VRL Group
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VRL Group of companies are one of the leading business group of Karnataka state, India
. The company has its headquarters at Hubli ( Hubballi in Kannada ). The Group has business interests in road transportation, logistics, publishing, booking of tickets for different modes of transports like aeroplanes buses etc. VRL is an abbreviation of Vijayanand Roadlines Limited. The company was started by Vijay Sankeshwar in 1976 at Gadag. Vijay Sankeshwar's family was into business of publishing books and guides for students. He entered into business of road transport to ferry goods and cargo by the name of VRL. VRL later started private bus services in between cities and towns of Karnataka, which were later expanded to other states of India ( Bharath ). The bus services became popular because of punctuality and cleanliness maintained by VRL. That was the same reason behind its popularity of logistics business also. The VRL has wide network of branches throughout South India and Maharashtra.
Vijay Sankeshwar started Vijaya Karnataka
a Kannada language daily newspaper and Usha Kiran also in Kannada published by VPL. VPL i.e.; Vijay Printers Limited a subsidiary of VRL also published an English daily called Vijay Times. These newspapers were later sold to Times of India group. Vijay Sankeshwar was also member of parliament (Loksabha) from north Dharwad
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The company has its headquarters at Hubli ( Hubballi in Kannada ). The Group has business interests in road transportation, logistics, publishing, booking of tickets for different modes of transports like aeroplanes buses etc. VRL is an abbreviation of Vijayanand Roadlines Limited. The company was started by Vijay Sankeshwar in 1976 at Gadag. Vijay Sankeshwar's family was into business of publishing books and guides for students. He entered into business of road transport to ferry goods and cargo by the name of VRL. VRL later started private bus services in between cities and towns of Karnataka, which were later expanded to other states of India ( Bharath ). The bus services became popular because of punctuality and cleanliness maintained by VRL. That was the same reason behind its popularity of logistics business also. The VRL has wide network of branches throughout South India and Maharashtra.
Vijay Sankeshwar started Vijaya Karnataka
Vijaya Karnataka
Vijaya Karnataka is a Kannada newspaper. It is the largest circulated Kannada daily and published from a number of cities in Karnataka. This was founded by VRL group, started in October 2000. During its initial days this news paper was distributed for free for one month. Later on this paper was...
a Kannada language daily newspaper and Usha Kiran also in Kannada published by VPL. VPL i.e.; Vijay Printers Limited a subsidiary of VRL also published an English daily called Vijay Times. These newspapers were later sold to Times of India group. Vijay Sankeshwar was also member of parliament (Loksabha) from north Dharwad
Dharwad
Dharwad, also known as Dharwar, is a city and a DISTRICT PLACE in India's Karnataka state.Dharwad is the administrative seat of the Dharwad District. The municipality of Hubli-Dharwad covers an area of 200.23 km²...
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