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South Asian Newspapers at the Library of Congress

List of English-Language Newspapers

The Library’s Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (Madison Building, Room 133) is the point of access for approximately 250 South Asian newspapers in English. Several other English-language South Asian newspapers are accessible in the Main Reading Room (Jefferson Building, Room 100) and Microform and Electronic Resources Center (Jefferson Building, Room 139). This page provides country-wise lists of newspapers along with each title’s language, city of publication, format (e.g., microfilm, microfiche, print), and location at the Library of Congress. Some newspapers have issues in more than one format, with each format appearing as a separate entry on this page.

Please note that this guide’s primary focus is on newspapers along with selected news periodicals from newspaper publishers (e.g., illustrated weekly editions), and newspaper annuals and holiday issues (e.g., Diwali issues). The titles of many other news periodicals, newsletters, and news magazines at the Library of Congress are discoverable in the online catalog.

What issues are available?

To learn what issues are available, see the "Item Availability" section at the bottom of a newspaper title's bibliographic record, as in the example highlighted below. In addition, the "Request In" section indicates where the newspaper is accessible at the Library of Congress.

Please Note: Bibliographic records may be incomplete and may not reflect the full range of issues in our collections. To confirm the available issues or to ask questions about South Asian newspapers, please contact reference staff through Ask a Librarian.

Item Availability section of the online catalog record.

Lists of English-Language Newspapers by Country

Please Note: Links to titles on this page retrieve fuller bibliographic information from the Library of Congress Online Catalog. In the list below, location at the Library of Congress refers to Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (NCPRR) and Asian Reading Room (ARR).

Title City Language Format Location
Assam herald Sylhet English Print NCPRR
Bangladesh observer Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Bangladesh times Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Bengal times Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Dacca times Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Daily star Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Eastern Bengal and Assam era with which is incorporated the Bengal times Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Eastern examiner Chittagong English Microfilm NCPRR
Financial express Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Holiday Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Mail Dhaka English Print NCPRR
Morning news Dhaka English Print NCPRR
Morning news Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Observer Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Pakistan observer Dhaka English Print NCPRR
Pakistan observer Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
Pakistani newspapers : selected issues, December 1970-April 1971 Dhaka Bengali, English Microfilm ARR
People Dhaka English Microfilm NCPRR
People's view Chittagong English Print NCPRR
Sylhet chronicle Sylhet English Print NCPRR

Please Note: Links to titles on this page retrieve fuller bibliographic information from the Library of Congress Online Catalog. In the list below, location at the Library of Congress refers to Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (NCPRR).

Title City Language Format Location
Himalayan times Kalimpong English Print NCPRR
Kuensel Thimpu English Microfilm MERC
Kuensel Thimpu English Microfilm MERC

Please Note: Please Note: Links to titles on this page retrieve fuller bibliographic information from the Library of Congress Online Catalog. In the list below, location at the Library of Congress refers to Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (NCPRR); Main Reading Room (MRR); Asian Reading Room (ARR); and Microform and Electronic Resources Center (MERC).

