The Hans India

Name

The name of the newspaper – The Hans India – has been derived from the word 'Hans', meaning swan in Hindi.

K. Ramachandra Murthy, MD and CEO of Hyderabad Media House at the time, noted, "We chose the swan as the symbol for HMTV and also named our paper after this bird as it has the ability to separate milk from water. In the same way, we aim to separate truth from untruth and fact from fiction." The paper has the tagline 'Free, Frank, and Fearless'.

History

K. Ramachandra Murthy, MD and CEO of Hyderabad Media House at the time, mentioned that the programme, 'Andhra Dasa Disa' on HMTV gave them the confidence to venture into print media. PNV Nair, who earlier worked as the Editor at Deccan Chronicle, was the first Editor of Hans India.

Hans India started with its primary focus on Andhra Pradesh (which included Telangana) apart from national and global news. It was launched with five editions from Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Warangal, and Tirupati. Later, it also added editions from Amaravati, Khammam, Kurnool, and New Delhi.

Ownership

The Hans India is owned by Kapil Group, promoted by K. Vaman Rao. Kapil Group is a conglomerate of over 30 companies having presence in over 16 business activities.

Kapil Chit Funds, the first company of the group started in 1981 at Karimnagar by K. Vaman Rao, a Chartered Accountant by profession. It later diversified into sectors like construction, property management, hospitality, manufacturing, media, energy, agriculture, healthcare, finance, IT.

Content

Hans India publishes 20 pages of news, views, reviews, and information about the nation, world, technology, business, sports, and entertainment. At its launch, the newspaper had regular columns by journalists like Kuldip Nayar, M. V. Kamath, Nilotpal Basu, George Verghese, and Pallavi Ghosh.

The paper was launched with two supplements – Hyderabad Hans and Sunday Hans. Hyderabad Hans is a four-page, city-centric pullout, printed everyday. Sunday Hans is an eight-page pullout with features about food fests, travel, counseling etc. The main newspaper also includes pages dedicated to education, health, and property.

The Hans India also launched a business focused news website Bizz Buzz in Nov, 2020.

References

References

1. "About Us".
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5. (13 April 2017). "Kapil Chits helped Vaman spread his wings wider".
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8. Ninan, Sevanti. (2013-09-18). "Divided state, divided media".
9. "Bizz Buzz". Bizz Buzz.
10. (19 November 2020). "KTR launches Bizz Buzz". The Hens India.