- based ▁English ▁language ▁week ly ▁newspaper ▁and ▁an ▁online ▁news ▁portal ▁foc using ▁on ▁South ▁A si ans ▁( Ind ian , ▁Pak ist ani , ▁Bang l ades hi , ▁F ij ian , ▁Sri ▁L ank an , ▁amongst ▁others ) ▁throughout ▁the ▁world . ▁The ▁newspaper ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁as ▁a ▁week ly ▁tab lo id ▁print ▁newspaper . ▁Both ▁the ▁online ▁and ▁print ▁edition ▁are ▁available ▁free ▁of ▁cost . ▁It ▁claims ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁good ▁source ▁for ▁modern ▁South ▁A si ans ▁to ▁stay ▁connected ▁with ▁other . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁readers ▁for ▁it ▁are ▁NR Is ▁& ▁P IO s ▁( Non - res ident ▁Indian ▁and ▁Person ▁of ▁Indian ▁Origin ) ▁based ▁in ▁the ▁US . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁launched ▁August ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁is ▁published ▁by ▁Lok ▁Media ▁Cor p , ▁which ▁also ▁publish es ▁another ▁South ▁Asian ▁newspaper , ▁Qu ami ▁Ek ta ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Official ▁Lok ▁News ▁website ▁ ▁Lok ▁Media ▁Cor p ▁website ▁( Pub lish er ▁of ▁Lok ▁News ) ▁ ▁Category : As ian - American ▁culture ▁in ▁California ▁Category : As ian - American ▁press ▁Category : B ang l ades hi - American ▁culture ▁Category : F ij ian ▁di as por a ▁Category : Ind ian - American ▁culture ▁in ▁California ▁Category : Media ▁of ▁Indian ▁di as por a ▁Category : New sp apers ▁published ▁in ▁California ▁Category :