Tehelka

Tehelka is an Indian weekly magazine under the editorship of Tarun Tejpal. The publication started life in 2000 as a news website, Tehelka.com.

It was forced to close down temporarily due to hostile government action following Operation West End, a major expose on corruption in defense procurements. In 2003, it was relaunched as a weekly newspaper. In 2007, it once again underwent a transformation, and shifted to a regular magazine format. In September 2007, Tehelka came up with a Hindi news based web portal "Tehelka Hindi". Just after a month in October 2007, it once again captured widespread attention for an elaborate sting operation that captured on hidden camera several perpetrators of the 2002 Gujarat riots admitting to horrendous crimes, and revealing the riots to be part of a well-planned conspiracy that had state sanction.