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{{Infobox Newspaper
| name = Lokmat
| logo = LokmatLogo.jpg
| logo_size = 225px
| image = [[Image:Lokmat Front Page.jpg|225px|border]]
| caption = ''Lokmat'' Brand Logo
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation = {{Start date|1971|12|15}}
|founder= Jawaharlal Darda
| ceased publication =
| price =
| publisher = Lokmat Media Limited
| editor =
| chiefeditor = [[Rajendra Darda ]] and [[Vijay J. Darda]]
| assoceditor =
| staff =
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| political =
| readership = 20 million readers (Total readership, IRS 2017) <ref name=ABCIND>{{cite web| url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/Highest%20Circulated%20amongst%20ABC%20Member%20Publications%20(across%20languages).pdf| title=Submission of circulation figures for the audit period Jan - Jun 16| publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |access-date=5 January 2016}}</ref>
| circulation_date = Jul - Dec 2015
| headquarters = Lokmat Media Ltd, 1301/2, Lodha Supremus, Dr. E. Moses Rd, Worli Circle, Mumbai - 400 018
| oclc =
| ISSN =
| website = {{url|http://www.lokmat.com/}}
| publishing_country = [[India]]
}}

'''''Lokmat''''' (literally 'People's Opinion') is a [[Marathi language]] newspaper published in Maharashtra state. Founded in 1971 by Jawaharlal Darda, it is the largest read regional language newspaper in India with more than 18 million readers and the No. 1 Marathi newspaper in Maharashtra & Goa states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print/irs-2017-daily-thanthi-lokmat-malayala-manorama-command-highest-regional-readership_88055.html|title=IRS 2017: Daily Thanthi, Lokmat, Malayala Manorama command highest regional readership|date=2018-01-19|website=Exchange4Media News Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223011030/https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print/irs-2017-daily-thanthi-lokmat-malayala-manorama-command-highest-regional-readership_88055.html|archive-date=2018-02-23|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2018/jan/18/irs-2017-newspapers-add-112-crore-readers-in-4-years-no-english-dailies-in-top-10-1757976.html|title=IRS 2017: Newspapers add 11.2 crore readers in 4 years; no English dailies in top 10|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/irs-2017-newspapers-add-112-cr-readers-in-4-yrs-no-english/1233324|title=IRS 2017: Newspapers add 11.2 cr readers in 4 yrs; no English|work=Outlook|access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref> It is also available in E-Paper format.

==Broadcast news channel==
Lokmat extended its media business to television through a 50-50 joint venture with [[CNN-News18|IBN18 Broadcast Limited]]. The joint venture company, IBN-Lokmat Private Limited (“IBNL”), operates [[IBN-Lokmat]], a 24 x 7 Marathi news and current affairs television channel which went on air on April 6, 2008.<ref name=money>{{cite web | title =Marathi news channel to be JV with Lokmat: GBN|work= Moneycontrol.com| url = http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/marathi-news-channel-to-be-jvlokmat-gbn_286580.html |date=Jun 14, 2007| access-date = 2015-12-01}}</ref>

==Controversies==
===2015 ISIS cartoon controversy===
In 2015, a cartoon published alongside the article "ISIS cha Paisa" (ISIS' money), regarding the funding pattern of terrorist group ISIS, led to violent protests from Muslim groups and attacks on the newspaper's offices in Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar, Malegaon and other locations across Maharashtra. Protestors deemed the cartoon to be "blasphemous". Several complaints were filed with the police regarding the cartoon, and subsequently, an FIR was lodged against the owners, the cartoonist and the editor. The newspaper later published an apology.<ref>{{cite web | title = Offices of Lokmat Newspaper Attacked Over Piggy Bank Cartoon | url = http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/muslim-groups-in-maharashtra-attack-offices-of-daily-over-cartoons-1249471 |work=NDTV|author=Saurabh Gupta |date=December 1, 2015|access-date = 2015-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = FIR against Marathi daily |work= The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/fir-against-marathi-daily/article7932193.ece | access-date = 2015-12-01 }}</ref><ref name=MDP>{{cite web | title = Marathi daily attacked for publishing 'derogatory' cartoon |work=Daily News & Analysis | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-marathi-daily-attacked-for-pubishing-blasphemous-cartoon-2150325 |date=30 November 2015 | access-date = 2015-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Saikia|first=Arunabh|title=Lokmat having to apologise for a cartoon on ISIS shows the sorry state of press freedom in India|url=http://www.newslaundry.com/2015/11/30/lokmat-having-to-apologise-for-a-cartoon-on-isis-shows-the-sorry-state-of-press-freedom-in-india/#|date=November 30, 2015|website=newslaundry.com|publisher=Newslaundry|access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref> Police stated that they had increased security at all ''Lokmat'' offices across Maharashtra following the attacks.<ref name=MDP/>

==References==
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{{Newspapers in India}}

[[Category:Newspapers published in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Marathi-language newspapers]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Daily newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:1971 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1971]]
[[Category:Mass media in Goa]]
[[Category:Asian news websites]]

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