About The Telegraph (Kolkata)

The Telegraph is a Kolkata (Calcutta) based broadsheet newspaper in English. It is owned by the ABP Limited (an enterprise of Ananda Publishers). It has published continuously since 7 July 1982. In 25 years, it has become the largest circulated English daily in the eastern region published from Calcutta. It is considered by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, India, to be the fastest growing daily (in terms of circulation) in eastern India. The Telegraph is noted for its extensive coverage of Indian foreign policy and its focused reporting on India\s troubled North-East.According to Indian Readership Survey(IRS) 2008-R2 it is the Fourth largest widely read English Newspaper in Eastern India with a readership of (2.9 million). The Telegraph is also published from Guwahati (to cater to the entire northeast), Siliguri (for North Bengal and Sikkim), Jamshedpur, and Ranchi (for Jharkhand).