The Hindu Group

Kasturi & Sons Limited is a media house, known as the Hindu Group, that has origins in pre-independence India. The flagship daily of the company – The Hindu – was launched by G. Subramania Iyer and his friends in the year 1878. Originally launched as a weekly, the newspaper became an evening daily in 1889, before turning into a morning daily newspaper in 1940. In the midst of this, Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, bought The Hindu and the National Press from G Subramania Iyer. KSL or Kasturi and Sons Limited was launched as a Private Limited Company in 1940, and turned a Public Limited Company in 1959. The Company then began to diversify its print publications by starting a weekly sports magazine, Sportstar in 1978. Later, in 1984, Frontline – a current affairs fortnightly was launched. A decade later, Hindu Business Line, a business daily was launched in 1994. Finally, in keeping with the times, the Hindu Internet Edition was launched in 1996. Headquartered in Chennai, the company today is owned and operated by the descendants of Kasturi Ranga Iyengar.