The senior sub editor of the newspaper, Lenin was arrested. The South Indian Film Artistes' Association petitioned to have the senior sub editor arrested and staged a rally condemning the same. In October 2009, Dinamalar published an article claiming that several Tamil film actresses were involved in prostitution along with pictures and names. The cartoon depicted the BJP leader playing ring toss, makes her look wantonly disheveled. In January 2019, Dinamalar posted a body-shaming cartoon of the BJP's Tamil Nadu President Tamilisai Soundararajan. Dinamalar Office asked for police protection following the incident. The report titled "O.Sesappa" which meant Oh.Jesus in a mocking tone was seen offensive by many. On 22 April 2019, Dinamalar received a backlash after its headline on the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings report was seen to be mocking Christians and Jesus. On 8 September 2008, Dinamalar's supplementary edition Computer malar carried a cartoon of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad which led to protest from Islamic groups. During the investigation the editor mentioned "We have a lot of same wavelength with the BJP family is around." The executives explained about promoting the character assassination of opposition leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati and Akhilesh by using words like Pappu, bua and babua respectively. In 2018, The Cobrapost released an undercover investigation and video which exposed the executives of Dinamalar speaking of promoting Hindutva and promoting the agenda of RSS and BJP. Mani asked why Dinamalar hates Vanniyars so much and also said that the newspaper had constantly defamed the Vanniyars.
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Due to this, Vanniyars are introducing themselves in the community as Gounder in order to avoid professional harm." Pattali Makkal Katchi's leader G. Due to this, other castes follow an unwritten rule to not do business with Vanniyars. Vanniyars been involved in anti-social activities due to poverty and even though they have show elevated status in society, they are widely known for their violence and oppressive behavior. The article published by Dinamalar read, "Vanniyars do not interact and keep their distance with other castes. In February 2012, Vanniyar Sangam leader and Member of Legislative Assembly, Kaduvetti Guru lodged a complaint to Police Commissioner seeking the arrest of Dinamalar editor Krishnamurthy and its publisher Lakshmipathy for publishing news insulting the Vanniyar caste and trying to create caste violence. Varamalar (Family magazine), Cinema Pakkam, Kannamma (Women empowerment feature)Īstrology, Thozhil (Business page), District Supplement, Tea kadai bench (Political Gossip),Ungal Pakkam(people's page)ĭiwali malar, pongal malar, Navrathri special, Varuda malar (Year guide) The following supplements are published by Dinamalar As of 2016, the newspaper has a circulation of 942,812. The newspaper is printed in 10 cities in Tamil Nadu namely Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Pondicherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore and Bangalore. The operations were moved to Tirunelveli in 1957. Ramasubbaiyer on 6 September 1951 at Thiruvananthapuram.