The Times of India The Common Man featured on a commemorative stamp released by the Indian Postal Service on the 150th Anniversary of the Times of India - 1988. Overview The Times of India is India's leading English language daily newspaper. It is the world's largest circulated English daily broadsheet. It is published from eight cities across India, has a circulation of over 2.14 million copies, and is read by over 7.4 million people. It was founded in 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, and served the British residents of western India. It adopted its present name in 1861. It is published by India's largest media group, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, (This company along with its other group companies are more popularly known as The Times Group), which also publishes The Economic Times, the Navbharat Times, the Maharashtra Times, Femina, and Filmfare. The newspaper also runs the cartoons of the popular Indian political cartoonist R K Laxman. The "common man" is a senior Indian citizen present in each one of the cartoons only as the mute witness to every event. Historically, The Times of India has been praised for its content. It has also collected contributions from readers for national calamities. In the recent past however, it is claimed that the newspaper's focus has shifted from journalistic excellence. It has seen criticism for the use of the newspaper for promoting both its views and services launched by the group. The Times has published main page articles to promote the groups' websites, email service (Indiatimes). Also notable was the breaking of the story of the leakage Common Admission Test Exam paper for the IIM's. This shift in style of reporting, along with massive revamping of the City offerings like the Delhi Times and Bombay Times has helped the newspaper maintain its position as the largest selling English daily in India, and in one year even usurp the largest English broadsheet Daily in the world beating the USA Today. In another move to boost sales, The Times in Delhi launched a new edition in October 2003 called SpeedNews, a newspaper with condensed articles and a larger type size geared toward people on the go. The SpeedNews edition now discontinued, has been recently aped by its arch rival in the Delhi market. Editions Delhi Edition Bombay Editon Bangalore Edition Pune Edition Calcutta Edition Lucknow Edition Ahmedabad Edition Hyderabad Edition Prominent Supplements City Centric Supplements Bombay Times Delhi Times Bangalore Times Pune Times Hyderabad Times Calcutta Times Lucknow Times Ahmedabad Times Baroda Times Chandigarh Times Patna Times Topical Supplements Times Ascent Appointments advertising section, goes with all editions of The Times of India on Wednesday. Education Times Weekly round up of Education related news, articles et al, goes every week with all editions on Monday Times Property Weekly Supplement on Property, goes with the Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad editions every Saturday Times Life / Men and Women / Sunday Review Times Matrimonials Times Classifieds External links The Times of India on the web The Times of India epaper Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_of_India