Hindi Media

Country's first bilingual daily from the Jagran group is all set to launch 9 more editions from three states. Four of which will be from Madhya Pradesh. i-next plans to launch editions from Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gwalior and Indore. Apart from it editions will be launched from Raipur in Chattisgarh and Bareli, Moradabad and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Thus taking the total number of editions to 18 in the near future.

Inext will be adding two more editions in coming days. The preparations for the proposed launch from Dehradun and Gorakhpur have already begun and the recruitment for them is underway. The tabloid from the Dainik Jagran group already has five editions.

Ajay Agarwal after losing out the legal battle over control of Amar Ujala to Atul Maheshwari is busy planning his foray back into the print media. According to the rumour mills going around in the Agra, he is planning to launch a new daily from the city. Subhash Rai's name is being touted as the editor. The city of Taj is already seeing a lot of churning in the print media with the entry of Hindustan. Although it has been unable to make a considerable dent in the fortunes of existing players like Amar Ujala and Dainik Jagran, the heat is being felt. If the rumour mills are true and Ajay Agarwal moves ahead with his plan the city may see a price war couples with cut throat competition.