Indian Express
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The Indian Express is a newspaper started by Ram Nath Goenka, and is published from New Delhi, India. The Indian Express is owned by the Indian Express Group, which also owns the Financial Express, a newspaper focused on the Indian economy, stock markets, and fiscal policies.
In 1948, Ram Nath Goenka partnered with Lala Deshbandhu Guptato of Daily Tej Limited to publish Indian News Chronicle, an English daily, from New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.getitindia.com/html/aboutus.html | title = GETIT Yellow Pages | publisher = Get it Yellow pages | accessdate = April 20 | accessyear = 2006
}}</ref> After the demise of Guptato, the daily was bought by Ram Nath Goenka and renamed as The Indian Express
During the days of the national emergency<ref>{{cite web
| year = 2000 | url = http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/archives/articles/arc_dnm/2000/june2800.htm | title = Forgetting Emergency Would Harm Democracy | publisher = India First Foundation | accessdate = April 20 | accessyear = 2006
}}</ref> imposed by the then Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi on June 25,1975, the Indian Express was utilised by Goenka as a weapon to call to account the errant establishment. Goenka is revered today for his journalistic crusades to uphold democracy and as a tireless soldier who fought corruption in the highest circles.
The Indian Express purpotes to emulate the highest standards of journalism as set by Goenka, and expresses its pride through its motto: Journalism of Courage. There have been allegations that the news daily is some-what biased towards the present government though this popular notion is somewhat debunked by the newspaper's equally persistent crusade against the left members of the present government and its policy of embarassing the establishment, something it is best known for. It is rumoured to be the first newspaper read by all government leaders in the morning.