Milestones

2017 – New Delhi edition of Lokmat was launched on 14th Dec 2017

2015 - Lokmat becomes the first and only media house in the country to generate and use green/solar energy for printing newspapers. The company sets up two solar power plants, one at Butibori near Nagpur and the other at Shendra near Aurangabad.

2015 - Deepotsav's circulation crosses 1 lakh copies as per Audit Bureau of Circulations

2014 - 2nd Guinness World Record created by Lokmat Group

2013 - Lokmat Times launches its 3rd edition in Nashik on 26th Jan ‘13

2012 - Lokmat creates Guinness World Record in Aurangabad

2010 - Lokmat releases Jetaa, a Marathi film co-produced with RDP in August 2010

2010 - Lokmat Connect - Events division formed

2009 - Acquired the printing and publishing business of PPPL under scheme of demerger to consolidate the publication
             business

2009 - Lokmat Goa started on 21st April, 2009

2008 - IBN Lokmat goes on air on 6th April 2008

2006 - Lifestyle magazine 'G2, The Global Gujarati' launched

2005 - ePaper for Lokmat launched

2000 - 'Sakhi Manch', forum for women launched

1999 - Lokmat Pune started on 13 September, 1999.

1999 - Lokmat Samachar launched in Akola on 27 July, 1999.

1998 - Marathi news website - www.lokmat.com launched

1998 - Lokmat Kolhapur started on 12th October, 1998

1998 - Lokmat Mumbai started on 1st May,1998

1998 - Lokmat Akola started on 16 March,1998

1997 - Yuva Manch (now known as Yuva Nxt) launched

1993 - Lokmat Solapur started on 24 October,1993

1992 - Lokmat Times Nagpur started on 21 October,1992

1992 - Lokmat Samachar launched in Aurangabad on 16 August,1992

1989 - Lokmat Nashik started on 14 September,1989

1989 - Lokmat Samachar started on 14 January,1989

1987 - Lokmat Ahmednagar started on 15 August,1987

1987 - Lokmat Times Aurangabad started on 30 March,1987

1982 - Lokmat Aurangabad started on 9 January 1982

1977 - Lokmat Jalgaon started on 15 December,1977

1973 - Lokmat Newspapers Private Limited acquired the Lokmat newspaper

1973 - Our company was incorporated by Late Shri Jawaharlal Darda under the name Lokmat Newspapers Private Limited

1971 - Late Shri Jawaharlal Darda launched Lokmat's first full daily edition on December 15, 1971 from Nagpur, Maharashtra