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Dinamalar 
Type News Paper Format Broadsheet Owner T.V. Ramasubbaiyer Founder T.V. Ramasubbaiyer Publisher R Lakshmipathy Editor R Krishnamurthy Founded September 6, 1951 Language Tamil Headquarters Chennai, India Official website www.dinamalar.com Dinamalar or "Daily Malar" (Tamil: தினமலர்) is a daily newspaper in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Pondicherry, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Trichy, Erode, Vellore and Tamil Nadu, India. Dinamalar was founded by T. V. Ramasubbaiyer.[1] T. V. Ramasubbaiyer (1908–1984) started the news paper in Trivandrum in year 1951 to voice for the cause of merging of Tamil speaking southern region of India around Kanyakumari district with Madras presidency. Dinamalar.com has more than 20.43 million visits & 192 million page views every month. Dinamalar foray into mobile application had got tremendous response from the users. Dinamalar has its own exclusive app for iPhone & iPod Touch (Dinamalar), for iPad (Dinamalar for iPad) and for Android based Mobile phones like Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, HTC, Motorola, Acer, Dell, ... etc.,
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History
In 1956, T. V. Ramasubbaiyer moved his operations to Tirunelveli. He opened editorial units in Tiruchirapalli in 1966 and Madras in 1979.[2] dinamalar is run as a partnersip firm by the sons of T. V. Ramasubbaiyer
Sub-domains
E-Paper
The Dinamalar paper website offers their everyday newspaper in online readable format as E-Paper[3] Its website gives 360o view of the Mosques, Temples and churches in Tamil nadu.[4]
Cricket
Dinamalar Cricket[5] is another sub domain of Dinamalar website that gives live score information during match time and along with detailed portfolios of the movers and shakers of the Cricket world.
Cinema
Dinamalar Cinema[6] provides the latest and complete news form the Tamil Cine World called Kollywood. It is furnished with Wallpapers, Movie news, Trailers and Celebrity interviews.
Supplements
Dinamalar is bundled with supplements, usually 32 page booklets, on Friday and Sunday of every week. It also releases special issues during national holidays. The price of the daily is higher during these days than normal weekdays.
Siruvarmalar
Dinamalar carries Siruvarmalar,[7] a supplement aimed towards children, every Friday. Siruvarmalar features scientific facts and stories depicted by pictorials. It is targeted at the children with a lot of pictorials and sketches. It also has short stories and games that earn random winners a lot of prizes. Starting Feb.4, 2011, Siruvarmalar was relaunched as a black & white comics magazine containing serialized stories.
Varamalar
Varamalar[8] is bundled with Dinamalar on Sundays. Varamalar covers the popular trends in the society and also features short stories. It is basically a weekly round up of news and entertainment in Tamil. Also on Sundays the main daily is split into two sections, each of them resembling a regular daily by featuring unique front pages and complete articles.
Computer Malar
This is a supplementary issue of Dinamalar that provides latest, useful and detailed information on technologies in Tamil. This is the only Tamil weekly dedicated to Technology news.[9]
Controversy
South Indian Film Artistes' Association vs. Dinamalar
In October 2009, Dinamalar had published an article claiming that several Tamil film actresses were involved in prostitution. Pictures and names were also published in the paper. The South Indian Film Artistes' Association immediately petitioned to have the editor, Lenin, arrested. The SIFAA also staged a rally, condemning Dinamalar. The editor of the newspaper, Mr. Lenin was arrested.[10] He was released on the next day due to a petition from Chennai Press Club, Madras Union of Journalists, Press Trust of India and The Indian Newspaper Society which stated that his arrest was completely unwarranted and was done to please popular film stars. Dinamalar also stated that they only delivered news obtained from ethical journalism and there was no secondary agenda.[11]
References
- ^ "Dinamalar founder’s contributions recalled". The Hindu. 26 March 2009. http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/26/stories/2009032659880400.htm.
- ^ Robin Jeffrey (24 March 2000). India's newspaper revolution. C. Hurst & Co. p. 30. ISBN 1850653836, ISBN 978-1850653837.
- ^ http://epaper.dinamalar.com
- ^ http://www.dinamalar.com/360_view_detail.asp?id=407#top
- ^ http://cricket.dinamalar.com
- ^ http://cinema.dinamalar.com
- ^ http://www.dinamalar.com/Supplementary/siruvarmalar_main.asp
- ^ http://www.dinamalar.com/Supplementary/varamalar_main.asp
- ^ http://www.dinamalar.com/Supplementary/cmalar_main.asp
- ^ http://www.hotklix.com/content/news/India/Dinamalar-Bhuvaneswari-Dinamalar-Editor-Arrested
- ^ http://www.dinamalar.com/journalhead.asp
External links
Categories:- Media in Chennai
- Newspapers published in India
- Tamil-language newspapers
- Tamil media
- Publications established in 1951
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