Title City Language Format Location
Advance Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Amrita bazar patrika Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Amrita bazar patrika Allahabad English Print NCPRR
Amrita bazar patrika Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Arunachal times Itanagar English Microfilm NCPRR
Asiatic mirror Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Assam herald Sylhet English Print NCPRR
Assam tribune Dibrugarh English Microfilm NCPRR
Behar herald Patna English Microfilm MERC
Bengal chronicle Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Bengal hurkaru Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print - also available online NCPRR
Bengal hurkaru and chronicle Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print - also available online NCPRR
Bengalee Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Bharat Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bharat jyoti Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bharat jyoti Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Blitz Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Blitz Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm MERC
Blitz on Sunday Chennai (Madras) English Microfilm MERC
Bombay chronicle Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bombay chronicle Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bombay chronicle weekly Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm MERC
Bombay courier Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bombay gazette Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bombay gazette Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Bombay guardian Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bombay monthly times Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bombay sentinel Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bombay times Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Bombay times Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Business standard Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Calcutta chronicle and general advertiser Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Calcutta chronicle and general advertiser Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Calcutta evening news (The Bengalee) Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Calcutta exchange gazette and daily advertiser Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Calcutta journal or political commercial and literary gazette Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Calcutta stock and share list Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Calcutta telegraph Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Calcutta times Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Capital Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print MRR
Central Indian times Indore English Print NCPRR
Citizens voice Kohima English Microfilm NCPRR
Coalfield times Dhanbad English Print NCPRR
Coalfield times Dhanbad English Microfilm NCPRR
Commercial India Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Comrade Delhi English Microfiche MERC
Daily commercial and general advertiser Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Daily excelsior Jammu English Microfilm NCPRR
Daily telegrams Port Blair English Microfilm NCPRR
Dawn Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Dawn Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Deccan chronicle Secunderabad English Microfilm NCPRR
Deccan herald Bengaluru (Bangalore) English Microfilm NCPRR
Deccan times Chennai (Madras) English Microfilm NCPRR
Delhi express Delhi English Print NCPRR
Eastern times Cuttack English Microfilm NCPRR
Economic times Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Economic times Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Economic times annual Mumbai (Bombay) English Print MRR
Englishman Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Englishman Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Englishman and military chronicle Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Englishman weekly summary Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Evening national call Delhi English Print NCPRR
Fauji akhbar New Delhi English Print MRR
Financial express Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Financial express Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Forward Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Forward Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Free press journal Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Friend of India Serampore English Print NCPRR
Friend of India and statesman Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Friend of India Serampore English Microfilm MERC
Greater Kashmir Srinagar English Microfilm NCPRR
Heraldo Panaji English Print NCPRR
Heraldo Panaji English Microfilm NCPRR
Highlander Aizawl English Microfilm NCPRR
Hindu Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Hindu Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Hindu Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Hindu Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Hindu Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Hindu Chennai (Madras) English Microfilm NCPRR
Hindu illustrated Sunday edition Chennai (Madras) English Microfilm NCPRR
Hindu illustrated Sunday edition Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Hindu weekly review Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Hindu weekly review Chennai (Madras) English Print MRR
Hindu weekly review Chennai (Madras) English Microfilm MERC
Hindustan times Delhi English Print NCPRR
Hindustan times Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Hindusthan standard Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Hindusthan standard Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Hindusthan standard puja annual Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print MRR
Hitavada Nagpur English Microfilm NCPRR
Home rule Chennai (Madras) English Microfilm NCPRR
Home rule weekly Chennai (Madras) English Microfilm NCPRR
Illustrated weekly of India annual Mumbai (Bombay) English Print MRR
Illustrated weekly of India Mumbai (Bombay) English Print MRR
Illustrated weekly of India Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm MERC
Imphal free press Imphal English Microfilm NCPRR
India gazette Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
India gazette Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
India gazette Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
India gazette Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Indian and Pakistani press coverage of nuclear tests, May 1998 various English, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Panjabi, Telugu, Urdu Microfilm NCPRR
Indian daily news, biweekly Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Indian daily news Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Indian express Delhi English Print NCPRR
Indian express Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Indian express Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Indian express and the Sunday standard New Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Indian mirror Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Indian mirror Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Indian nation Patna English Microfilm NCPRR
Indian news chronicle Delhi English Print NCPRR
Indian opinion Phoenix English Print MRR, MERC
Indian republic Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Indian witness Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Jang ki khabren New Delhi English Print NCPRR
Kashmir post Jammu English Microfilm NCPRR
Kashmir post Jammu English Print NCPRR
Kashmir times Jammu English Microfilm NCPRR
Kerala chronicle Trichur English Microfilm NCPRR
Leader Allahabad English Print NCPRR
Leader Allahabad English Microfilm NCPRR
Liberty Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Madhya Pradesh chronicle Bhopal English Microfilm NCPRR
Mail Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Malabar herald Cochin English Print NCPRR
Malabar herald Cochin English Microfilm NCPRR
Milli gazette New Delhi English Microfiche ARR
Mint New Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Nagaland post Dimapur English Microfilm NCPRR
Nagaland times Dimapur English Microfilm NCPRR
Nagpur times Nagpur English Print NCPRR
Nation Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
National call Delhi English Print NCPRR
National herald Lucknow English Print NCPRR
National herald Lucknow English Microfilm NCPRR
Nationalist Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Native states and united India Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Navhind times Panaji English Microfilm NCPRR
New forward Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
New Kashmir post Srinagar English Microfilm NCPRR
New Orissa Cuttack English Print NCPRR
New times observer Pondicherry English Print NCPRR
News Srinagar English Microfilm NCPRR
Northeast times Guwahati English Print NCPRR
Northern India patrika Allahabad English Microfilm NCPRR
Oriental star Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Overseas Hindustan times New Delhi English Print NCPRR
Overseas Hindustan times New Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Patna times Patna English Print NCPRR
Patriot New Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
People's age Mumbai (Bombay) English Print MRR
People's age Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm MERC
People's war Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm MERC
Pioneer Lucknow English Print NCPRR
Pioneer New Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Pioneer mail and weekly Indian news Allahabad English Print NCPRR
Platform Kohima English Microfilm NCPRR
Post Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Searchlight Patna English Print NCPRR
Searchlight Patna English Microfilm NCPRR
Shillong times Shillong English Microfilm NCPRR
Sikkim Gangtok English Print MRR
Sikkim express Gangtok English Microfilm NCPRR
Sikkim herald Gangtok English Microfilm NCPRR
Sikkim herald Gangtok English Print MRR
Sikkim herald Gangtok English Microfilm MERC
Spokesman New Delhi English Microfilm MERC
Standard Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Star Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Star of India Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Star of India Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm MERC
Star of Mysore Mysore English Print NCPRR
Statesman Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Statesman Delhi English Print NCPRR
Statesman Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Statesman Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Statesman Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Statesman overseas weekly Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Statesman weekly Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Sunday observer Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Sunday standard Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Sunday times Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Sylhet chronicle Sylhet English Print NCPRR
Telegraph Kolkata (Calcutta) English Print NCPRR
Telegraph Kolkata (Calcutta) English Microfilm NCPRR
Times of India Ahmedabad English Microfilm NCPRR
Times of India Delhi English Print NCPRR
Times of India Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Times of India Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Times of India Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Times of India Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Times of India annual Mumbai (Bombay) English Print MRR
Times of India illustrated weekly Mumbai (Bombay) English Print MRR
Times of India index Mumbai (Bombay) English Microfilm NCPRR
Times of India index Mumbai (Bombay) English Print NCPRR
Times weekly New Delhi English Microfilm NCPRR
Tribune Ambala English Microfilm NCPRR
Tripura times Agartala English Microfilm NCPRR
United India Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Voice of India Bombay (Mumbai) English Print MRR
Weekend review (Hindustan times) New Delhi English Print MRR
Weekly Kerala Ernakulam English Print NCPRR
Weekly mail Chennai (Madras) English Print NCPRR
Western times Ahmedabad English Microfilm NCPRR

