Dainik Bhaskar launches Dhanbad edition

18 Apr 2011

Following the launch of its Ranchi and Jamshedpur editions, Dainik Bhaskar on Sunday rolled out its Dhanbad edition in Jharkhand.

''Our launch in Dhanbad completes our foray in Jharkhand – a region that holds strong potential and is of great strategic importance to DBCL,'' said Sudhir Agarwal, managing director, DB Corp Limited.

Dainik Bhaskar Group's foray into Jharkhand had begun with the launch of Ranchi in August 2010 and Jamshedpur in December 2010.

The surrounding regions around Dhanbad will be launched shortly, the media group said.

D B Corp publishes seven newspapers with 58 editions, 135 sub-editions in 3 multiple languages (Hindi, Gujarati and English) across 13 states in India.

Its flagship brands, Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi), Divya Bhaskar and Saurashtra Samachar (in Gujarati) have a combined average daily readership of 17.9 million, and have a presence in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Jammu.