Vijayavani

Vijayavani (Kannada:ವಿಜಯವಾಣಿ) is a Kannada-language daily newspaper distributed in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is published by the VRL Group owned by logistics tycoon Vijay Sankeshwar.

Having launched on 1st April, 2012, Vijayavani started with merely three editions. Today it has editions in several places like Bengaluru, Mangalore, Hubli, Mysore, Bijapur, Gangavathi, Chithradurga, Shimoga and Gulbarga.

Vijayavani was started by Anand Sankeshwar, a leading businessman in the logistics space and the owner of VRL Logistics Ltd. He has also been a newspaper baron. Since its launch, Vijayavani has been active in coming up with newer innovations and continues to exhilarate readers. It is the only daily in Karnataka with all colour pages, across all its editions, thus giving it an edge over others.

Vijayavani’s main issue of 16 pages comprises four pages covering local/ hyperlocal issues, two pages each on national, state and sports, one calendar page for entertainment/events, one page dedicated to serials/stories and one page on commerce/business.

There are also various supplements on topics like commerce (Vittavani), culture (Samskruti), youth (Masth), cinema (Cinivani), children (Putani).The Sunday supplement is called VijayaVihara. All these supplements are of four pages.