Dainik Statesman Dainik Statesman Dainik Statesman is a Bengali daily newspaper run by The Statesman group with its central office being The Statesman House at Chowringhee. "Dainik Statesman" started circulation from 28 June 2004. The newspaper became more popular after the Singur and Nandigram clashes since 2006 when "The Statesman" group and more specifically the Bengali version, "Dainik Statesman" presented the views of those opposed to land-acquisition whereas the ABP group was more interested in presenting the views of those who were for land being acquired forcibly. Special issues of this paper are - Khetkhamar,Biggan o Projukti, Gallery (Sports related special issues),
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