Lokmat ( ) is a Marathi language newspaper published in Maharashtra, India. Founded in 1971 by Jawaharlal Darda, it is the largest read Marathi-language newspaper in India. and has presence in print, digital, TV and events.[ IRS-2019-Q4-Highlights. .]
Television news channel
Lokmat extended its media business to broadcast through a 50-50 joint venture with IBN18 Broadcast Limited. The joint venture company, IBN-Lokmat Private Limited (“IBNL”), operates
IBN-Lokmat, a 24 x 7 Marathi news and current affairs television channel which went on air on 6 April 2008.
Controversies
2015 ISIS cartoon controversy
In 2015, a cartoon published alongside the article "ISIS cha Paisa" (ISIS' money), regarding the funding pattern of terrorist group
ISIS, led to violent protests from
Muslim groups and attacks on the newspaper's offices in
Jalgaon,
Dhule,
Nandurbar,
Malegaon and other locations across
Maharashtra. Protestors deemed the cartoon to be "
blasphemous". Several complaints were filed with the police regarding the cartoon, and subsequently, an FIR was lodged against the owners, the cartoonist and the editor. The newspaper later published an apology.
Police stated that they had increased security at all
Lokmat offices across Maharashtra following the attacks.
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