Thinaboomi
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Editor S. Manimaran
Founded 1999
Language Tamil
Headquarters Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Website thinaboomi.com

Thinaboomi is a Tamil daily newspaper headquartered in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The newspaper was established in the late 1990s by S. Manimaran. It is printed and published from Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore and Pondicherry.

History

In 2010, Thinaboomi's editor S. Manimaran and his son Ramesh Kumar were arrested by the police. The pair subsequently alleged they were harassed due to political pressure as a result of covering the Madurai granite scandal.[1][2][3] In the following years, the Press Council of India and the newly elected Tamil Nadu government supported the editor in his case to get the case dropped.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Dravidian parties and defamation cases". Vikatan.
  2. ^ "Dinabhoomi Editor Manimaran withdraws complaint". The Hindu. 6 April 2013.
  3. ^ "'Dina Bhoomi' editor held". The Hindu. 21 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Katju directs Tamil Nadu government to arrest 30 cops in Manimaran raid case". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Withdraw cases against Dina Bhoomi editor: Jaya". The New Indian Express.