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The Times of India (TOI) is a leading English-language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 broadsheet
Broadsheet

Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of matter, from ballads to political satire....
 daily newspaper in India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) of the Sahu Jain
Sahu Jain

Sahu Jain is an important industrial family of India. They own the Times Group. They are of Agrawal Jain community.Sahu Jains hail from a small town of Najibabad, Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, India....
 family. The newspaper has the widest circulation among all English-language broadsheets in the world. In 2005, the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 2.4 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations
Audit Bureau of Circulations

The Audit Bureau of Circulations of North America is a non-profit circulation-auditing organization. It is one of several organizations, operating in different parts of the world, that audits circulation, readership, and audience information for the magazines, newspapers, and other publications produced by their members....
 as the world's largest selling English broadsheet newspaper.

History
The Times of India was founded on November 3, 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, during the British Raj
British Raj

British Raj primarily refers to the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the period of dominion, and even the region under the rule....
.






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The Times of India (TOI) is a leading English-language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 broadsheet
Broadsheet

Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of matter, from ballads to political satire....
 daily newspaper in India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) of the Sahu Jain
Sahu Jain

Sahu Jain is an important industrial family of India. They own the Times Group. They are of Agrawal Jain community.Sahu Jains hail from a small town of Najibabad, Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, India....
 family. The newspaper has the widest circulation among all English-language broadsheets in the world. In 2005, the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 2.4 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations
Audit Bureau of Circulations

The Audit Bureau of Circulations of North America is a non-profit circulation-auditing organization. It is one of several organizations, operating in different parts of the world, that audits circulation, readership, and audience information for the magazines, newspapers, and other publications produced by their members....
 as the world's largest selling English broadsheet newspaper.

History


The Times of India was founded on November 3, 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, during the British Raj
British Raj

British Raj primarily refers to the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the period of dominion, and even the region under the rule....
. 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
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, the Americas, and the Subcontinent
Subcontinent

A subcontinent is a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent.The phrase the Subcontinent, used on its own in English, commonly means the Indian subcontinent, i.e....
, and was conveyed between India and Europe via regular steamships. 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
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
's Independence
Independence

Independence is the self-government of a nation, country, or state by its residents and population, or some portion thereof, generally exercising sovereignty....
 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
Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain

Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain was among the most prominent Jains of the 20th century. He was a leading industrialist and philanthropist.He was born at Najibabad in Uttar Pradesh in the famous Sahu Jain family in 1911....
 of the Sahu Jain
Sahu Jain

Sahu Jain is an important industrial family of India. They own the Times Group. They are of Agrawal Jain community.Sahu Jains hail from a small town of Najibabad, Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, India....
 group from Bijnore, UP
Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh , [often referred to as U.P.] is a States and territories of India located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,...
.

The Times of India is published by the media group
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. This company, along with its other group companies, known as The Times Group
The Times Group

The Times Group is the largest media services conglomerate in India . It is headed by brothers Samir and Vineet Jain. It reaches out from:*11 publishing centers ...
, also publishes The Economic Times
The Economic Times

The Economic Times, launched in 1961, is India largest financial daily and the world's second largest financial daily after The Wall Street Journal, with a daily circulation of over 750,000 copies....
, Mumbai Mirror
Mumbai Mirror

Mumbai Mirror is a compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai. Its first issue was published on 30 May 2005 by the Times Group, the publishers of The Times of India newspaper....
, the Navbharat Times
Navbharat Times

Navbharat Times is the largest Hindi Daily in Delhi and Bombay. It is published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the largest media group in India....
 (a Hindi-language
Hindi

Standard Hindi, also known as High Hindi, Nagari Hindi or Literary Hindi is a Standard language register of Hindi. It is one of the 22 official languages of India, and is used, along with English language, for administration of the central government....
 daily broadsheet), the Maharashtra Times
Maharashtra Times

Maharashtra Times is 9th largest selling Marathi language daily newspaper based out of Mumbai, India. It is owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co. or The Times Group, the largest media house in India....
 (a Marathi-language
Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan languages spoken by the Marathi people of western India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are 90 million fluent speakers worldwide....
 daily broadsheet).

