चेन्नई बेस्ड अखबार द न्यू इंडियन एक्सप्रेस की तरफ से वीकेंड न्यूजपेपर द संडे स्टैंडर्ड को दिल्ली से लांच कर दिया गया. सोलह पेजी इस अखबार के साथ 16 पेज का मैग्जीन सेक्शन भी है. इसके एडिटोरियल डायरेक्टर प्रभु चावला हैं जबकि रवि शंकर एक्जीक्यूटिव एडिटर हैं. अखबार का दाम चार रुपये है. पहले अंक में द न्यू इंडियन एक्सप्रेस ग्रुप के चेयरमैन मनोज कुमार सोंथालिया का एक संक्षिप्त संपादकीय है. जो इस प्रकार है-
Namaskar
It is with great pleasure that we launch The Sunday Standard in Delhi today. The venture is new, but the title is old. Started by N.J. Hamilton in Bombay in 1936 with R.K. Karanjia as editor, The Sunday Standard was taken over by Ramnath Goenka and built into a beloved icon of the early years of Independence.
That it is part of a great legacy carrying with it the imprint of eminent writers and managers besides the incomparable Ramnathji himself is a fact that fills my colleagues and me with humility. At the same time, we are proud to bring a heritage title to life in the national capital at a very critical time in the history of our country.
We seek your support in our endeavours. Ultimately, a newspaper is a public service and we wish The Sunday Standard to be seen as a such. We would like nothing more than being a partner alongside you in building a tomorrow that will make all of us proud f this precious country.
Thank you and best wishes.
Manoj Kumar Sonthalia
Chairman, The New Indian Express group
Rajeev Verma Knp
April 6, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Congratulations 2 you and your team…….
Love Thakur
April 10, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Manoj Santhalia ji………great legacy of title, great hero of journalism late Sh.Ram Nath Goenka and great Radia broker Prabhu Chawla…… I have great regards for Sh. Ram Nath Goenka, he faught with Indira Gandhi, during emergency and after emergency. Santhalia ji you are distroying this legacy by appointing Prabhu Chawala as incharge of Sunday Standrad.. ………nothing more can be said.
Love Thakur