Daily Excelsior
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Print, online |
| Owner(s) | Excelsior |
| Founder(s) | S. D. Rohmetra |
| Publisher | Daily Excelsior |
| Editor | Kamal Rohmetra, Neeraj Rohmetra |
| Founded | 1 January 1965 |
| Language | English |
| City | Jammu,Jammu and Kashmir |
| Country | India |
| Circulation | 3,75,000 |
| Website | www |
| Free online archives | epaper |
TheDaily Excelsioris anEnglish-languagenewspaperpublished inJammu,a city in the Indianunion territoryofJammu and Kashmir.It was established by S. D. Rohmetra. The newspaper has been in publication since 1 January 1965. Its current editors are Kamal Rohmetra and Neeraj Rohmetra. It is one of the most circulated English dailies in J&K.[1]
History
[edit]Started as a weekly English newspaper in 1965, it became a daily English newspaper in 1967.[2]
Journalist death
[edit]On 11 May 2008, photojournalist Ashok Sodhi was killed while photographing an armed confrontation between terrorists and security forces in theSamba Districtof Jammu and Kashmir. He had moved closer to capture better coverage of the confrontation when a stray bullet hit him.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"About Us".
- ^"Daily Excelsior - Jammu Kashmir Ladakh News".Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.Retrieved4 December2022.
- ^"In memoriam".Global Journalist.7 January 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 23 July 2013.Retrieved27 November2016.
- ^Khajuria, Ravi (11 May 2008)."Ultras strike at Samba: Photojournalist among 8 killed".The Tribune.Chandigarh.Retrieved27 November2016.