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Hindustan Times (HT) is a leading newspaper in India, published since 1924 with roots in the independence movement.[2] Hindustan Times is the flagship publication of HT Media Ltd. It has a nation wide reach in India (barring Southern India), with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi and Kolkata. It is also printed from Bhopal and Chandigarh. The print location of Jaipur was discontinued from June 2006. HT has also launched a youth daily HT Next in 2004. The Mumbai edition was launched on 14 July 2005.
Other sister publications of Hindustan Times are Mint (English business daily), Hindustan (Hindi Daily), Nandan (monthly children's magazine) and Kadambani (monthly literary magazine). The media group also owns a radio channel Fever and organises an annual Luxury Conference which has featured speakers like designer Diane von Fürstenberg, shoemaker Christian Louboutin, Gucci CEO Robert Polet and Cartier MD Patrick Normand.
[edit] History
Hindustan Times was founded in 1924 by Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali Movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab. S Mangal Singh Gill (Tesildar) and S. Chanchal Singh (Jandiala, Jullundur) were made in charge of the newspaper. Pt Madan Mohan Malayia and Master Tara Singh were among the members of the Managing Committee. The Managing Chairman and Chief Patron was Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri himself.
K. M. Panikkar was its first Editor with Devdas Gandhi (son of Mahatma Gandhi) also on the editor's panel. The opening ceremony was performed by Mahatma Gandhi on September 15, 1924. The first issue was published from Naya Bazar, Delhi (now Swami Sharda Nand Marg). It contained writings and articles from C. F. Andrews, St. Nihal Singh, Maulana Mohammad Ali, C. R. Reddy (Dr. Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy), T. L. Vaswani, Ruchi Ram Sahni, Bernard Haton, Harinder Nath Chattopadhyaya, Dr Saifuddin Kichlu and Rubi Waston etc.
It has its roots in the independence movement of the first half of the twentieth century. It was edited at times by many important people in India, including Devdas Gandhi (the son of Mahatma Gandhi) and Khushwant Singh. Sanjoy Narayan, has been appointed the Editor in Chief of the Paper and is due to take over in August 2008[3]
Recently the editorial page has seen a major make-over and has been named "comment" to bring in more flexibility and some-what less seriousness to the page.
[edit] HT Mumbai Edition
HT Mumbai has a daily lifestyle supplement (in tabloid format)called HT Cafe (32 pages). Five days a week HT Cafe devotes a pullout to niche subjects such as travel, health, automobiles, weekend, comics and gizmos. It has its Education supplement called 'Horizons' on Wednesdays; High-life and luxury supplement called Splurge and a Real Estates section called 'HT Estates'. The paper also comes with a free magazine on Sundays called Brunch. The Mumbai Edition is managed by Mohit Ahuja, an alumnus of NMIMS, Bombay[citation needed]. The Resident Editor in Mumbai is Samar Halarnkar.
[edit] HT Delhi Edition
HT Delhi has a daily lifestyle supplement called HT City with a special Weekend edition on Fridays called HT City WE. It has its jobs supplement called 'Power Jobs' on Tuesdays; Education supplement called 'Horizons' on Wednesdays; Real Estates section called 'HT Estates'and Luxury supplement 'HT Splurge' on Saturdays. HT Delhi has a magazine called Brunch every Sunday. It also includes a matrimonials section on Sundays and a financial paper (Berliner format) called MINT on weekdays.
After the resignation of Chaitanya Kalbag, the editorial responsibility was shared by Pankaj Paul and V.Krishna. In August, 2008, Sanjoy Narayan was appointed Editor-in-Chief and Samar Halarnkar was appointed Managing Editor.
[edit] Ownership
The Delhi-based English newspaper Hindustan Times is part of the KK Birla group and managed by Shobhana Bhartia, granddaughter of GD Birla. It is owned by HT Media Ltd. The KK Birla group at present owns 69 per cent stake in HT Media, currently valued at Rs 834 crore.
When Bhartia joined Hindustan Times in 1986, she was the first woman chief executive of a national newspaper. Shobhana has been nominated as a Rajya Sabha MP from Congress Party.
[edit] Awards
HT has a good track record at the IFRA and has won several awards this year[citation needed]
[edit] Columinsts
- Vir Sanghvi- One of the most popular faces of Indian journalism, Vir Sanghavi has been the editor of HT for the past few years. He writes two columns every Sunday, one entitled Counter Point for the main paper and "Rude Food" for Brunch, a weekly supplement.
- Karan Thapar- Currently the President of Infotainment Television and one of India's noted television commentators and interviewers, Karan Thapar writes the weekly column Sunday Sentiments.
- Barkha Dutt- Journalist and NDTV Group Editor. Writes column Third Eye every Saturday.
- Manas Chakravarty- Capital market analyst for Mint. