Dainik Bhaskar the English language newspapers in Chandigarh outsold the Hindi newspapers sixfold, with The Tribune as the leader with a circulation of approximately 50,000 copies. "Dainik Bhaskar"'s survey suggested that residents of Chandigarh preferred English newspapers due to quality perceptions. As a result, the newspaper incorporated the local Chandigarh dialect in the design, mixing Hindi and English. "Dainik Bhaskar" launched in Chandigarh in May 2000 with 69,000 copies sold making it No.1 in the city. In June 2000, "Dainik Bhaskar" entered Haryana, with 271,000 copies. In 2006, "Dainik Bhaskar" launched in Punjab with the Amritsar and Jalandhar editions and became the
S. S. Balan species and notoriously difficult to breed), macaws and more. Balan was married to Saroja Balan and they had seven children, six daughters and one son, B. Srinivasan who is now the managing director of the Vikatan Group. His mother, Pattamal Vasan continued to be a dominant force in his life until her demise in 1996. He died in December 2014 at the age of 78 of a heart attack, survived by wife, five daughters, son and grandchildren. S.S.Balan has a bird sanctuary at paddapai. S. S. Balan S. S. Balan (or S. Balasubramanian) (28 December 1935 19 December 2014) was