M J Akbar to launch fortnightly
Veteran
journalist M J Akbar is soon launching his own fortnightly Covert. Our friends
in Delhi say that it would be a mix of
investigative and political stuff.
Akbar has
time tested success recipe for magazines which he first proved in Illustrated
Weekly and later Sunday. Akbar had announced his plans start a magazine when he
was thrown out of the empire The Asian Age, he had created.
His
trusted lieutenant Seema Mustfa is said to have joined her mentor in the new
venture. Let's see how many more join Akbar clan from his old den Asian
Age.
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Sakal
newspaper in the expansion mode
Sakal
newspaper which brings out Maharashtra Herald from Pune and Gomantak Times
from Goa has decided to re launch its two English publications under one
banner-Sakal Times. It has plans to launch editions from Jaipur and Ahmedabad
in the next phase. This is to be followed by the soft launch of the publication
from Delhi and Mumbai.
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Darshan
Desai is Editor North India Bureau of the IANS
Darshan
Desai now back in Lucknow. He has been appointed editor
north India by the Indo Asian News Service.
UP and Chhatisgadh are in the command area of Desai who was RE Indian Express
Lucknow before he joined Tahalka late last year. Darshan joined IANS in Delhi last week and says that he would
start functioning from Lucknow from next week.
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Mansukh
joins London Based Garvi Gujarat
After
retirement from Gujarat State Information Department, our friend Mansukh
Vaghela is rehabilitated. He is now with the Ahmedabad office of the London based publication Garvi Gujarat. Mansukh
is a good pen but he always had problem with his bosses in the Department.
