<p>Jawaharlal Nehru established newspapers ‘National Herald’ and ‘Navjivan’ will resume publication in “coming months” with publishing house Associated Journals Limited (AJL) appointing senior journalist Neelabh Mishra as its new Editor-in-Chief.<br /><br /></p>.<p>AJL Managing Director and Congress treasurer Motilal Vora announced Mishra’s appointment as Editor-in-Chief of its English and Hindi newspapers and digital properties without specifying the exact date of resumption of publication.<br /><br />“Both newspapers shall resume publication in the coming months, followed by ‘Quami Awaz’,” Vora said. ‘Quami Awaz’ was the Urdu newspaper from the AJL stable.<br /><br />Founded by Nehru in Lucknow in 1938, National Herald was banned by the British during the 1942 Quit India Movement. <br /><br />It faced brief shutdowns in the 1940s and 70s. It ceased to publish in 2008. <br />The AJL has been in the news recently over allegations of land grabbing levelled by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and four others.<br /><br />Swamy had moved court claiming that the Gandhis were eyeing the multi-crore properties of AJL, a public limited company, through their private company Young Indian. <br /><br />Sonia Gandhi had told a local court in December last year that the newspapers would resume publication. Mishra, a former Editor of ‘Outlook Hindi’, has been tasked to build and lead a team for ‘National Herald’ and its Hindi cousin ‘Navjivan’. <br /><br />He was also actively involved with the People’s Union of Civil Liberties in Rajasthan.<br />Vora stressed that both the newspapers will have a strong digital presence.<br /></p>
<p>Jawaharlal Nehru established newspapers ‘National Herald’ and ‘Navjivan’ will resume publication in “coming months” with publishing house Associated Journals Limited (AJL) appointing senior journalist Neelabh Mishra as its new Editor-in-Chief.<br /><br /></p>.<p>AJL Managing Director and Congress treasurer Motilal Vora announced Mishra’s appointment as Editor-in-Chief of its English and Hindi newspapers and digital properties without specifying the exact date of resumption of publication.<br /><br />“Both newspapers shall resume publication in the coming months, followed by ‘Quami Awaz’,” Vora said. ‘Quami Awaz’ was the Urdu newspaper from the AJL stable.<br /><br />Founded by Nehru in Lucknow in 1938, National Herald was banned by the British during the 1942 Quit India Movement. <br /><br />It faced brief shutdowns in the 1940s and 70s. It ceased to publish in 2008. <br />The AJL has been in the news recently over allegations of land grabbing levelled by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and four others.<br /><br />Swamy had moved court claiming that the Gandhis were eyeing the multi-crore properties of AJL, a public limited company, through their private company Young Indian. <br /><br />Sonia Gandhi had told a local court in December last year that the newspapers would resume publication. Mishra, a former Editor of ‘Outlook Hindi’, has been tasked to build and lead a team for ‘National Herald’ and its Hindi cousin ‘Navjivan’. <br /><br />He was also actively involved with the People’s Union of Civil Liberties in Rajasthan.<br />Vora stressed that both the newspapers will have a strong digital presence.<br /></p>
