On Wednesday, the Indian National Congress (INC) said the Associated Journals Limited will resume publication of its newspapers ‘National Herald’ and ‘Navjivan’ with senior journalist Neelabh Mishra as Editor-in-Chief.
The defunct mouthpiece of the Indian National Congress, the National Herald will go into print once again, eight years after being pulled out of circulation. Journalist Neelabh Mishra will be the new editor-in-chief of the newspaper, media reports said on Wednesday.
AICC Treasurer Motilal Vora told PTI, last month, ”The Associated Journals Limited (AJL) had decided in January to re-launch its newspapers, the National Herald, Quami Awaj and Navjivan. The process for implementation is on.” The National Herald was published in English, Navjivan in Hindi and Qami Awaaz in Urdu.
The National Herald newspaper was launched during the freedom struggle in 1938 by Jawaharlal Nehru, who would later go on to become the first Prime Minister of independent India. The paper served as a mouthpiece for the Grand Old party. However, over the years, its popularity started to wane, and finances dried out. The paper finally folded in 2008, with a debt of Rs 90 crores.
(With PTI inputs)