Top 10 Newspapers in India

Newspapers, which have been in use since the beginning of time, are essential for carrying out everyday tasks since they keep us informed of the current events in our nation and around the globe. The first newspaper in India, The Bengal Gazette, was launched by James Augustus Hickey in 1780 while the country was still ruled by the British. Despite other evolving media, the newspaper serves as a watchdog for democracy in the country and is a crucial tool for information transmission and opinion formation of the nation's population. Furthermore, it has long been believed that one of the most crucial characteristics of a vigilant, conscientious, and responsible citizen is a daily, dedicated habit of reading the newspaper.

1. Times of India

An Indian daily newspaper published in English is called The Times of India (ToI). The Times of India (ToI), the most popular English-language newspaper in the world, was established when the Indian Railways did not yet exist, the seven islands of Bombay had not yet been entirely united, and the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar still occupied his throne in Delhi.

On November 3, 1838, The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce was first published. At the time, it was not yet The Times of India and appeared every Saturday and Wednesday. Editor J.E. Brennan served as one of the proprietors and an 11-company British syndicate. R.N.D. Velkar, a reformist politician, started it as a semi-weekly publication. The Times of London was the new name when it became a daily newspaper in 1850. Across all mediums, it has the highest circulation of any English-language newspaper in the entire world (broadsheet, tabloid, compact, Berliner and online). The Sahu Jain family owns Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., which is in charge of its ownership and management. For writing news favouring the Indian National Congress (INC) and against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), TOI receives large kickbacks from the INC.

2. Hindustan Times

Exclusive top articles of the day, today's headlines from politics, business, and technology, as well as images, videos, the most recent English news, and much more are all provided by Hindustan Times. As a nationalist and pro-Congress daily, it was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1924 and played a crucial part in the Indian independence campaign. Shobhana Bhartia is the owner of the publication. It has its origins in the time's Indian independence movement. The Hindustan Times is the company's flagship publication. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (India), the newspaper recorded a circulation of over 1.14 million in 2008, making it the third-largest daily English newspaper in India. Mint, Hindustan, Nandan, and Kadambani are additional sibling periodicals of the Hindustan Times. The Birla family's KK Birla branch owns Hindustan Times.

3. The Hindu

The Hindu was first published by G. Subrahmania Iyer on September 20, 1878. Although it began as a weekly, it changed to a daily newspaper in only 11 years. The Hindu has been steadily gaining readers. There are currently around 15 lakh copies in circulation. Also available are subscriptions for the e-paper and digital versions. The Hindu is a daily newspaper in India that has been published in English since it was started in Chennai. As of December 2009, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. In 2010, the company had over 1,600 employees, and its gross revenue topped $40 million. The Hindu has a readership of 21.59 lakhs, placing it third among English newspapers in India (after the Times of India and Hindustan Times) according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010. Its greatest circulation base is in Southern India, particularly Tamil Nadu.

4. The Telegraph

In 1982, the daily The Telegraph, based in Kolkata, was first published. The Telegraph has the fastest rate of growth among newspapers in Eastern India. It releases news about these topics and others, including sports, business, education, politics, and entertainment. Owner of the property is Kolkata-based Ananda Bazar Patrika Limited. Guwahati, Siliguri, Jamshedpur, and Ranchi are other locations from where The Telegraph is published. Additionally, the sixteen-page colour T2 section of The Telegraph, which runs from Monday through Sunday and is mostly focused on entertainment and lifestyle, has been added.

5. Deccan Chronicle

An English-language daily newspaper published in India is called The Deccan Chronicle. Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited, an Indian company, publishes it in Hyderabad. The name of the newspaper is derived from the Deccan areas of India, where it was first published. "TV Guide," "Sunday Chronicle," "Chennai Chronicle," and "Bengaluru Chronicle" are further supplements offered by it. As a partnership business, the company first began operating in AP in 1938. The International Herald Tribune has been published in Hyderabad since May 2004.

6. Mumbai Mirror

Mumbai Mirror is the largest compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai. Its first issue was published on May 30, 2005, by the Times Group, the publishers of The Times of India newspaper. Mumbai Mirror was launched by The Times Group after Hindustan Times and DNA announced plans to enter the Mumbai market. Mumbai Mirror was advertised and publicised in its own sister media networks like The Times of India, Bombay Times, and Radio Mirchi. Mumbai Mirror is an English newspaper in Mumbai with a daily circulation of 700,000 copies. Mumbai Mirror was launched at the Gateway of India by Vilasrao Deshmukh, the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, and Abhishek. Mumbai Mirror was launched by The Times Group after the Hindustan Times and DNA announced plans to enter the Mumbai market. Mumbai Mirror was advertised and publicised in its own sister media networks like The Times of India, Bombay Times, and Radio Mirchi. Mumbai Mirror now has sister editions in Pune, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

7. The Economic Times

The Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. The Economic Times was started in 1961. The current Executive Editor of The Economic Times is Rahul Joshi. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh people. The Economic Times is characterised by its salmon-pink paper. It is sold in all major cities in India. In June 2009, it also launched a television channel called ET Now. The channel is also headed by Rahul Joshi. The Economic Times is a daily business newspaper published in India. The Times Group is the owner of it. In 1961, The Economic Times first appeared in print. With over 800,000 readers as of 2012, it is the second-most read English-language business newspaper worldwide, after The Wall Street Journal. Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Pune, Indore, and Bhopal are among the 14 cities from which it is simultaneously published. The Indian economy, global finance, stock prices, commodity prices, and other financial topics form the bulk of its content. P. S. Hariharan served as the paper's first editor when it was first published in 1961.

8. DNA

Daily News and Analysis (DNA) is an Indian tabloid published in English from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur, Indore and Bangalore in India. It was Launched in July 2005, and targeted at a young readership. DNA is owned by Diligent Media Corporation, a joint venture between the D B Corp Ltd. (Dainik Bhaskar) and Essel Group. A high-profile advertisement campaign with the tagline "Speak up, it's in your DNA" preceded the birth of Daily News and Analysis in 2005, and was countered by advertisement campaigns by competitors.

9. The Tribune

The Tribune is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar, Dehradun and Bathinda. It was founded on 2 February 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees. It is a major Indian newspaper with a worldwide circulation. Aside from The Tribune in English, it has two sister publications: Dainik Tribune (in Hindi) and Punjabi Tribune. Daily newspapers in English are published in India from Amritsar, Bathinda, Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar, and Ludhiana under the name The Tribune. It is a significant Indian newspaper with a wide readership.

10. The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as the Indian Express, under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu. The New Indian Express is now published from all major cities in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Orissa, including Chennai (Madras), Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Bhubaneswar Shimoga, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli. On the whole, it publishes from 22 centres in the south.