Ganashakti
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Ganashakti Patrika is the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
West Bengal
State Committee, which first appeared as a fortnightly in 1967. Then it appeared as an evening daily for quite some time and finally converted into a full-fledged daily newspaper.
It is published in Bengali
, with online and English weekly editions, and is read in the city of Kolkata
and the surrounding area.
Although, a party mouthpiece, it covers wide range of issues including travel, literature, science, and technology.
A unique feature of the paper is its display on roadside woodboards throughout Kolkata and its suburbs allowing people who can't afford a newspaper to read it.
The principal catalyst behind transformation of Ganashakti was Saroj Mukherjee, a freedom fighter and CPI(M)'s state secretary during the 1980s. After Mukherjee's death his efforts were carried on by Anil Biswas, who was editor of the daily.
Dial, a telephone directory containing important and valuable numbers encompassing the areas such as hospitals, educations, celebrities,legislatures,party offices and sports is published by the Ganashakti.
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...
West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
State Committee, which first appeared as a fortnightly in 1967. Then it appeared as an evening daily for quite some time and finally converted into a full-fledged daily newspaper.
It is published in Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
, with online and English weekly editions, and is read in the city of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
and the surrounding area.
Although, a party mouthpiece, it covers wide range of issues including travel, literature, science, and technology.
A unique feature of the paper is its display on roadside woodboards throughout Kolkata and its suburbs allowing people who can't afford a newspaper to read it.
The principal catalyst behind transformation of Ganashakti was Saroj Mukherjee, a freedom fighter and CPI(M)'s state secretary during the 1980s. After Mukherjee's death his efforts were carried on by Anil Biswas, who was editor of the daily.
Dial, a telephone directory containing important and valuable numbers encompassing the areas such as hospitals, educations, celebrities,legislatures,party offices and sports is published by the Ganashakti.