Among the English newspapers of India, The Statesman, Kolkata is one of the oldest. In 1875 The Statesman was launched for the first time in Calcutta. In 1934, The Statesman, Kolkata merged with another newspaper known as The Englishman.
The Statesman has a weekly edition known as The Statesman Weekly. This edition by The Statesman contains a combination of news articles published in the daily editions of Delhi and Kolkata. It also contains different views on the published articles. This weekly edition is also popular among the non resident Indians.
The Statesman, Kolkata has a huge circulation in the state of West Bengal. On average, the circulation of the newspaper is about 180,000. According to The Indian Readership Survey undertaken in 2002, it has been found that the readership of this daily in West Bengal is very high. The Managing Director of The Statesman, Kolkata is Mr. Ravindra Kumar. He is also the Editor of this English daily in Kolkata.
The Statesman, Kolkata is proud to cover the news in an objective way. It does not offer any biased view while publishing news to its readers. It strives to present the actual facts without distorting it. For this purpose, The Statesman is one
of the favorite English daily
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among its readers. The readers of The Statesman is not only restricted to the metropolitan of Calcutta but it is circulated in other parts of India as well.
Fourteen newspapers from Asia have teemed up to cover the important events that take place in the Asian countries. The Statesman is the founding member of this association of the 14 newspapers. This group of newspapers came to be known as the Asia's News Network.
From The Statesman's department of Job and Commercial Printing in Kolkata, New Delhi and Siliguri, newspapers like Ananda Bazar Patrika, Asian Age, Prabhat Khabar and Hindustan Times had been printed at one point of time.
In 1931, the edition of The Statesman for Delhi was published. Another edition of this esteemed daily came out in 2002 from Orissa's capital city of Bhubaneswar. Nachiketa Publications Limited is a subsidiary organization of The Statesman. One of the noted features of this newspaper house is that, recycled newsprint is used here.
The registered office of The Statesman, Kolkata is located at Statesman House, 4 Chowringhee Square, Kolkata 700 001.
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