Daily Excelsior

For the Mexican daily newspaper, see Excélsior.

Daily Excelsior

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Print, online
Owner(s)	Excelsior
Founder(s)	S. D. Rohmetra
Publisher	Daily Excelsior
Editor	Kamal Rohmetra, Neeraj Rohmetra
Founded	1 January 1965;60 years ago (1965-01-01)
Language	English
City	Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
Country	India
Circulation	3,75,000
Website	www.dailyexcelsior.com
Free online archives	epaper.dailyexcelsior.com
Media of India List of newspapers

The Daily Excelsior is an English-language newspaper published in Jammu, a city in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It was established by S. D. Rohmetra. The newspaper has been in publication since 1 January 1965. Its current editors are Kamal Rohmetra and Neeraj Rohmetra. It is one of the most circulated English dailies in J&K. ^[1]

History

Started as a weekly English newspaper in 1965, it became a daily English newspaper in 1967. ^[2]

Journalist death

On 11 May 2008, photojournalist Ashok Sodhi was killed while photographing an armed confrontation between terrorists and security forces in the Samba District of Jammu and Kashmir. He had moved closer to better capture coverage of the confrontation when a stray bullet hit him. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Communications in India
• List of newspapers in India
• Media of India

References

1. "About Us".
2. "Daily Excelsior - Jammu Kashmir Ladakh News". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
3. "In memoriam". Global Journalist. 7 January 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
4. Khajuria, Ravi (11 May 2008). "Ultras strike at Samba: Photojournalist among 8 killed". The Tribune . Chandigarh. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

External links

• Daily Excelsior website