Outlet profile

News247Plus

Indian independent digital

Owned byFounded and privately owned by Amit Kumar Jha and Khushbu Kumari Jha, a husband-and-wife team based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

FundingSelf-funded by its founders; revenue comes from online advertising only; no external investors or donations accepted; any revenue beyond costs is reinvested in the site's operations

On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

News247Plus was launched on May 13, 2017, by Amit Kumar Jha, a web developer, and Khushbu Kumari Jha, a technical professional, both based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The outlet was conceived as a youth-driven, non-profit-oriented digital news portal staffed almost entirely by computer programmers and web developers rather than traditionally trained journalists. The founders stated their goal was to publish fact-checked, unbiased news without chasing ratings or profit. Funding has remained bootstrapped from the start, with Amit Kumar Jha as the sole financial backer and online advertising as the only revenue stream. The organization also operates a related entertainment portal called GossiBOX and has offered technical journalism training in partnership with other companies. News247Plus covers a broad range of topics — politics, lifestyle, health, and services — primarily for an Indian audience, and its international coverage is general rather than editorially focused on any particular political viewpoint. There is no documented record of notable editorial controversies, major investigative work, or significant outside scrutiny of its reporting practices.

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Profile compiled 2026-08-01; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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