Tara Newz was an Indian Bengali-language satellite and cable 24-hour news and current affairs television channel owned by the Saradha Group, a chit fund company.

Tara Newz was targeted to Bengali-speaking audiences in both India and Bangladesh.

[3][2] It is broadcast from Tara's headquarters in Salt Lake, Kolkata.

[4] In 2000, Doordarshan and later Star TV's former head, Rathikant Basu, established TARA, which stood for Television Aimed at Regional Audiences.

[7] In 2010, Saradha Group acquired the two channels from Broadcast Worldwide, which owned the Tara television network.