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A number of Marathi language newspapers from the British era continued publishing decades after independence.These included Kesari, Tarun Bharat,Prabhat and Sakal.Sakal under the leadership of Nanasaheb Parulekar maintained a politically neutral stand.[206] It has remained the most popular Marathi daily during Parulekar's stewardship and later since the 1980s under the Pawar family control.[207][208] Kesari is now only published as an online newspaper.Mumbai based Maharashtra times, Loksatta and Lokmat all introduced Pune based editions in the last fifteen years.The Mumbai-based popular English newspaper Indian express has a Pune edition. Its rival the times of India introduced a tabloid called Pune mirror in 2008.Mid day, Daily news and analysis and Sakak times are other local English newspapers
The government owned All India radio (AIR) has been broadcasting from Pune since 1952.[209] There are many FM service are received in Pune. AIR Doordarshan DD Sahyadri and Zee Marathi are Marathi language TV channels received in the city.There are also numerous other TV channels in Hindi, English and other languages received in the city by cable.



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