We missed this earlier: Essel group company Diligent Media Corporation that publishes the English daily newspaper ‘DNA‘ seems to have abruptly shut down its Bangalore edition earlier this month. This shutdown was announced by DNA Bangalore on its official Twitter account on August 12 and the last edition was apparently published on the Independence day (August 15). DNA Bangalore has shut down. So you might as well unfollow this account. This account will be deactivated in a day. Ciao. — DNA of Bangalore (@dnaofblr) August 11, 2014 Thank you all for the tweets. Tomorrow's the last print edition. That's the last you will see of us, us hapless jobless employees. Xoxo — DNA of Bangalore (@dnaofblr) August 14, 2014 Pune edition also reportedly shut A Newslaundry report suggests that the Pune edition was also shut down and cites undisclosed DNA employees to state that all 52 employees were asked to leave without notice on August 8. Another employee told the publication that they were asked to stop coming to the office from August 14. One of the employees told the publication that they were offered a severance package of three months basic pay and seven days salary of August. The Pune edition is apparently still being published but with reports from DNA's Mumbai-based reporters. The resident Pune editor Deepak Lokhande was also reportedly moved to DNA Mumbai's online news division. NewsLaundry notes that Lokhande declined to answer any of their queries while Yasmeen Shaikh, Head – Talent Acquisition & On-Boarding at Diligent Media Corporation Limited told the publication that she…
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