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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Print, online |
| Owner | Excelsior |
| Founder | S. D. Rohmetra |
| Publisher | Daily Excelsior |
| Editor | Kamal Rohmetra, Neeraj Rohmetra |
| Founded | 1 January 1965; 60 years ago (1965-01-01) |
| Language | English |
| City | Jammu,Jammu and Kashmir |
| Country | India |
| Circulation | 3,75,000 |
| Website | www |
| Free online archives | epaper |
TheDaily Excelsior is anEnglish-languagenewspaper published inJammu, a city in the Indianunion territory ofJammu and Kashmir. It was established by S. D. Rohmetra.[1] The newspaper has been in publication since 1 January 1965. Its current editors are Kamal Rohmetra and Neeraj Rohmetra.[citation needed] It is one of the most circulated English dailies in J&K.[2]
Started as a weekly English newspaper in 1965, it became a daily English newspaper in 1967.[3]
On 11 May 2008, photojournalistAshok Sodhi was killed while photographing an armed confrontation between terrorists and security forces in theSamba District of Jammu and Kashmir. He had moved closer to better capture coverage of the confrontation when a stray bullet hit him.[4][5]