was one of the early publications to hire women journalists in reporting roles in Indian journalism. Print and digital operations Deccan Herald'''s Bengaluru edition is printed at a modern facility located in the Kumbalgodu Industrial Area since 1998. It has been printing in colour in its main edition since 1985. The Deccan Herald was one of the early Indian newspapers to launch its own website, on 15 April 1996, and claims "14 million page views per month" as of 2018. Controversies A controversial short story was published in the Sunday magazine supplement of the Deccan Herald newspaper in December 1986. The story was about a disabled, half-witted boy named Mohammad who died by suicide due to the travails of his family suffering from poverty. It was a fictional story originally written by PKN Namboodri a decade earlier in Malayalam language and had nothing to do with the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It created no turmoil when first published in the Kannada language. However, Muslims in the city of Bengaluru took that story as a reference to their prophet and protested violently. Marchers went on a rampage and attacked police personnel in the city of Bengaluru, Mysore, and Mandya. Curfew was declared in Bengaluru and its suburban areas. The newspaper's editor, who happened to be its publisher, was arrested for "fomenting enmity between two communities and writing articles in a manner prejudicial to public peace." However, he was soon released on bail. At least 16 people died, primarily to police gunfire, and over 175 arrests were made. Notable employees and associates (past and present) K.N. Guruswamy, (1901–1990), founder and former chairman Pothan Joseph, Founding Editor, best known for his column Over a Cup of Tea S Krishna Rau, a luminary in the field of journalism E V Scott, a seaman-turned-news editor Ron Hendricks, made the sports pages the most popular section of the newspaper T.S. Ramachandra Rao, first editor of Prajavani E.R. Sethuram, first editor of lifestyle mag Sudha'' K.N. Hari Kumar, former editor-in-chief K.N. Tilak Kumar, former editor-in-chief K.N. Shanth Kumar former editor-in-chief Rajan Bala, former sports editor Suresh Menon, former reporter Ajit Bhattacharjea, former editorial adviser and columnist Kuldip Nayar, columnist and director on the board M J Akbar, former columnist B V Ramamurthy, former cartoonist Karthik Balakrishnan, former CEO Sitaraman Shankar, editor and CEO References External links DeccanHerald e-paper English-language newspapers published in India Newspapers published in Bangalore Indian