Dainik Jugasankha
Dainik Jugasankha,also transliteratedDainik Yugashankha,(Bengali:দৈনিক যুগশঙ্খ) is aBengalidaily newspaper published simultaneously fromKolkata,Guwahati,Silchar,Siliguri andDurgapur.With a circulation of around 150,000 copies, it is one of the top ten newspapers in Assam.[1]
History
[edit]Dainik Jugasankhawas founded by Barta Bhagirath Baidyanath Nath, or Baidyanath Nath, in 1950, where it was published from Silchar. The newspaper expanded in the 21st century publishing from Guwahati beginning in 2000 and then from Dibrugarh in 2006.In the middle of 2015, Kolkata Edition ofDainik Jugasankhastarted. In 2016,Jugasankhastarted publishing its Siliguri Edition.[2][3]From 2019, Dibrugarh Edition became only a print edition and Durgapur Edition started its function.
Literary award
[edit]The Dainik Jugasankha Group presents an annual literary prize for the Bengali language, Jugasankha Sahitya Puraskar, that is described as prestigious and it began awards for journalists in 2013.[4]
- 2014 Literary Prize: Swarnali Biswas Bhattacharjee
- 2013 Literary Prize: Atin Das, poet and former editor ofDainik Jugasankha[4]
- 2012 Literary Prize: Usharanjan Bhattacharjee[5][6]
- 2011 Literary Prize: Dr. Topodhir Bhattacharjee, former VC of Assam University, Silchar.
- 2010 Literary Prize: Bikash Sarkar[7]
Other Activity
[edit]Dainik Jugasankhapromotes sports activities. Jugasankha Prize money Cup Football Tournament (started in 2005) and Baidyanath Nath Memorial Trophy Prize money Cricket Tournament (started in 2001) are two inter-school sports tournaments which are organised by DSA, Silchar.
References
[edit]- ^"IRS Q2 2011: Top 10 dailies in Assam".Best Media Info. 4 October 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 8 July 2012.Retrieved2 April2013.
- ^Afsana Amin Khan Soma (16 March 2013)."Newspapers of Barak Valley"(blog). Barak Valley Students & Youth Association. Archived fromthe originalon 14 April 2013.Retrieved2 April2013.
- ^"Baidyanath Nath's statue inaugurated".Assam Tribune (India). 21 March 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 2 February 2016.Retrieved2 April2013.
- ^ab"Journalists awarded".Sentinel Assam. 24 March 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 28 March 2013.Retrieved2 April2013.
- ^"Usharanjan Bhattacharjee to receive Jugasankha Award".Assam Tribune (India). 17 March 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 2 February 2016.Retrieved2 April2013.
- ^"Jugasankha Award presented".Assam Tribune (India). 23 March 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 2 February 2016.Retrieved2 April2013.
- ^"Jugasankha Literary Award to Bikash Sarkar".Assam Tribune (India). 24 March 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 9 June 2012.Retrieved2 April2013.
External links
[edit]- Dainik JugasankhaArchived18 June 2019 at theWayback Machine
- Jugasankha paper silchar todayArchived25 December 2019 at theWayback Machine
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