Jagran Prakashan#Publications and activities

Jagran Prakashan Limited was incorporated on 18 July 1975 under the Companies Act as "Jagran Prakashan Private Limited" and, subsequently, became a deemed public limited company under Section 43A of the Companies Act. In 2000, upon amendment of Section 43A of the Companies Act, The Company chose to keep its status as a public limited company pursuant to shareholders resolution passed on 31 August 2000. In 2004, The Company was again converted into a private limited company as per the stipulations under the Original Shareholders Agreement and pursuant to shareholders resolution passed on 28 September 2004. Further, on 23 November 2005. The Company was converted into a public limited company in the light of the Issue pursuant to a shareholders resolution passed on 18 November 2005.{{Cite web|title=Jagran Prakashan History {{!}} Jagran Prakashan Information - The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jagran-prakashan-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-17767.cms|access-date=2018-06-24|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com|archive-date=5 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705064103/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jagran-prakashan-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-17767.cms|url-status=live}}

The birth of JPL was the brainchild of the late Indian freedom warrior Shri Puran Chandra Gupta. In 1975, a lease arrangement was done to buy the plant and machinery needed for the publishing of newspapers and magazines. The Lucknow version of the Dainik Jagran was first published in 1979, while the Agra edition was first published in 1986. From April 1, 1989, the company's name was changed for the first time from Jagran Prakashan Private Limited to Jagran Prakashan Limited.

The company produces about 100 editions of around 12 print products in over five distinct languages across 15 states. Dainik Jagran, iNext, Mid-Day, Nai Dunia, Mid-Day Gujarati, Inquilab, Sakhi, Punjabi Jagran, and Jagran Josh are among the Company's print media brands. Jagran New Media, Jagran.com, The Daily Jagran, Jagranjosh.com, Jagran Post, Jagran Junction and Jeetle are some of the company's digital media brands. Jagran Pehel is the company's social initiative.{{Cite web|title=JAGP.NS - Jagran Prakashan Ltd Profile |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/JAGP.NS/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Reuters|language=en}}

Dainik Jagran was founded when the Quit India Movement was launched. Shri Puran Chandra Gupta, JC Arya, and Shri Gurudev, revolutionary liberation warriors, founded the publication in 1942. It was founded on the principle of reflecting the people's free will. Dainik Jagran is now India's largest Hindi language newspaper and the world's 17th most widely read newspaper. The first edition of Dainik Jagran was published in Jhansi in 1942, while the Kanpur edition was published in 1947. The next editions were held in Rewa and Bhopal in 1953 and 1956, respectively. Following that, Dainik Jagran continued to expand, and with the publication of numerous editions, it began to cover the entire Northern India region.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-06|title=History of Dainik Jagran Newspaper {{!}} Newspaper Advertising Encyclopedia|url=https://learn.releasemyad.com/history-of-dainik-jagran/|access-date=2021-06-02|language=en-US|archive-date=30 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330034943/https://learn.releasemyad.com/history-of-dainik-jagran/|url-status=live}}

The Madhya Pradesh-based Hindi daily Nai Dunia was purchased by Dainik Jagran for an effective enterprise value of ₹150 crore. Suvi Info Management (Indore) Pvt. Ltd, which manages Nai Dunia through its subsidiary Nai Dunia Media Pvt. Ltd, was acquired by JPL.{{Cite web|last=Chandran|first=Shuchi Bansal & Anushree|date=2012-04-02|title=Jagran Prakashan acquires Nai Dunia|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/RxJSRMi9kAgRDcq1WJpBGP/Jagran-Prakashan-acquires-Nai-Dunia.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=mint|language=en|archive-date=2 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202204406/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/RxJSRMi9kAgRDcq1WJpBGP/Jagran-Prakashan-acquires-Nai-Dunia.html|url-status=live}}

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Punjabi Jagran is a Punjabi-language daily newspaper. Amritsar, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Doaba, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Malwa, and Patiala are among the newspaper's editions. Punjabi Jagran epaper covers all national and international political, business, and sports news on a daily basis.{{Cite web|title=Punjabi Jagran Epaper {{!}} Today's Punjabi Daily {{!}} Punjabi Jagran Online Newspaper|url=http://www.epapersland.com/india/punjabi-jagran.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.epapersland.com|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602220046/http://www.epapersland.com/india/punjabi-jagran.html|url-status=live}}

In 2010, Jagran had acquired the print business of Mid-Day Multimedia Ltd (MML), the Mumbai based publishing house that owned the English-language afternoon daily Mid-Day.{{Cite web|last=Ramarathinam|first=Anushree Chandran and Ashwin|date=2010-05-06|title=Jagran Prakashan takes over Mid-Day's print business|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/LmR2E8AdPS0jU2fuIktO6O/Jagran-Prakashan-takes-over-MidDay8217s-print-business.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=mint|language=en|archive-date=2 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202204404/https://www.livemint.com/Companies/LmR2E8AdPS0jU2fuIktO6O/Jagran-Prakashan-takes-over-MidDay8217s-print-business.html|url-status=live}}

