Maharashtra Times (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स), colloquially referred to as 'Ma Ta' (मटा) from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based in Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest selling daily Marathi newspapers in the country and part of The Times of India group.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Times Group |
| Publisher | The Times Group |
| Editor | Parag Karandikar |
| Founded | June 18, 1962 |
| Language | Marathi |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Circulation | 1,000,000 daily |
| Sister newspapers | The Economic Times Navbharat Times The Times of India Ei Samay Mumbai Mirror Vijaya Karnataka |
| Website | marathi |
According to the IRS 2005 survey, Maharashtra Times enjoys the second largest readership in Mumbai. Other than The Times of India, Maharashtra Times is the only newspaper in Mumbai which has more than one million readers in the city.
Editions
editMaharashtra Times has 6 editions from 6 major cities in Maharashtra namely - Mumbai (including Vasai-Virar), Pune, Thane (including Navi Mumbai), Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Nagpur. In May 2020, they discontinued their Ahmednagar, Jalgaon and Kolhapur editions due to COVID-19.
Supplements
edit- Times Property
- Maifal
- Samvad
- Mumbai Times, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Times
- Thane Plus, Navi Mumbai Plus, Vasai-Virar Plus
- Pune Plus, Pimpri-Chinchwad Plus
- Nashik Plus, Nagpur Plus
Discontinued Supplements
edit- Pune Times, Nashik Times, Nagpur Times, Thane Vishesh (superseded by newer supplements)
- Kolhapur Times, Ahmednagar Times, Jalgaon Times (discontinued without replacement)
External links
edit- Official website
- Mirror
- Times Syndication Service, syndication arm of The Times Group, deals with content syndication of Maharashtra Times.