Hindi Media

Vijay Narayan Singh who resigned from i-next few days ago is going to join Dainik Bhaskar's Raipur edition as DNE. Prior to joining i-next he was with Hindustan. Another DNE from i-next has tendered his resignation. Sumant Pandey who was till now with bilingual daily's Allahabad edition has resigned. However his next destination is not known yet. Earlier he was also with Hindustan.

In one of the major developments of saturday Hindi print media was shaken whose after effects will be seen in coming months. While one of the most reverred editors of Hindi print media space Mrinal Pandey resigned from tbe post of editor of Hindustan. Shashishekhar has resigned from Amar Ujala and will be joining Hindustan on September 1. The industry is shaken with this development. Hindustan which is on a major expansion drive in the Hindi heartland is sure to witness few more exits. On the other hand Amar Ujala may also see some of the people moving to other destinations probably Hindustan.

Rajasthan Patrika group has launched its third edition from Madhya Pradesh. Patrika has finally set its foot on the land of Mahakaal ie Ujjain next in line is Jabalpur. Siddharth Bhatt has taken over as editorial incharge of Ujjain.

Hindustan will launch its Bareli edition on September 1 thus extending its reach to Rohilkhand region of UP and Kumayun of Uttarakhand. Anil Bhaskar is going to be the Resident Editor of the said edition who was earlier with Rashtriya Sahara. On the other hand Dainik Bhaskar is all set to relaunch its Delhi edition. Some senior hands from other media organisations have joined the group.

Agra based group DLA has suspended the publication of its English daily DLA AM. Sources in the know say that it is only for the time being and very soon it may be launched in a new avataar. The fate of the employees is still undeciede however some of them may be adjusted into sister publications.

Dainik Bhaskar has launched full fledged Pali edition. Till now only city supplement was being published from there. Pali edition will cater to the needs of three districts of Rajasthan ie., Pali, Sirohi and Jalore. Rival Rajasthan Patrika is already having a full fledged edition from there. Recently Bhaskar has launched its tabloid DB Star's third and first edition in Rajasthan from Jodhpur.

The dispute between News Channel Voice of India's CEO Amit Sinha and Madhur Mittal has taken an ugly turn. There are reports of police force being deployed outside channel's office after employees reporting for night duty were manhandled by outsiders.