Maharashtra Times

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 IndiaMaharashtra Times is the only newspaper in Mumbai which has more than one million readers in the city.

Maharashtra Times
महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) The Times Group
Publisher The Times Group
Editor Parag Karandikar
Founded 18 June 1962; 61 years ago
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.indiatimes.com

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

  1. Times Property
  2. Maifal
  3. Sanvad
  4. Mumbai Times, Aurangabad Times
  5. Thane Plus, Navi Mumbai Plus, Vasai-Virar Plus
  6. Pune Plus, Nashik Plus, Nagpur Plus

Discontinued Supplements

  1. Pune Times, Nashik Times, Nagpur Times, Thane Vishesh (superseded by newer supplements)
  2. Kolhapur Times, Ahmednagar Times, Jalgaon Times (discontinued without replacement)