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MiD DAY Type Daily newspaper Format Compact Owner Mid Day Infomedia Limited, a subsidiary of Jagran Prakashan Limited Editor Sachin Kal Sports editor Clayton Murzello Founded 1979 Language English, Gujarati and Urdu (as The Inquilab) Headquarters Mumbai, India Official website mid-day.com 
Cover page of the newspaper from 26 June 2007 showing an IT mall under construction by a firm promoted by Indian Chief Justice Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal's sons. Four of the newspaper's journalists were jailed in September 2007 for contempt of court relating to these articles.
MiD DAY is an afternoon daily Indian compact newspaper. Editions in various languages are published in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and Pune (launched on August 18, 2008).
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Establishment
It was established in Mumbai in 1979 as a family-owned newspaper. A Sunday edition, Sunday MiD DAY, began in 1981.
Ownership
The newspaper is owned by Mid Day Infomedia Limited, a subsidiary of Jagran Prakashan Limited, a publishing house listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.
Operations
It publishes newspapers in three languages – English, Gujarati and an Urdu newspaper, The Inquilab. The Inquilab, the first paper of the group in Urdu, was born in the fervour of idealistic nationalism in 1938.
The Mumbai newspaper publishes two editions: an early-morning and a noon edition. However, since April 2009, only noon editions have been published and the company has dropped printing a morning newspaper, citing positioning issues.
Mid-Day Journalists jailed for reports on chief Justice
On September 20, 2007, four journalists of MiD DAY, including Resident Editor, Vitusha Oberoi and City Editor MK Tayal were sentenced to four months jail on contempt of court charges,[1] because of a report they had filed on the ex-Chief Justice of India, Y. K. Sabharwal. Whether the charges in the report were true or not was not considered in arriving at the decision.
Many in the legal community feel that in the 2006 Delhi sealing drive, Justice Sabharwal may have had a conflict of interest since his sons own a firm with relations to the Delhi real estate. Former Solicitor General KK Sud had called this behaviour "the height of indiscretion.".[2]
The High Court, however, sentenced the journalists without considering the veracity of the reports, and this has led to considerable hue and cry.[3] Ex-law minister Shanti Bhushan stated that the Parliament had in 2006 amended the Contempt of Courts Act to say that "if the allegations against a judge were found to be true, then they would not be considered contemptuous". In view of this, the judgement, he said, may be "only aimed at terrifying the media and an attempt to curb truthfulness.
Slogan
Its slogan is, Make Work Fun.
Senior staff
Jyotirmoy Dey, the Special Investigations Editor of Mid Day was shot dead on June 11, 2011 at Mumbai by unknown assailants.[4]
Name Designation Sachin Kalbag Executive Editor[5] late Jyotirmoy Dey Special Investigations Editor Clayton Murzello Sports Editor Tinaz Nooshian Editor, Sunday Mid-Day Vinod Kumar Menon City Editor, Mid-Day Mumbai Daipayan Halder Resident Editor, Delhi Amit Kumar Chief of Bureau, Delhi Surender Sharma Chief Reporter, Delhi Aditya Anand City Editor, Bangalore Nuhzat Aziz City Editor, Pune Lindsay Pereira[6] Editor, Online See also
References
- ^ "4 journos get jail term for scandalising ex-CJI". CNN-IBN. September 21, 2007. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/4-journos-get-jail-term-for-scandalising-excji/49078-3.html. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ^ "Shock, anger at Sabharwal's mall-aa-mall". Mid-Day. June 12, 2007. http://www.judicialreforms.org/files/Shock%20anger%20midday.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- ^ "Legal fraternity condemns conviction of journos by HC". 21 September 2007. http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/sep/sep329.php.
- ^ "Mumbai journo shot dead by 4 unidentified men - India News - IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mumbai-scribe-shot-dead-by-2-unidentified-men/158563-3.html. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- ^ Campaignindia.in
- ^ Mid-day.com
External links
- Official website
- Official website, corporate website
Categories:- English-language newspapers published in India
- Evening newspapers published in India
- Gujarati-language newspapers
- Media in Pune
- Newspapers published in Bangalore
- Newspapers published in Delhi
- Newspapers published in Mumbai
- Publications established in 1979
- Urdu-language newspapers published in India
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