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The Times of India

The paper's front page after 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
Editor-in-Chief Jaideep Bose
Founded 1838
Political allegiance Conservative[1]
Language English
Headquarters New Delhi
OCLC 23379369
Website: timesofindia.com

The Times of India (TOI) is a leading English-language broadsheet daily newspaper in India. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Indian English comprises several Dialects or varieties of English spoken primarily in India, and by first-generation members of the Indian diaspora New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) of the Sahu Jain family. Sahu Jain is an important industrial family of India They own the Times Group. The newspaper has the widest circulation among all English-language broadsheets in the world. [2] In 2005, the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 2. 4 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations as the world's largest selling English broadsheet newspaper. [3]

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History

The Times of India was founded on November 3, 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce[4], and served the British colonists of western India. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British History (For detailed history please read the respective articles of the three western states Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat) Parts of Gujarat It adopted its present name in 1861. Published every Saturday and Wednesday, The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce was launched as a bi-weekly edition. It contained news from Europe, the Americas, and the Subcontinent, and was conveyed between India and Europe via regular steamships. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia For geopolitical treatments see South Asia. The daily editions of the paper were started from 1850 and by 1861, the Bombay Times was renamed The Times of India. In the 19th century this newspaper company employed more than 800 people and had a sizable circulation in India and Europe. Originally British-owned and controlled, its last British editor was Ivor S. Jehu, who resigned the editorship in 1950. It was after India's Independence that the ownership of the paper passed on to the then famous industrial family of Dalmiyas and later it was taken over by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain group from Bijnore, UP. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Independence is the Self-government of a Nation, Country, or State by its residents and population or some portion thereof generally exercising Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain was among the most prominent Jains of the 20th century Sahu Jain is an important industrial family of India They own the Times Group. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Bijnor ( Hindi: बिजनौर Urdu: بجنور) variously spelt as Bijnaur Uttar Pradesh (उत्तर प्रदेश اتر پردیش pronounced, Translation: Northern Province) referred to as '''U

The Times of India is published by the media group Bennett, Coleman & Co. "Popular press" redirects here note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press" Ltd. This company, along with its other group companies, known as The Times Group, also publishes The Economic Times, Mumbai Mirror, the Navbharat Times (a Hindi-language daily broadsheet), the Maharashtra Times (a Marathi-language daily broadsheet). The Economic Times, launched in 1961 is India's largest financial daily and the world's second largest financial daily after The Wall Street Journal, Mumbai Mirror is a Compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai. Its first issue was published on 30 May 2005 by the Times Group Navbharat Times is the largest Hindi Daily in Delhi and Bombay. Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Maharashtra Times (महाराष्ट्र टाईम्स is a Marathi daily newspaper based out of Mumbai, India. Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India.

In January 2007, the Kannada edition of the paper was launched in Bangalore. Kannada (kn [[wiktಕನ್ನಡ ಕನ್ನಡ]] Kannaḍa) is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the state Bangalore ( officially Bengaluru ( Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.

The company has launched a controversial new business initiative, called "Private Treaties," offering to take an equity stake in a company in exchange for advertising[5].

The Chennai edition of the daily is released from 14th of April, 2008.

Editions

The Times of India is printed from the following places (in alphabetical order):

1) Ahmedabad         10) Lucknow
2) Bengaluru         11) Mumbai
3) Chandigarh        12) Mangalore
4) Chennai           13) Nagpur
5) Delhi             14) Pune
6) Goa
7) Hyderabad
8) Jaipur
9) Kolkata

Notable people associated with the Times of India

Supplements

The Times of India comes with several city-specific supplements, such as Delhi Times, Bombay Times,Hyderabad Times , Lucknow Times, Bangalore Times, Pune Times and Chennai Times

Other regular supplements include:

References

  1. ^ World Newspapers and Magazines: India. Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain was among the most prominent Jains of the 20th century Indu Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family and is the current chairperson of India's largest Media group, Bennett Coleman & Co Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain was a leading mediaperson philanthropist promoter of Indian literature and leader of the worldwide Jain community Jug Suraiya is the Associate Editor of the Times of India, Delhi, an Author besides being a Columnist. A columnist is a Journalist who writes material on a regular basis for publication in a series A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes Shashi Tharoor ( Malayalam: ശശി തരൂര്‍ born 9 March 1956 in London) was an Indian Diplomat at the United Tarun Vijay was the editor of the RSS weekly in Hindi, Panchajanya till February 2008 and is a columnist of the newspaper The Times of India Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar is a noted Indian journalist An alumnus of The Doon School and St Stephen's College, he earned a master's degree in economics Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Laxman ( Tamil: ராசிபுரம் கிருஷ்ணசுவாமி லட்சுமண் Kannada: ಅರ್ The Common Man is the creation of author and cartoonist R K Laxman. Delhi Times is a supplement magazine circulated with the Times of India in New Delhi, Delhi. The Bombay Times is a free supplement of The Times of India, in the Mumbai (formerly Bombay) region The Times of India ( TOI) is a leading English-language Broadsheet Daily newspaper in India. Mumbai Mirror is a Compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai. Its first issue was published on 30 May 2005 by the Times Group Times Life is a glossy supplement that goes free with the Sunday issue of The Times of India (the Sunday issue is also referred to as the Sunday Worldpress. org.
  2. ^ "Dailies add 12.6 million readers: NRS", The Hindu, August 29, 2006. The Hindu is a single-edition English-language Indian newspaper Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-10-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western  
  3. ^ "Times now Masthead of the World", The Times of India, June 26, 2005. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-10-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western  
  4. ^ The Times of India turns the Times of Colour. Televisionpoint. com (April 26, 2006). Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-10-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western
  5. ^ Salil Tripathi on Private Treaties. SAJAforum. org (January 22, 2008). Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.

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