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. V. S. Raghavan S. V. S. Raghavan S. V. S. Raghavan is an Indian industrialist and the former head of Bharat Business International Limited (BBIL). He headed the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited in the 1980s after which served Ashok Leyland and Texmaco before taking up the chairmanship of Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation (MMTC). In March 1990, he was appointed as the chairman of BBIL, an apex organization which had MMTC and State Trading Corporation of India (STC) as its subsidiaries. Recipient of National Citizen Award by the President of India-1989, Retired in the rank of Secretary in Ministry of Commerce,Govt.of India, Chairman