Rs. 2.9 crore paid despite negligible readership, popularity, circulation Bengaluru: The ‘National Herald’ newspaper received more advertisement funding from the Congress-led Karnataka Government than any other national daily, raising questions over the use of public funds. According to records, the State Government paid crores of rupees to ‘National Herald’ from its advertisement budget, despite claims…
Karnataka Govt. ‘bribed’ Gandhi family: Pralhad Joshi
January 9, 2026Bengaluru: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said that the Congress Government in Karnataka had “bribed” the Nehru-Gandhi family by funnelling public money to the ‘National Herald’ newspaper through Government advertisements. “It has given more advertisement revenue to the ‘National Herald’ newspaper than to any established newspaper or periodical in the country. That itself is…
National Herald case: Congress workers’ bid to lay siege to BJP office foiled
December 19, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Members of District and City Congress Committee staged a protest in front of Ramaswamy Circle against BJP, accusing the Central Government of misusing probe agencies, after a Delhi Court refused to take cognisance of money laundering charges made by Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Congress leaders and MPs Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi…
Rahul Gandhi re-launches ‘National Herald’ in Bengaluru
June 12, 2017Bengaluru: AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi released the commemorative issue of ‘National Herald’ at a function held at Ambedkar Bhavan to mark the Weekly’s re-launch here this morning. The re-launch of National Herald was attended by Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Governor Vajubhai R. Vala. Later, Rahul Gandhi was scheduled to address a general body meeting of…
Congress to relaunch National Herald in Bengaluru
June 7, 2017New Delhi: National Herald, the pre-Independence era newspaper, founded and launched by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru from Lucknow on Sept. 9, 1938, is all set to be re-launched in Bengaluru on June 12. In 2008, the newspaper, known to be backed by the Congress and the Gandhi family, stopped its publication citing…










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