Asian Age - Indian Newspapers

The Deccan Chronicle and The Asian Age are sister papers with the former brand published in South India and the latter from the rest of India and London.

THE DECCAN CHRONICLE
Editions: Hyderabad, Chennai

A brief history of the Deccan Chronicle

Established in Hyderabad in 1938, Deccan Chronicle is the no.1 daily in Andhra Pradesh and the 4th most-read English daily in India. Renowned journalist and author M.J. Akbar, as Editor-in-Chief, steers the content of the paper.

In 2005, Deccan Chronicle's foray into the Chennai market produced spectacular results: within three months of its launch in March 2005, it took over half the market share of English dailies. This upward trend continues.

The Deccan Chronicle has a loyal reader base that appreciates the paper for its daily news on current affairs, politics and business, as also on society, art, culture, lifestyle, fashion and films among other things. Its dedicated team of journalists evolves with the readers' needs, understanding their desire for information, providing them with the tools that can keep them ahead in their professional and personal lives.

THE ASIAN AGE
Editions: Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and London

A brief history of The Asian Age

In February 1994, India's global newspaper, The Asian Age, was launched simultaneously from Delhi, Mumbai and London. Today, it has editions in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and London. It has come a long way since its inception, and has already established itself within the competitive environment of Indian media as a daily to reckon with. It is, in addition, the only Indian newspaper with an international edition (London).

Eminent author and journalist M.J. Akbar is Editor in Chief and Managing Director of the paper.

Deccan Chronicle & The Asian Age - A Perspective

News is news plus views: We always keep this in mind and cater to not just the why, how, what, when and where of news but we also analyse why something in the news is more than just an incident. We show you what is happening, and the reasons behind it.

To bring the world to India, we as a group also publish the International Herald Tribune in India, and a special supplement from the New York Times every Saturday with the Delhi and Mumbai editions of The Asian Age.

Circulation figures for The Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle together come to over a million copies a day. With over 60 years of experience in publishing Deccan Chronicle and over ten for The Asian Age, it is with confidence and élan that we look at the future and the coming decades.

Ever aware of the need to provide the best available information, it is our constant endeavour to enhance editorial content and presentation, and to provide the best analyses to our discerning readers.

We also provide a platform for readers to send their letters to the Editor, and to voice their grievances while dealing with companies, government organisations and so on.

Editorial content: Common for both Deccan Chronicle & The Asian Age

As a paper, The Asian Age stands for news. Ever since its inception it has set new standards in unbiased and fearless reporting. The thrust of the paper is as much local as national and international. The Asian Age was one of the first papers in India to publish a daily city/regional supplement extensively covering local news. This practice continues. The Asian Age is India's only paper which has found a perfect blend of national and international news, and the first comment pages in the country, catering to all reader groups.Being a national newspaper, The Asian Age keeps its eyes and ears open to all that is happening in the country today, be it in the power corridors of Delhi or in a border village in Kashmir. International news is another of its strong points. Several readership surveys have cited The Asian Age for the wide spectrum of international news it provides. A recent national survey shows how the readership of the paper has risen phenomenally among the internet savvy and the upwardly mobile.

The Asian Age is global in more ways than one. It has established a unique editorial tie-up with one of the world's leading global English newspapers, The New York Times. Every Saturday, The New York Times prepares an exclusive 8-page supplement for the Delhi and Mumbai editions of The Asian Age. The New York Times International Weekly is a compendium of the best articles and news features from leading journalists in the United States.

In addition, The Asian Age has supplements on movies, fashion and lifestyle, education, information and technology, health, and books. It is the most comprehensive newspaper in the Indian market, not just for the entire family, but also for the entrepreneur, the young executive, and the established CEO. The Editorial Team - what's in a name?While what you read is essential to make you the kind of person you are, who you read is even more so for the kind of perspective you develop. The Asian Age brings you a selection of some of the finest columnists in the country and several from the international arena. News analyses from people in the know.Our distinguished national columnists are:M.J. Akbar, K.Natwar Singh, David Keeling ,David McMahon,Subir Raha,Kuldip Nayar, S. Nihal Singh, Seema Mustafa, Brahma Chellaney, Inder Malhotra, Arun Nehru, P.C. Alexander, Madhuri Santanam Sondhi, Balbir K. Punj, Farrukh Dhondy, Cyrus Broacha, Suhel Seth, Harish Gupta, Dilip Cherian, Jayati Ghosh, R. Mohan, Bishan Singh Bedi, Rajan Bala, Akhilesh Mithal, S. Viswam, Anu Ranjan, and Olga Tellis.

Some of our regular international columnists include:

Thomas L. Friedman, Nicholas D. Kristof, Paulo Coelho, Paul Krugman

WHAT'S IN THE DECCAN CHRONICLE & THE ASIAN AGE
Daily in our pages

News and features
International
Business Chronicle/Business India/Stocks

Covers the states, business, culture, science and technology, social trends and national issues. It provides in-depth, researched features.

Books Plus

History in the making - trivia articleReviews/Articles/Sudoku/Celeb trivia/Dictionary of IslamDC 50 years ago Supplement - chronicle

Page of news, games, crosswords, cartoons, weather, horoscope and impressive selection of classifieds, and the movie selection, plus celeb trivia
The must read section of the newspaper from columnists with in depth of International happenings covering Americans to Africa to Asia and also about markets and economic trends and of developments in the rest of the world.

