhiana (2004), Jaipur (2006), Panipat (2006), Hisar (2006), Jammu (2007), Mohali (2008), Chandigarh (2009) and Shimla (2009).

In 1948 the group came to existence with the publication of the Urdu-language daily Hind Samachar. Lateron with other daily newspapers Punjab Kesari (1965) in Hindi, Jag Bani (1978) in Punjabi and Navodaya Times (2013) in Hindi. The group publish from 13 centres- Jalandhar, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Mohali, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Palampur, Shimla, Hissar, Panipat, Ambala, Rohtak & Jammu from the states of Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. The in total daily average readership is more than 1.40 crore.