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Type | Weekly magazine, website |
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Format | Book, website |
Owner(s) | R. Prathap Chander |
Founder(s) | P. Kailai Mannan |
Publisher | R. Prathap Chander |
Editor | R. Prathap Chander [1] |
Founded | 20 January 1970 |
Language | Tamil |
Headquarters | Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. |
RNI | 17884/70 |
Website |
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Sigappu Nada (Tamil) ( Tamil: சிகப்பு நாடா) is a Tamil weekly investigative journalism magazine published by R. Prathap Chander. The first issue was published on 20 January 1970. [2] The web edition of Sigappu Nada was launched in 1 June 2016.
Sigappu nada (சிகப்பு நாடா) was founded in Chennai on 20 January 1970 as a monthly, by P. Kailai Mannan. It was an investigative journalism magazine that brings out the scams and crimes inside and outside government.
The magazine is named Sigappu Nada ( Tamil: சிகப்பு நாடா) because the most confidential documents of government offices are kept in a file bound with red tape. This secret files and scams in government are issued in Sigappu Nada. It created an impact among corrupt government officials. [3]
According to the Contempt of Courts Act 1971, a notice was issued against the founder of Sigappu Nada (P. Kumaraswamy alias Kalai Mannan) regarding his article about corruption by four judges of Madras High Court in a judgement. [4]