In June 2025, Jagran announced a revamp of Dainik Jagran's English news subdomain as TheDailyJagran.com.{{cite news |title=Jagran New Media unveils TheDailyJagran.com - ET BrandEquity |url=https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/media/jagran-new-media-launches-rebranded-english-news-platform-thedailyjagrancom/121595227 |work=ETBrandEquity.com |language=en}}

Allegations of bias against the Jagran group and its papers have been raised since it was censured in 1990 by the Press Council of India for inflammatory content following the demolition of the Babri Masjid. One of the examples cited of such reporting involved reports of persons killed by the police; while most papers put the number based on information received at 32, Dainik Jagran reported it as 300 deaths.{{Cite book|last=Basu|first=Amrita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTrjCQAAQBAJ&q=Jagran+news+Bias+BJP&pg=PA95|title=Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India|date=2015-06-30|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-08963-1|pages=97|language=en}} These reports coincided with the Dainik Jagran's expansion from reporting within Uttar Pradesh to outside the state as well, with a Delhi edition launched in 1990.{{Cite book|last=Neyazi|first=Taberez Ahmed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YtGoDwAAQBAJ&q=Dainik+Jagran&pg=PA107|title=Political Communication and Mobilisation: The Hindi Media in India|date=2018-03-09|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-41613-9|pages=107|language=en|access-date=17 April 2024|archive-date=17 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417162914/https://books.google.com/books?id=YtGoDwAAQBAJ&q=Dainik+Jagran&pg=PA107#v=snippet&q=Dainik%20Jagran&f=false|url-status=live}} Dainik Jagran has consistently advocated for the construction of the Ram Mandir on the ground where the Babri Masjid was demolished, which is also a political stance adopted by the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web|title=Dainik Jagran- the steady voice of the Ram temple movement|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/04/04/dainik-jagran-the-steady-voice-of-the-ram-temple-movement|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Newslaundry|date=4 April 2017|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306092150/https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/04/04/dainik-jagran-the-steady-voice-of-the-ram-temple-movement|url-status=live}}

In 2010, Dainik Jagran was one of two newspapers (in addition to Dainik Bhaskar) that was flagged by the Press Council of India for carrying paid news.

In 2017, Dainik Jagran published an exit poll favouring the Bharatiya Janata Party before the results of the Uttar Pradesh state election results were declared in 2017, which violated the Election Commission of India's regulations that prohibit the publication of exit polls before election results are declared. Following this, the Election Commission ordered the Uttar Pradesh police to register a case against the editor of the Dainik Jagran for violating the Representation of People's Act and the Indian Penal Code. The editor, Sanjay Gupta, who was also the CEO of the Jagran Group CEO stated to The Indian Express that the poll was carried by their advertising department, i.e. it had been posted for compensation to the group.{{Cite web|date=2017-02-17|title=For posting UP exit polls, EC orders 15 FIRs against Dainik Jagran|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/elections-commission-for-posting-exit-polls-ec-orders-15-firs-against-dainik-jagran-4523596/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=2 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202204406/https://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/elections-commission-for-posting-exit-polls-ec-orders-15-firs-against-dainik-jagran-4523596/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Choudhary|first=Anuja,Vidhi|date=2017-02-13|title=UP exit poll: Election Commission orders FIR against Dainik Jagran|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/7qDqFN52dbBD46BjAO8ciK/Exit-polls-in-media-comes-under-Election-Commission-scanner.html|access-date=2021-02-21|website=mint|language=en|archive-date=27 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927141843/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/7qDqFN52dbBD46BjAO8ciK/Exit-polls-in-media-comes-under-Election-Commission-scanner.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Violating Election Commission Ban, Dainik Jagran Runs 'Exit Poll' Showing BJP Ahead|url=https://thewire.in/politics/dainik-jagran-exit-poll-uttar-pradesh-ec-defiance|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Wire|archive-date=5 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205143042/https://thewire.in/politics/dainik-jagran-exit-poll-uttar-pradesh-ec-defiance|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2017-02-17|title=Exit poll: Fixed {{as written|responsib|lity [sic]}} for 'breach', Dainik Jagran tells poll officer|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-polls-exit-poll-fixed-responsiblity-for-breach-dainik-jagran-tells-poll-officer-election-commission-4527241/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218174026/http://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-polls-exit-poll-fixed-responsiblity-for-breach-dainik-jagran-tells-poll-officer-election-commission-4527241/|url-status=live}}

