Suprabhaatham Daily


Suprabhaatham is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. It was founded under the leadership of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, a prominent Sunni Islamic scholar's organization of Kerala. Kozhikode Iqrau Publications Ltd. is the publisher of Suprabhaatham. The word " Suprabhaatham" translates to literally "auspicious dawn". It is the fourth most widely read newspaper daily in Kerala. It publishes a variety of supplements like Njayarprabhaatham, Vidya Prabhatham, Ayur Prabhaatham and Pravasi. The newspaper has various editions from Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, Trissur, Kochi, Thiruvnanthapuram and Palakkad in Kerala. It headquartered at Francis Road, Calicut, Kerala

History

Kozhikode Iqrau Publication has launched the daily on 1 September 2014 by Oommen Chandy, the then Chief Minister of Kerala. Suprabhaatham has 7 print editions published from Kozhikode, Kochi, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram. The daily has readership across Kerala as well as among the ethnic Malayali population of Lakshadweep, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Nilgiri. The daily is printed from seven different printing presses and has the backing of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the representative body and the spiritual leadership of a faction of the Sunni Muslims of Kerala which owns the publishers of Suprabhaatham. It is the first Malayalam news which has got initial circulation of more than three lacks. Late Kottumala Bappu Musliyar was the founding chairman.

Organization

Dr.Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi is the Editor. Navas Poonoor is Managing Editor. A. Sajeevan is the Executive Editor. Sayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal is the chairman of the management while Dr.Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi, Abdul Hameed Faizee are the directors. Maniyoor Ahmad Musliyar is the chief patron of suprabhaatham.