Hindi Media

Rashtriya Sahara's Patna edition since its launch has been beseiged by exits from its editorial department. Omkareshwar Pandey the first resident editor of the newspaper in Patna is back in Rashtriya Sahara's Delhi bureau which itself has seen key correspondents moving out to the greener pastures. Some key people who have moved from Patna edition include those who were tansferred from Delhi and Noida offices of the newspaper to the city. While noted journalist Prabhat Ranjan Deen now heads a newspaper in Lucknow where he was earlier resident editor of the now defunct Jansatta Express before joining Sahara. Ex Chief Reporter Delhi who was transferred there Vidya Shanker Tiwari is now with the Amar Ujala and Bureau Chief of Patna edition Manoj Mehta is said to have moved on to the newly launched newspaper Aaj Samaj. There are few more names. Sources say the Patna edition may very soon see some more key people putting down papers.

Diffferent sources in Patna and Ahmedabad say Dainik Bhaskar the second read largest Hindi daily in India is preparing to launch editions from there. Sources in Patna say Dainik Bhaskar has applied for RNI number in the first week of December. On the other hand media circles in Ahmedabad are abuzz with reports of Dainik Bhaskar launching an edition from there on 26 January.

Prabhat Khabar's Patna edition is said to have lost its three men to Sanmarg. Who have switched over there after the recruitment drive for Patna edition of Kolkata based Hindi daily began.

Sanmarg the Kolkata based Hindi daily is on a recruitment drive for its upcoming Patna edition. The edition is going to be launched by publishers of daily Navbihar based on a franchisee model similar to the English daily The Pioneer. Srikant Pratyush is the man-in- charge.