Editor-in-chiefAnjali Verma
Founding editor. Twenty-three years on the politics desk. Writes the Sunday "From the Capital" column.
News, told straight.
Reported on the ground.
DTNews is India's independent newsroom. Since 2014, we've been reporting the country to itself — from cabinet rooms in Mumbai and Brussels back-channels to sugar-mill belts in western Maharashtra and the Sriharikota launch tower.
Mumbai newsroom · Photo by Karthik Iyer / DTNewsOur mission
To cover India with the seriousness it deserves.
India is the fastest-changing major economy in the world. Most of that change happens in places national newspapers do not look — in Tier-2 cities, in cooperative banks, in PSU board rooms, in the cabinet meetings that finish at 1 AM.
DTNews exists to report those places. We hire reporters who live where the story is, not reporters who fly in for the weekend. We publish in four languages so the country can read itself. And we refuse to take money for stories we would not have written anyway.
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What we stand for
Six principles we won't bend on.
These are the rules every DTNews journalist agrees to when they join. They are also the rules our readers can hold us to. Read our full editorial code →
01
Source first.
Every story has at least two independent sources before it's published. For investigative pieces, three. We do not publish single-sourced news.
02
Corrections in 24 hours.
If we get it wrong, we say so — at the top of the article, with a clear note about what changed and when. Always within one business day.
03
No paid placement.
Editorial and advertising are kept structurally separate. Ads are labelled. Sponsored pieces are labelled. We do not blur that line for any client.
04
Sources stay protected.
SecureDrop on Tor, no IP logging, encrypted backups. We have never disclosed a source to anyone — government, advertiser, or court — and we never will.
05
On the ground, not on the wire.
Wire copy is for breaking time-stamps, not for understanding. Every meaningful story has a DTNews reporter at the scene, with their byline on it.
06
India in four languages.
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil. Same story, same standard. Translated by editors who write in the language, not by software.
A short history
Twelve years, one editorial line.
DTNews began as a four-person blog in a Viramgam house. The line we drew then — report India where India lives — hasn't moved.
2014
Four people, one room, one newsletter.
DivineTechs founders launched DTNews as a Sunday weekly email — six stories, one number, one chart. The format we still publish today, just at 1.8 million more readers.
2016
First full-time newsroom in Mumbai.
Twelve journalists, one editor, a leased office in Bandra-Kurla. The Mumbai bureau is still our headquarters and still our largest desk.
2018
Daily publication; Delhi and Bengaluru bureaus open.
We moved from weekly to daily. We also expanded to two more cities — political coverage in Delhi, technology in Bengaluru. By December, we had 48 journalists.
2020
Hindi edition launches; first reader-supported quarter.
We launched DTNews हिन्दी in March 2020. Six months later, reader subscriptions overtook ad revenue for the first time. They have stayed ahead every quarter since.
2022
Gujarati and Tamil editions; 14 bureaus across India.
The full four-language coverage we'd promised in 2018. By the end of the year DTNews had 312 staff journalists and 14 city bureaus — and broke the Maharashtra political-split story two days ahead of every other paper.
2024
Mobile app launches; DTNews+ membership.
The Flutter-built mobile app went into the App Store and Play Store in February 2024. DTNews+ subscriptions crossed one million within ten months.
2026
Today. 1.8 million subscribers, 26 million monthly readers.
We're now read in 412 cities across India and 38 countries. The next chapter: an opinion desk staffed entirely by readers, and a vernacular shorts product for non-English speakers.
Newsroom by numbers
What 12 years has built.
The headline numbers we hold ourselves to. Updated quarterly — the next report drops 30 June 2026.
312Journalists on staffAcross 14 bureaus and 4 language editions. 48% of our reporters are women, 38% are based outside metros.
26MMonthly readersAs measured by Comscore in Q1 2026. Read in 412 Indian cities and 38 countries each month.
1.8MPaid subscribersDTNews+ members at ₹49/month. Reader revenue now covers 68% of newsroom costs.
2,481Stories filed in 2025Of which 412 were original investigations, 89 were long-form features over 5,000 words.
42Corrections publishedEvery correction is appended to the original article and listed on our public Corrections page.
0Sources disclosedIn 12 years of publication. SecureDrop runs over Tor and we do not log IPs on tip submissions.