The Times is self declared as a liberal newspaper , and is sometimes described as irreverent.

The parent company has launched a controversial new business initiative, called offering to take an equity stake in a company in exchange for advertising.

In January 2007, the Kannada
Kannada language

Kannada is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas , number roughly 35 million, making it the 27th most spoken language in the world....
 edition was launched in Bangalore
Bangalore

Bangalore , officially Bengaluru , is the capital of the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's List of most populous cities in India and List of most populous metropolitan areas in India....
 and in April 2008 the Chennai edition was launched. The launch of the Chennai edition is considered to be last major English Newspaper battle in India.

Editions

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

    Ahmedabad is the largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat and one of the List of most populous metropolitan areas in India in India, with a population of approximately 52 lakhs ....
  • Bhubaneswar
    Bhubaneswar

    Bhubaneswar is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and territories of India of Orissa, India.Once the capital of ancient Kalinga , the city has a long history and is today a center for commerce and religious activity....
  • Bengaluru
  • Chandigarh
    Chandigarh

    Chandigarh , also called The Beautiful City, is a city in India that serves as the Capital of two states and territories of India, Punjab, India and Haryana, and is a union territory of India....
  • Chennai
    Chennai

    Chennai , formerly Indian renaming controversy , is the fourth largest metropolitan area of India and the capital city of the Indian states and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....
  • Delhi
    Delhi

    Delhi , sometimes referred to as Dilli , is the List of most populous cities in India metropolis in India and, with over 11 million residents, the List of metropolitan areas by population....
  • Goa
    Goa

    Goa is India's smallest states and territories of India in terms of area and the List of states and territories of India by population. Located on the west coast of India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western...
  • Hyderabad
  • Jaipur
    Jaipur

    Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital of Rajasthan States and territories of India, India. Historically rendered as Jeypore, Jaipur is the former capital of the princely state of Jaipur State....
  • Kolkata
    Kolkata

    , Indian renaming controversy , is the Capital of the Indian States and territories of India of West Bengal. It is located in East India on the east bank of the River Hooghly....
  • Lucknow
    Lucknow

    Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous States and territories of India of India. It has a population of 4,875,858. Lucknow is also the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
  • Mangalore
    Mangalore

    Mangalore is the chief port city of the India state of Karnataka. Bounded by the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats mountain ranges, Mangalore is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in southwestern Karnataka....
  • Mumbai
    Mumbai

    Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19...
  • Mysore
    Mysore

    Mysore ; renamed to Mysuru|??????) is the second largest city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the headquarters of the Mysore district and the Mysore division and lies about southwest of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka....
  • Nagpur
    Nagpur

    Nagpur is the largest city in central India and second capital of the States and territories of India of Maharashtra. It is headquarter of Nagpur district and Nagpur division and is third largest city by population of Maharashtra....
  • Patna
    Patna

    Pa?na is the capital city of the Indian States and territories of India of Bihar, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world....
  • Pune
    Pune

    Pune ,Pune is the administrative capital of Pune district and the 7th Metro city of India.Pune is known to have existed as a town since 937 AD....
  • Ranchi
    Ranchi

    Ranchi is the capital city of the Indian States and territories of India of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Orissa, Western West Bengal and the present eastern Chhattisgarh....
  • Surat
    Surat

    Surat is a seaport city in the Indian Indian state of Gujarat and administrative headquarters of the Surat District. As of 2007, Surat and its metropolitan area had a population about the same size as Singapore, approximately 4 million....
  • Kannada


Notable people associated with the Times of India

  • Indu Jain
    Indu Jain

    Indu Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family and is the current chairperson of India largest media group, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., which owns the The Times of India and other large newspapers....
    , chairperson
  • Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain
    Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain

    Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain was among the most prominent Jains of the 20th century. He was a leading industrialist and philanthropist.He was born at Najibabad in Uttar Pradesh in the famous Sahu Jain family in 1911....
  • Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain
    Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain

    Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain was a leading mediaperson, philanthropist, promoter of Indian literature and leader of the worldwide Jain community. He hails from the well known Sahu Jain family of Najibabad ....
     (former managing editor)
  • Samir Jain, Vice-President
  • Vineet Jain, Managing Director
  • Jug Suraiya
    Jug Suraiya

    Jug Suraiya is the Associate Editor of the Times of India, Delhi, an author besides being a columnist.He had his schooling in La Martiniere Calcutta....
     (associate editor, columnist
    Columnist

    A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating copy that can sometimes be strongly opinionated. Column appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs on the Internet....
    , "Jugular Vein," cartoonist
    Cartoonist

    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....
    , "Dubyaman II")
  • Shashi Tharoor
    Shashi Tharoor

    Shashi Tharoor is an India diplomat and writer who has been known mostly for his having worked as an Indian diplomat at the United Nations. In 2006, he was the official candidate of India for the office of United Nations Secretary-General, and came second out of seven official candidates in the race....
    , edit page guest columnist ("Shashi on Sunday")
  • Tarun Vijay
    Tarun Vijay

    Tarun Vijay born in 1961 is an indian author, social worker and famous freelance journalist. He was the editor of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh weekly in Hindi, Panchajanya from 1986 to February 2008, and is a columnist of the newspaper The Times of India....
     (columnist, "The Right View")
  • Swaminathan Aiyar
    Swaminathan Aiyar

    Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar is a noted India journalist....
     (columnist, "Swaminomics")
  • R. K. Laxman
    R. K. Laxman

    Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Laxman , is an Indian cartoonist, illustrator and humorist. He is widely regarded as India's greatest-ever cartoonist and is best known for his creation The Common Man....
     ("You Said It" editorial cartoon, featuring the famous Common Man
    The Common Man

    The Common Man is the creation of author and cartoonist R. K. Laxman. For over a half of a century, the Common Man has represented the hopes, aspirations, troubles and perhaps even foibles of the average Indian, through a daily cartoon strip, "You Said It" in The Times of India....
    )
  • Bachi Karkaria, columnist, "Erratica"
  • Shobha De
    Shobha De

    Shobhaa D? is a renowned Indian literature columnist and novelist....
    , columnist
  • Jaideep Bose, Executive Editor
  • M J Akbar, Columnist, "The Siege Within" and former Editorial Team
  • Gurcharan Das
    Gurcharan Das

    Gurcharan Das , , is an Indian author, consultant and public intellectual. He is a columnist for The Times of India and other newspapers. Currently he is a venture capitalist and a consultant to Industry and Indian government....
    , Columnist


Supplements

The Times of India comes with several city-specific supplements, such as Delhi Times
Delhi Times

Delhi Times is a supplement magazine circulated with the Times of India in New Delhi, Delhi. Daily supplement focuses on city specific issues, in a very lucid manner, which generally appeal to urban youth....
, Bombay Times
Bombay Times

The Bombay Times is a free supplement of The Times of India, in the Mumbai region.It covers celebrity news, news features, international and national music news, international and national fashion news, lifestyle and feature articles pegged on news events both national and international that have local interest value....
, Hyderabad Times, Lucknow Times, Nagpur Times, Bangalore Times, Pune Times ,Ahmedabad Times and Chennai Times, Calcutta Times.

Other regular supplements include:
  • Mumbai Mirror
    Mumbai Mirror

    Mumbai Mirror is a compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai. Its first issue was published on 30 May 2005 by the Times Group, the publishers of The Times of India newspaper....
     ()
  • Bangalore Mirror ()
  • Pune Mirror ()
  • Times Life
    Times Life

    'Times Life' is a glossy supplement that goes free with the Sunday issue of The Times of India ....
  • Rouge
  • What's Hot
  • Address
  • The Times of South Mumbai (In South Mumbai)


External links

  • (Epaper - Digital Replica of the newspaper)
  • Content licensing and syndication wing of The Times Group.