News18 Lokmat

News18 Lokmat

Country	India
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language	Marathi
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Network18 Group
Sister channels	Network18 Group channels
History
Launched	6 April 2008;17 years ago (2008-04-06)
Links
Website	lokmat.news18.com
Availability
Streaming media
Live Stream	Watch Live

News18 Lokmat is a 24-hour Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a joint venture between Network18 Group and Lokmat Group the publisher of the newspaper Lokmat. ^[1]

The channel was launched as IBN Lokmat on 6 April 2008, the day of the Hindu New Year festival Gudi Padwa. It was branded as News 18 Lokmat from 6 November 2017. ^[2]

Rebranding

News18 Lokmat is going to be rebranded as News18 Marathi from 10 January 2026 onwards ^[3] .

Journalist

• Manoj Khandekar ^[4]
• Ashutosh Patil
• Vilas Bade
• Hrishikesh Suryawanshi ^[5]
• Tushar Rupnavar
• Udya Jadhav
• Kiran Khutale
• Prajakta Tandel
• Nimisha Dharurkar
• Yamini Mahamunkar

References

1. "TV 18, Lokmat in JV to launch Marathi news channel".
2. "Network18 re-brands IBN Lokmat as News18 Lokmat". TelevisionPost. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
3. https://cdn.jiostar.com/jiostar/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Website-copy-Intimation-of-name-change-News18-Lokmat-11.12.25.pdf.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Manoj Khandekar : Exclusive News Stories by Manoj Khandekar Current Affairs, Events at News18 Lokmat". News18 Lokmat (in Marathi). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "ऋषिकेश सूर्यवंशी : Exclusive News Stories by ऋषिकेश सूर्यवंशी Current Affairs, Events at News18 Lokmat". News18 Lokmat (in Marathi). Retrieved 7 September 2022.