Congress-owned National Herald made a comeback today with a digital version after shutting down in 2008
Congress-owned newspaper National Herald today staged a comeback with a digital version eight years after it shut down.
The Associated Journals Limited, which has been mired in legal hassles over its assets, announced the launch of www.nationalheraldindia.com and claimed that the printed version of its newspaper will also be relaunched soon.
"In keeping with the changing times, the newspaper group resumes phased publication as a multi-media outlet with a strong digital presence. The digital website will follow the same editorial vision and principles as that of our Founder, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. It remains committed to furthering the values it has always cherished and the best values of the Freedom Movement - that of building a modern, democratic, just, equitable, liberal and socially harmonious nation, free of sectarian strife," a release from the company said.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter that the relaunch is a befitting tribute to Nehru on his anniversary:Launched in 1938 as a daily in the forefront of the Indian Freedom Movement, the release said the newspaper proclaims its commitment on its masthead inscribed in Nehru's hand, "Freedom is in Peril, Defend it with All Your Might".
Announcing the launch, its website carried a cartoon captioned - "Don't spare me Shankar", carried with an editorial piece.
National Herald has already announced appointment of Neelabh Mishra as its Editor-in-Chief.
The publications of Associated Journal were shut by Congress in April 2008 after they incurred losses.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had lodged a criminal case against the Gandhi family and some Congress leaders, including Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, and Gandhi family loyalists Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda, in 2012, accusing them of misappropriation of its funds.
Congress has contested the case and the trial court has granted bail to the Gandhi family and others.