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![]() Front page of Daily Thanthi on 12 July 2012 | |
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Thanthi Trust |
Founder(s) | S. P. Adithanar |
Founded | 1 November 1942 |
Political alignment | Socialism and Liberal Conservatism |
Language | Tamil |
Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Circulation | 1,137,041 Daily[1] (as of April 2023) |
Website | www |
Dina Thanthi (English: Daily Mail; known as Daily Thanthi in English) is a Tamil language daily newspaper. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in Madurai in 1942. Dina Thanthi is India's largest daily printed in the Tamil language and the ninth largest among all dailies in India by circulation.[2] It is printed in 16 cities across India and also prints an international edition in Dubai.
Dina Thanthi was established in Madurai in 1942 by S. P. Adithanar.[3]
This daily newspaper is published from 16 cities in India namely Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur and Vellore. In the second half of 2015, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,714,743.
An international edition is printed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the Middle East market.[4]
Edition | Average |
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Chennai | 4,98,188 |
Madurai | 1,27,182 |
Coimbatore | 1,23,910 |
Vellore | 67,981 |
Trichy | 1,02,751 |
Tirunelveli | 1,32,083 |
Salem | 1,25,528 |
Cuddalore | 68,811 |
Bangalore | 62,040 |
Puducherry | 30,536 |
Erode | 57,552 |
Nagercoil | 1,08,571 |
Thanjavur | 94,754 |
Dindigul | 52,290 |
Tirupur | 43,119 |
Mumbai | 19,447 |
The various supplements that come along with Daily Thanthi are as follows:
Day | Supplements |
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Daily | Dt next for chennai edition only, English version(from 1.11.2015) |
Sunday | Devadai |
Tuesday | Aruldharum Anmeegam |
Wednesday | Plus 2, SSLC model Questions (Aug to Feb) |
Saturday | Muthucharam, Ilaignar Malar, Mugavari (real-estate and construction technology news) |
It also carries a special supplement and conducts programmes for students to prepare for board examinations and other competitive exams.[5]