Sakaal is the leading Marathi newspaper of the Sakaal Group of Publications.

The Sakaal Group, which was established in 1932, has invested in a Manugraph Frontline for the new site and has bought violet technology CTP from Agfa for its pre-press operation.

Bhausaheb Patil, technology director technology at Sakaal Group, said: "Initially we used Harris machines for printing our newspaper.

"Later we switched to Manugraph and have been printing on these machines for a decade. We have decided to consider the same brand as a part of our expansion plans."

Manohar Pidugu, general manager at Agfa India, said: "Sakaal has been associated with Agfa for a quite long time.

"Previously, they were using imagesetters from Agfa and now they have invested in an Agfa CTP."

To manage the pre-press workflow, Sakaal has Agfa's Arkitex workflow application and PolarisXTV-S platesetter.

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language that is the official language of the state of Maharashtra and the fourth most spoken language in India.