Culture diary

Sudoku, events this week, DC fifty years ago, discourse - age of wisdom (culture trivia), Dictionary of Islam from Thomas Patrick Hughes' book. The section is interesting and focuses on serious readers
The above section gives important business plus insightful columns and thought provoking business features thus the reader a broad perspective for them to succeed in today

Chronicle Sports

Including the latest in cricket, hockey, soccer, racing &local games and fixtures and opinion by leading columnists like R Mohan, syndicated features from a host of national and international renowned columnists like K Srikkanth, Graham Gooch etc

MondayThe op-ed page : Game Seth& Match-Suhel Seth/ Fly On the wal- Harish Gupta

Estates on two pages - legal and other info on real estate, trivia articles on how to do up your home, tips to make your house attractive, feng shui and other such things. Real Estates related ads
The Supplement: articles on latest products, what's on, weather, celeb trivia and news, exam preparation sheets, DC classifieds, cinema selection, crosswords, jokes, bridge, cartoons, horoscope, sports, local from Hyderabad, celeb trivia
The editorial Page: Between The Lines- Kuldip Nayar

Mind Power - quote

Thomas L.Friedman column from The New York Times

TuesdayThe op-ed Page : David Down Under-David McMahon /BACK to FORWARD- Inder Malhotra

Career Chronicle: Job advertisements from the junior most the senior most vacancies in the city and the country
The Supplement: Full of classifieds and tidbits. The news is hype, fashion and women's cartoons, horoscope like articles Pages of news, games, crosswords, cartoons, weather, horoscope and impressive selection of classifieds, and the movie selection, plus sports and celeb trivia (party whirl, etc)
The editorial Page: Column-AT Random-K.Natwar Singh

Mind Power - quote

Paul Krugman column from The New York Times.

WednesdayThe op-ed page: Of Cabbages and Kings - Farrukh Dhondy / Notes from DEHRA DUN David Keeling
The Supplement: Pages of news, Fashion and women's cartoons, games, crosswords, sports, movie selection, plus celeb. Horoscope
The editorial Page: Column - Govind Talwalkar or J.S.Rajput

Mind power - quote

David Brooks column from The New York Times

ThursdayThe op-ed Page: Talking TURKEY - S. Nihal Singh

The IHT in DC (articles from the International Herald Tribune, the World's daily newspaper)
Supplement - Chronicle

Pages of news, games, crosswords, cartoons, weather, horoscope and impressive selection of classifieds, and the movie selection, plus celeb trivia Party Whirl
The editorial Page: DC EC safeguardsColumn - Dr. P.C Alexander/ BOOK Case-Madhuri Santanam Sondhi

Mind power - quote

Thomas L Friedman's column from The New York Times

FridayThe op-ed Page : Balbir Punj

Estates on two page-legal and other info on real estates, trivia articles on how to do up your home, 3 tips to make your house attractive, feng shui and other such things. Real Estate related ads
The supplement: Full of classifieds and tidbits about this and that. The news is hype, fashion and women's magazine like articles

Pages of news, games, crosswords, cartoons, weather, horoscope and impressive selection of classifieds, and the movie selection, plus celeb trivia impressive selection of classifieds, and the movie selection, plus celeb trivia
The editorial Page-Seats of Power-Arun Nehru

Mind power - quote

Maureen Dowd's column from The New York Times

SaturdayThe op-ed Page: STAGECRAFT & Statecraft-Brahma Chellaney/ ECO Currents-Jayati Ghsoh

syndicated articles from International Herald Tribune from famous columnists like Paulo Coelho etc

Career Chronicle Career related articles, Horoscope career ads
Supplement: Pages of news, games, crosswords, cartoons, weather, horoscope and impressive selection of classifieds, and the movie selection, plus celeb trivia
The editorial PageColumn - Seema Mustafa

Mind power - quotes

Paul Krugman's column from The New York Times

SundayThe op-ed PageArticles from The Spectator, and the IHTColumn "Dilli Ka Babu" - Dilli Cherian,Quote UnquoteHotmail@Delhi by Cool Breeze/CLOUM NO.1-Cyrus Broacha
Supplement - Sunday Chronicle

News and articles: Showbiz, Travel, Television, Cartoons, International
The editorial PageColumn "Byline" - M.J.Akbar. This column in the most read column in both DC & TAA and keenly looked forwarded to the Sunday by many ardent readers

Mind power - quotes

Maureen Dowd's column from The New York Times

Apart from this Diaspora of well-written columns the papers carry cartoons, stock quotes, crossword, jokes, letter to the editor, public grievances which is popular for readers to complain on various problems they have faced dealing with companies, government bodies etc.

Printing & Marketing Strengths
The Deccan Chronicle & The Asian Age spells quality in all its activities. We have state of the art printing machines which print over 70,000 copies per hour. The growth in circulation of Deccan Chronicle, Chennai from Zero to 2,95,326 copies in less than a year is a great testimony of the professionals working in the organisation with an in depth knowledge of customer & market needs. The year on year circulation growth in matured markets like Hyderabad, Delhi & Mumbai is a reflection of our editorial and marketing strengths.