Paper staff find closure note on gate

New Delhi: The Delhi operations of the Sakal Times, an English daily brought out by Maharashtra's leading Sakal media group, were closed down yesterday allegedly without informing the employees in advance.

Many staffers who came in to work yesterday morning found the office closed with a terse notice pasted on the main door stating: "The editorial work carried out at Delhi is no longer required to be continued."

"As a result, the operations are stopped forthwith and the staff is being released. They need not attend office from today."

70 employees

Sakal Times is published from Pune while the group also runs a popular Marathi daily, Sakal.

There were around 70 employees in Delhi, including editorial staff, who camped at the gate for several hours, angry at the management's decision to close the Delhi operation a mere six months since Sakal Times was launched May 7.