The published poll was attributed to "RDI" and later, officials from an entity called the Resource Development International (I) Private Limited were also listed by the Election Commission of India as having violated election laws.{{Cite web|date=2017-02-13|title=After EC notice, Dainik Jagran says published exit poll 'inadvertently'|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/election-body-asks-up-district-election-officers-to-file-firs-against-dainik-jagran/story-a9BY0xoNN4uiVhhcKEfC0N.html|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-date=18 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118090943/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/election-body-asks-up-district-election-officers-to-file-firs-against-dainik-jagran/story-a9BY0xoNN4uiVhhcKEfC0N.html|url-status=live}} Resource Development International (I) Private Limited and one other organisation engaged in electoral research in India bearing the same abbreviation of 'RDI' both denied involvement in preparing the exit poll. The second organization named RDI is run by Devendra Kumar, an affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web|last=Malhotra|first=Hansa|date=2017-02-17|title=Dainik Jagran Exit Poll: Who Paid for It and Who Conducted It?|url=https://www.thequint.com/state-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-elections-2017/who-paid-for-the-dainik-jagran-exit-poll-that-showed-bjp-in-the-lead-in-uttar-pradesh-elections-election-commission|access-date=2021-02-21|website=TheQuint|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Who Paid for the Pro-BJP Exit Poll that Dainik Jagran Published?|url=https://thewire.in/culture/who-paid-for-the-pro-bjp-exit-poll-that-dainik-jagran-published|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Wire|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206233221/https://thewire.in/culture/who-paid-for-the-pro-bjp-exit-poll-that-dainik-jagran-published|url-status=live}} Following the registration of First Information Reports, police raided Dainik Jagran's offices and the homes of some employees, and arrested their online editor, Shekhar Tripathi. He was later released on bail.{{Cite web|last=Chakravarty|first=Ipsita|title=Heartland of the matter: 'Dainik Jagran' has been accused of mixing business with politics before|url=https://scroll.in/article/829460/heartland-of-the-matter-dainik-jagran-has-been-accused-of-mixing-business-with-politics-before|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Scroll.in|date=16 February 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205000635/https://scroll.in/article/829460/heartland-of-the-matter-dainik-jagran-has-been-accused-of-mixing-business-with-politics-before|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=UP elections: Police arrest Jagran.com editor Shekhar Tripathi for publishing exit poll|url=https://scroll.in/latest/829272/dainik-jagran-issues-clarification-says-exit-poll-was-inadvertently-published|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208201317/https://scroll.in/latest/829272/dainik-jagran-issues-clarification-says-exit-poll-was-inadvertently-published|url-status=live}}

In relation to the exit poll publication as well as multiple editorial posts supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Jagran Prakashan publications, including Dainik Jagran and its English equivalent, Jagran Josh, have been criticised by media watchdog Newslaundry, news website DailyO, and news magazine Caravan for carrying one-sided coverage supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party and its policies while in government, particularly in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where the company sent vans bearing the Dainik Jagran logo to support and conduct publicity on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh Government led by Adityanath.{{Cite web|title=A Dainik Jagran guide to Adityanath government's propaganda|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/02/20/a-dainik-jagran-guide-to-adityanath-governments-propaganda|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Newslaundry|date=20 February 2021|archive-date=31 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331154758/https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/02/20/a-dainik-jagran-guide-to-adityanath-governments-propaganda|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Azam|first=Shireen|title=Why the Hindu nationalist Jagran group runs the Urdu daily Inquilab|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/revolution-muted|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Caravan|language=en|archive-date=30 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130023738/https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/revolution-muted|url-status=live}} Both, Caravan and Newslaundry have pointed to the doubling of advertisement revenue from government sources since the Bharatiya Janata Party formed the government at the Center as being linked with increasing pro-government content in Jagran's English, Hindu and Urdu publications. In 2018, investigative journalism website Cobrapost published videos purporting to show that employees of several news organisations, including from the Jagran Group, were willing to promote political and religious content relating to Hindutva and the Bharatiya Janata Party in exchange for compensation.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-27|title=Sting: '17 media firms ready to push communal reports for cash'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sting-17-media-firms-ready-to-push-communal-reports-for-cash-cobrapost-5112476/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809202632/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sting-17-media-firms-ready-to-push-communal-reports-for-cash-cobrapost-5112476/|url-status=live}} Jagran Group CEO Sanjay Gupta denied the allegations, stating that the Jagran Group employee identified in the videos did not have the authority to make any such commitments on behalf of the Group.

In July 2020, Gupta was added to the board of Prasar Bharati, India's public broadcasting body.{{Cite web|title=Dainik Jagran editor-in-chief Sanjay Gupta inducted as a member of the Prasar Bharati Board|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/07/08/dainik-jagran-editor-in-chief-sanjay-gupta-inducted-as-a-member-of-the-prasar-bharati-board|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Newslaundry|date=8 July 2020|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306092143/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/07/08/dainik-jagran-editor-in-chief-sanjay-gupta-inducted-as-a-member-of-the-prasar-bharati-board|url-status=live}}

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