Hosa Digantha (Kannada:ಹೊಸ ದಿಗಂತ) is a Kannada morning daily in Karnataka. "Hosa Digantha" has the literal meaning of "New Horizon". With its tag line Rāshtra Jāgrutiya Dainika (Kannada:ರಾಷ್ಚ್ರ ಜಾಗೃತಿಯ ದೈನಿಕ), meaning "Daily for national awareness", Hosa Digantha is a newspaper with nationalist ideology.[citation needed] Vinayak Bhat Maruru is the Editor-in-Chief of Hosa Digantha which also features young reporter Chiru Bhat who was earlier with Samaya TV and Vishwavani News. Another well-known columnist and author Rohith Chakrathirtha also writes to the newspaper. Started in the year 1979, from Mangaluru, now has Mangaluru, Bengaluru, Shivamogga and Hubli editions.