Press & Magazines of Madhya Pradesh | Course for MPPSC Preparation - MPPSC (Madhya Pradesh) PDF Download

The media of Madhya Pradesh is vibrant. Dainik Bhaskar is the leading newspaper of the state. Here it deserves a mention that Dainik Bhaskar is the flagship Hindi daily of the Rs.2200 crore Bhaskar Group. Other newspapers like Nai Duniya, Raj Express, Dainik Jagran, Nav Bharat and Times of India also attract wide readership. Nai Duniya published in Indore is a famous news paper which also publishes news magazines. The Bhopal edition of the Hindustan Times leads all the English newspapers in Madhya Pradesh in terms of readership and circulation. Other English language newspapers like the Central Chronicle, Pioneer and Free Press have editions from Bhopal.

However, Bhopal is not only about English journalism. It has a rich legacy of Urdu journalism, which is still carried forward in the twenty-first century. Nadeem, the oldest newspaper of the state, is published in Bhopal, in Urdu. Haq-o-Insaf and Urdu Action are also other endeavours of Urdu journalism from Bhopal- the erstwhile city of the four Begums. The only Sindhi daily published in the state is Farz. It comes out from Bhopal.Besides these prominent newspapers, several magazines and news journals are published from various cities of Madhya Pradesh.

The AIR (All India Radio) stations are located in cities like Balghat, Betul, Bhopal, Chhindwara, Guna, Chattarpur, Gwalior, Indore, Rewa, Mandla, Sagar, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Shivpuri and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. Various other radio stations run by private enterprises are found in cities like Bhopal, Gwalior and Indore. Doordarshan (DD) regional centers are in Gwalior, Indore and Bhopal. Doordarshan is India’s national broadcaster. Cable TV network has also penetrated Madhya Pradesh rather deeply. All these give the Madhya Pradesh media a holistic presence, and account for a socially and politically aware society.