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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Toiling Masses Welfare Trust Tamil Nadu |
| Publisher | M.N.S.Venkataraman |
| Editor-in-chief | Ramalingam C |
| Founded | 29 June 1963 |
| Language | Tamil |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Website | theekkathir.inepaper.theekkathir.org |
Theekkathir is aTamilnewspaper ran by Toiling Masses Welfare Trust Tamil Nadu. Theekkathir is being published from Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli.[1]
In 1963, Theekkathir was started as a weekly fromChennai with the fund collected by Coimbatore mill workers. Its first editor was Arputhasamy, fondly called as Appu.[2]
Theekkathir was launched in 1966 at (Nadesan Road)Chennai. Its regular edition was launched in 1969 atMadurai and became a daily newspaper in 1971.[citation needed]
The paper's second edition started from Chennai in 1993. Its third edition started fromCoimbatore in 2007. The fourth edition from Tiruchirappalli was launched as a conclusion of theAugust campaign.[3]