About Us

We introduce ourselves as an extensively circulated evening Daily in Malayalam. GENERAL was founded in Thrissur , the Cultural Capital of Kerala on May 21,1976. GENERAL was started with a view to uphold value based journalism. In the beginning and till this day GENERAL involved in the political, social and cultural activities in a major way.

GENERAL has always been in the forefront in an active supportive role with people in their every demand for development. We have regularly presented a holistic perspective of the developmental possibilities of the District. We are the top most evening daily among the medium class papers with a wide circulation throughout Thrissur District.

The office and press of General in the beginning was near the over bridge in M.G. Road, Thrissur. After two decades of valuable service to the people, GENERAL came under the new management in March 23, 1996. The take over was done by by Chandys Group (Chandy Devassy & Sons), the members of Chazhoor Chandy family, a traditional family who were doing business in Thrissur for more than a Century.. We are proud to say that all the employees of GENERAL were re-instated during the takeover. The process of modernisation was quick then and GENERAL progressed by leaps and bounds

On October 26, 1998, GENERAL started printing in an offset press. All the modern facilities available then in printing technology was provided to GENERAL for the better. Now GENERAL has entered into the world of Electronic media so to say the Digital world to reach more and more people through out the world as fast as we can.