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Deccan Herald

Indian centrist, English-language regional daily (Bengaluru)

Owned byThe Printers (Mysore) Private Limited, a privately held company owned by the family of founder K. N. Guruswamy (the Nettakallappa family). It also publishes the Kannada daily Prajavani and the magazines Sudha and Mayura.

FundingMainly advertising and newspaper sales and subscriptions, including a digital edition. It is a privately held family business with no state ownership.

On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Deccan Herald was founded by businessman K. N. Guruswamy and launched on 17 June 1948, when Bangalore had no English-language daily. The Diwan of Mysore, Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar, is believed to have encouraged the launch. Guruswamy's company, The Printers (Mysore), also publishes the Kannada daily Prajavani and the magazines Sudha and Mayura, and it remains privately held by his heirs. The paper is headquartered at MG Road in Bengaluru and prints several editions, including Bengaluru, Hubballi, Mysuru, Mangaluru and Kalaburagi. It is widely read in Karnataka and is generally seen as a mainstream, centrist paper. It has not been state-owned or tied to a political party. Its 2026 coverage of the Trump administration centers on India-specific issues. A June 2026 editorial, for example, discussed proposed new U.S. tariffs on Indian exports and urged New Delhi to protect key sectors. An August 2026 piece described India hedging against Trump-era turbulence by widening its trade partnerships. This coverage is concerned and analytical rather than partisan. This profile is based on a limited set of sources, and readers should check the paper's own coverage for more detail.

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Profile compiled 2026-10-21; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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