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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Toiling Masses Welfare Trust Tamil Nadu |
| Publisher | M.N.S.Venkataraman |
| Editor-in-chief | Ramalingam C |
| Founded | 29 June 1963 |
| Language | Tamil |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Website | theekkathir.in epaper.theekkathir.org |
Theekkathir is a Tamil newspaper ran by Toiling Masses Welfare Trust Tamil Nadu. Theekkathir is being published from Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli. [1]
In 1963, Theekkathir was started as a weekly from Chennai with the fund collected by Coimbatore mill workers. Its first editor was Arputhasamy, fondly called as Appu. [2]
Theekkathir was launched in 1966 at (Nadesan Road) Chennai. Its regular edition was launched in 1969 at Madurai and became a daily newspaper in 1971.[ citation needed ]
The paper's second edition started from Chennai in 1993. Its third edition started from Coimbatore in 2007. The fourth edition from Tiruchirappalli was launched as a conclusion of the August campaign. [3]
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