Please Note: Links to titles on this page retrieve fuller bibliographic information from the Library of Congress Online Catalog. In the list below, location at the Library of Congress refers to Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (NCPRR).

Title City Language Format Location
Maldives news bulletin Male English Microfilm NCPRR
Moonlight weekly Male English Microfilm NCPRR

Please Note: Links to titles on this page retrieve fuller bibliographic information from the Library of Congress Online Catalog. In the list below, location at the Library of Congress refers to Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (NCPRR) and Asian Reading Room (ARR).

Title City Language Format Location
Commoner Kathmandu English Microfilm NCPRR
Commoner Kathmandu English Print NCPRR
Kathmandu post Kathmandu English Microfilm NCPRR
Mother land Kathmandu English Print NCPRR
Nepal times Kathmandu English Microfilm NCPRR
Newspapers and serials from Nepal, rejected sample numbers various Nepali, English, Newari Microfiche ARR
Rising Nepal Kathmandu English Microfilm NCPRR

Please Note: Please Note: Links to titles on this page retrieve fuller bibliographic information from the Library of Congress Online Catalog. In the list below, location at the Library of Congress refers to Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (NCPRR); Asian Reading Room (ARR); and Microform and Electronic Resources Center (MERC).

Country Title City Language Format Location
Fiji Phījī samācāra = Fiji samachar Suva Hindi, English Microfilm ARR
Ghana India news Accra English Print NCPRR
Kenya Africa samachar Nairobi Gujarati, English Microfilm NCPRR
Kenya The colonial times Nairobi Gujarati, English Print NCPRR
Kenya Daily chronicle Nairobi Gujarati, English Print NCPRR
Kenya Kenya daily mail Mombasa Gujarati, English Microfilm NCPRR
Kenya Kenya daily mail Mombasa Gujarati, English Print NCPRR
Kenya Kenya daily mail Mombasa Gujarati, English Print NCPRR
Kenya Samācāra = Samachar Nairobi Gujarati, English Print ARR
Singapore Indian daily mail Singapore English Print NCPRR
Switzerland Bande mataram Geneva English Print NCPRR
South Africa Indian views Durban Gujarati, English Microfilm MERC
Tanzania Samācāra = The samachar Zanzibar Gujarati, English Microfilm NCPRR
Tanzania Samācāra = The samachar Zanzibar Gujarati, English Print NCPRR
Tanzania Tanganyika opinion Dar es Salaam Gujarati, English Print NCPRR
U.K. Allen's Indian mail and official gazette from British & foreign India, China, & all parts of the East London English Print NCPRR
U.K. Allen's Indian mail, and register of intelligence of British & foreign India, China, & all parts of the East London English Print NCPRR
U.K. The Homeward mail from India, China, and the East, and official gazette, with which is incorporated Allen's Indian mail London English Print NCPRR
U.S. India abroad New York English Microfilm MERC
U.S. India-west Fremont English Microfilm MERC
U.S. News India New York English Microfilm NCPRR
U.S. News India-times New York English Microfilm NCPRR

Please Note: Please Note: Links to titles on this page retrieve fuller bibliographic information from the Library of Congress Online Catalog. In the list below, location at the Library of Congress refers to Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (NCPRR); Asian Reading Room (ARR); and Main Reading Room (MRR).

