The Meghalaya Guardian, an exclusive English daily for Meghalaya, was launched by the GL Publications Ltd. on January 1, 1990. Since then it has been widely accepted by the people of Meghalaya owing to its unbiased reporting. GL PUblications was established in 1988 in Guwahati by Mr. GL Agarwalla, a businessman and philanthropist.
Its wide network of correspondents reach out to every nook and cranny of the State and portray news and events with a realistic and humanistic approach. The daily is CA certified and as per the certificate, the current circulation of The Meghalaya Guardian is a little over 20,296.
GL Publications since its establishment has transformed itself into the largest media house of the North East. This is the first group which revolutionised the newspaper industry in the North eastern region by introducing latest printing teechnologies and having their own delevery vehicles. Now, four daily newspapers come out of this publication house reaching out to a wide readership in the region.
The three other dailies are Amar Asom (Assamese) established on April 21, 1997, Purvanchal Prahari, the Hindi daily launched on May 16, 1989 and The North East Times, another English daily for the entire region was started on October 2, 1990.
Mr. GL Agarwalla has also entered into eco-tourism. The GL’s Resort situated near Kaziranga National Park, where the world’s last surviving species of one-horned rhinos roam around freely, is a blend of ethnic with modern. Staying in the ethnic cottages is an experience one can never forget.