28Major awardsIncluding the Ramnath Goenka, the RedInk and the Mumbai Press Club Awards across reporting, photography and design.
14Open roles right nowAcross reporting, design, engineering and audio. We are hiring across every bureau — see careers.
The editorial board
Who decides what DTNews publishes.
The editorial board sets standards, approves investigations, and signs off on corrections. They are also the people who answer to readers.
Editor-in-chief
Markets & BusinessRohan Kapoor
Markets editor. Former Reuters. Hosts the daily Markets in 7 podcast at the closing bell.
Climate & EnvironmentMira Sen
Climate editor based in Kolkata. Reports on monsoon, AQI, coastal erosion and the cyclone belt.
Tech & AIKarthik Iyer
Bengaluru bureau chief. Covers semiconductors, AI policy, and the startup economy. Engineer turned reporter.
Cinema & CultureDevika Dutt
Cinema and culture editor. Covers Hindi, Tamil and Telugu film, OTT, and the long shadow of streaming.
SportSanjay Iyer
Sports editor. Twelve T20 World Cups, six Olympics. Writes the long-form cricket column on Sundays.
Audio & LiveRavish Kumar
Anchors the morning Daily Briefing and the Prime Time evening broadcast. Audio editor since 2019.
National deskRajdeep Sardesai
Senior editor at large. Co-hosts The Newsroom. Reports on the long-arc national stories nobody else has time for.
14 city bureaus
We report from where the story is.
Every state capital, every metro, and the cooperative belt. Most bureaus run a small standing team of 8–14 reporters plus stringers.
Mumbai · HQ
New Delhi
Kolkata
Bengaluru
Chennai
Hyderabad
Ahmedabad
MumbaiHEADQUARTERS
Anjali Verma, editor-in-chief
48 reporters
BKC, since 2016
BKC, since 2016
New Delhi
Karthik Iyer, political editor
42 reporters
since 2018
since 2018
Bengaluru
Karthik Iyer, tech & AI
28 reporters
since 2018
since 2018
Kolkata
Mira Sen, eastern desk
22 reporters
since 2019
since 2019
Chennai
Sanjay Iyer, south desk
26 reporters
since 2019
since 2019
Hyderabad
Rohan Kapoor, markets
18 reporters
since 2020
since 2020
Ahmedabad
Devika Dutt, western desk
14 reporters
since 2020
since 2020
+ 7 more bureaus
Pune, Jaipur, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Patna, Guwahati
116 reporters
opened 2021–2024
opened 2021–2024
Recognition
What others have said.
A selection of major journalism awards our reporting has been recognised with over the last six years.
2025
Ramnath Goenka Award
Politics reporting — Maharashtra
2025
RedInk Award
Investigation of the year
2024
Mumbai Press Club
Photography (Mira Sen)
2024
Asian Publishing Awards
Best digital newsroom in India
2023
SOPA Awards
Excellence in audio reporting
2023
Ramnath Goenka
Business journalism (Rohan K.)
2022
Editor & Publisher
10 Newspapers That Do It Right
2022
WAN-IFRA Award
Best news website in Asia
2021
UNESCO Press Freedom
Source-protection honourable mention
2021
SND Awards
Best editorial design (digital)
2020
Indian Journalism Review
Most-trusted publication
2020
RedInk Award
Long-form feature of the year
What readers say
Why people pay for DTNews.
From the 1.8 million subscribers who fund 68% of our newsroom budget. Quotes used with permission.
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The only Indian paper I trust on Maharashtra. Their cabinet-reshuffle piece was 36 hours ahead of every wire — and held up under cross-checking from three of my own sources.
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Rohit Saxena
Senior fellow · ORF · subscribed 2019
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For a markets desk, DTNews is the rare publication that reads the actual filings instead of the press releases. Worth it for the Markets in 7 podcast alone.
PD
Priya Desai
PM · Bombay Asset Mgmt · subscribed 2021
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I'm based in Singapore but I read three Indian papers every morning. DTNews is the one I actually finish. The international desk gets India in the world right.
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Anand Rajaram
Diplomat (ret.) · subscribed 2018
Join us
We're hiring.
14 open roles, every desk.
If you want to report India to itself with curiosity, rigour and patience — we're the newsroom for you. Reporters, editors, photographers, audio producers, designers and engineers, across all 14 bureaus.