News18 Marathi, formerly known as News18 Lokmat, is a 24-hour Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a joint venture between Network18 Group and Lokmat Group the publisher of the newspaper Lokmat.
The channel was launched as IBN Lokmat on 6 April 2008, the day of the Hindu New Year festival Gudi Padwa. It was branded as News 18 Lokmat from 6 November 2017.
Rebranding News18 Lokmat was rebranded as News18 Marathi on 10 January 2026.
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