Title City Language Format Location
Balochistan express Quetta English Microfilm NCPRR
Balochistan times Quetta English Microfilm NCPRR
Balochistan times Quetta English Microfilm NCPRR
Business recorder Karachi English Microfilm NCPRR
Business recorder Islamabad English Microfilm NCPRR
Canḍkā = Chandka Larkana English, Sindhi Microfilm ARR
Civil and military gazette Karachi English Print NCPRR
Civil and military gazette Lahore English Microfilm NCPRR
Daily business post Karachi English Microfilm NCPRR
Daily gazette Karachi English Print NCPRR
Daily times Lahore English Microfilm NCPRR
Dawn Karachi English Print NCPRR
Dawn Karachi English Microfilm NCPRR
Dawn overseas weekly Karachi English Microfilm NCPRR
Dawn overseas weekly Karachi English Microfilm NCPRR
Dharb-i mu'min Karachi English Microfilm NCPRR
Eastern times Lahore English Print NCPRR
Frontier post Peshawar English Microfilm NCPRR
Guardian Lahore English Microfilm NCPRR
Herald Karachi English Print MRR
Illustrated weekly of Pakistan Karachi English Print MRR
Indian and Pakistani press coverage of nuclear tests, May 1998 various English, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Panjabi, Telugu, Urdu Microfilm NCPRR
Indus times Hyderabad English Microfilm NCPRR
Karachi daily Karachi English Print NCPRR
Khyber mail Peshawar English Microfilm NCPRR
Khyber mail Peshawar English Print NCPRR
Morning news Lahore English Microfilm NCPRR
Muslim Islamabad English Microfilm NCPRR
Nation Lahore English Microfilm NCPRR
New times Rawalpindi English Microfilm NCPRR
News international Islamabad English Microfilm NCPRR
Pakistan times Lahore English Print NCPRR
Pakistan times Lahore English Microfilm NCPRR
Pakistan times annual Lahore English Print MRR
Pakistan today Lahore English Microfilm NCPRR
Quetta times Quetta English Microfilm NCPRR
Sind observer Hyderabad English Microfilm NCPRR
Sind observer Karachi English Print NCPRR
Statesman Peshawar English Microfilm NCPRR
Sun Karachi English Microfilm NCPRR
Times of Karachi Karachi English Print NCPRR
Tribune Lahore English Microfilm NCPRR
Tribune Lahore English Print NCPRR

Please Note: Please Note: Links to titles on this page retrieve fuller bibliographic information from the Library of Congress Online Catalog. In the list below, location at the Library of Congress refers to Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (NCPRR); and Main Reading Room (MRR).

Title City Language Format Location
Ceylon daily mirror Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Ceylon daily news Colombo English Print NCPRR
Ceylon daily news Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Ceylon daily news Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Ceylon daily news - Vesak number Colombo English Print MRR
Ceylon morning leader Colombo English Print NCPRR
Ceylon morning leader Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Ceylon news Colombo English Print NCPRR
Ceylon news Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Ceylon observer Colombo English Print NCPRR
Ceylon observer Colombo English Print NCPRR
Ceylon observer Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Ceylon observer annual Colombo English Print MRR
Ceylon observer magazine edition Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Ceylon observer pictorial Colombo English Print MRR
Ceylon observer pictorial Colombo English Print MRR
Daily mirror Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Daily news Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Daily observer Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Evening observer Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Hindu organ = Intucātan̲am = Inthusathanam Jaffna English Microfilm NCPRR
Island Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Island international edition Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Journal Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Morning star Jaffna Tamil, English Microfilm NCPRR
Morning star Jaffna Tamil, English Print MRR
Observer Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Sun Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Sunday leader Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Sunday observer Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Sunday times Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Sunday times Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Sunday times of Ceylon Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Sunday times of Ceylon Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Times of Ceylon Colombo English Print NCPRR
Times of Ceylon Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Times of Ceylon annual Colombo English Print MRR
Times of Ceylon Sunday illustrated Colombo English Print NCPRR
Times of Ceylon Sunday illustrated Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR
Times digest Colombo English Print MRR
Times weekender Colombo English Microfilm NCPRR