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India gets its own webtoon comics app – Toonsutra
MUMBAI: In a first for the homegrown comics market, Toonsutra has arrived on the scene as a webtoon comics platform for mobile devices for free download on both iOS and Android devices.
Toonsutra, a subsidiary of Graphic India, will launch in April to bring Indian audiences hundreds of high quality webtoon formatted comics optimised for mobile devices. The new platform will release new free stories every day from groundbreaking creators and storytellers in India as well as top global comics made available in India and in Hindi and other regional languages for the very first time.
The Toonsutra app will feature a wide range of content for audiences across superhero, fantasy, romance, sci-fi, Bollywood, mythology, action, and more.
“Toonsutra will become India’s new storytelling home for disruptive creators across the country to experiment, innovate and create engaging webtoon comic stories for the world,” Graphic India co-founder Sharad Devarajan said. “Webtoon platforms have become an explosive phenomenon across Asia with top webtoon apps cumulatively reaching over 70 million monthly users and over a 100 billion views a year. For the first time, we want to make a webtoon app dedicated for Indians and spark a mobile webcomic revolution.”
In addition to comics from around the world, the platform will showcase and promote emerging rising star creators across India and give them a home to tell there stories. Using the medium of comics and webtoons these new voices can express every type of genre and story all with the support, guidance and expertise of Toonsutra's team to make it easy to collaborate with other creators, develop ideas and make those stories a reality.
On top of showcasing breakthrough Indian talents, Toonsutra will also offer users exclusive original webcomics based on some of the country’s biggest hit properties in film and TV such as the mega-blockbuster film Baahubali, and the recent animated hit streaming series The Legend of Hanuman; as well as new original webtoon comics based on Chakra The Invincible, the Indian superhero created by Stan Lee and Graphic India’s Devarajan.
Graphic India’s large library of comics will also be adapted into the vertical scroll webtoon reading format bringing their hit properties including, 18 Days: The Mahabharata; the female super-heroine series Devi created by filmmaker Shekhar Kapur as well as other Indian webcomics including, The Sadhu, Mistry P.I., Shadow Tiger, Unholi, Reincarnation Man, Shikari Force, The Mighty Yeti, Dragonfly, Avatarex Destroyer of Darkness, and many more.
The Toonsutra app will feature international superhero comics from leading US publisher, Valiant Entertainment bringing their hit characters Bloodshot, Shadowman, X-O Manowar, Harbinger, Archer & Armstrong, Ninjak, Rai and more to Indian audiences in Hindi for the first time.
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Kabaddi gets a digital raid on Sportvot streaming
National Senior Men’s Championship live from Vadodara 24–27 February 2026.
MUMBAI: Kabaddi’s national showdown just got a streaming tackle and Sportvot is the raider ready to score big. India’s leading sports streaming platform has bagged exclusive live-streaming rights for the National Senior Men’s Kabaddi Championship, organised by the Gujarat State Kabaddi Association and Vadodara Kabaddi Association under the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI).
For the first time, the prestigious tournament will beam nationwide from the Indoor Sports Complex in Vadodara between 24 and 27 February 2026. Thirty-five states plus Indian Railways and Services teams are expected to battle it out, making it one of India’s biggest kabaddi spectacles and a crucial proving ground for talent eyeing the Pro Kabaddi League. Defending champions Haryana return to guard their crown after a dominant run last time.
Every raid, tackle and do-or-die moment will be available live on the Sportvot app, letting fans, players, coaches and stakeholders follow the action from anywhere.
Sportvot founder & CEO Siddhant Agarwal said, “Kabaddi is deeply rooted in India’s sporting culture, and national championships like this are where the future of the sport is shaped. By digitising and live-streaming the National Senior Men’s Kabaddi Championship, we aim to give athletes the visibility they deserve and fans an experience that matches the intensity of the game.”
Gujarat Kabaddi Association organising secretary Tushar Arothe added, “As hosts of this year’s National Senior Men’s Kabaddi Championship, the Gujarat Kabaddi Association is honoured to welcome the best teams from across the country to Vadodara. We are delighted that Sportvot will be live streaming the tournament, giving supporters everywhere an opportunity to experience the passion and skill of our players in real time.”
With seasoned pros, rising stars and high-voltage clashes over four days, the championship promises edge-of-the-mat drama. SportVot’s coverage turns it from a regional rumble into a national spectacle, one tap away for fans who can’t make it to Vadodara. Get ready to cheer from the couch; the mat is set.
