Raknno

{{Short description|Konkani weekly magazine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Raknno | logo = Raknno-logo.jpg | logo_size = 180px | image_file = Raknno-magazine.jpg | image_size = 220px | editor = Rev Fr Valerian Fernandes | editor_title = Editor | frequency = Weekly | circulation = | category = News | publisher = Deepti trust | founded = 1938 | country = India | based = Mangalore | language = Konkani | website = {{URL|raknno.com/}} }}

'''''Raknno''''' is a Konkani weekly magazine published in Kannada script from the Indian city of Mangalore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raknno.com/ |title=Home |website=raknno.com}}</ref> It is the largest circulated periodical in Konkani in Kannada script. It is edited by Rev Fr Valerian Fernandes.

==History and profile== The magazine was started in 1938,<ref>{{cite news|title=Mangalore: Raknno Weekly on the Threshold of Platinum Jubilee|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=158603|accessdate=28 October 2016|work=Daiji World|date=19 December 2012|location=Mangalore}}</ref> by Rev. Sylvester Menezes, under the encouragement of Rt. Rev. Victor Fernandes, Bishop of Mangalore. It has since grown and as emerged as the mouthpiece of the Konkani Catholics of the Canara Region.<ref>{{cite news|author=I J Saldanha-Shet|title= Raknno – pride of Konkani|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/373664/raknno-pride-konkani.html|accessdate=20 January 2015|work=Deccan Herald|date=10 December 2013}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://raknno.com/ Official website]

Category:News magazines published in India Category:Weekly magazines published in India Category:Konkani-language magazines Category:Magazines established in 1938 Category:Mass media in Mangalore