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.
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.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Times Group |
| Publisher | The Times Group |
| Editor | Parag Karandikar |
| Founded | 18 June 1962 |
| Language | Marathi |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Circulation | 1,000,000 daily |
| Sister newspapers | The Economic Times Navbharat Times The Times of India Ei Samay Mumbai Mirror Vijaya Karnataka |
| Website | marathi |
Editions
Maharashtra Times has 6 editions from 6 major cities in Maharashtra namely – Mumbai (including Vasai-Virar), Pune, Thane (including Navi Mumbai), Nashik, Aurangabad and Nagpur. In May 2020, they stopped their Ahmednagar, Jalgaon and Kolhapur editions due to COVID-19.
Supplements
- Times Property
- Maifal
- Sanvad
- Mumbai Times, Aurangabad Times
- Thane Plus, Navi Mumbai Plus, Vasai-Virar Plus
- Pune Plus, Nashik Plus, Nagpur Plus
Discontinued Supplements
- Pune Times, Nashik Times, Nagpur Times, Thane Vishesh (superseded by newer supplements)
- Kolhapur Times, Ahmednagar Times, Jalgaon Times (discontinued without replacement)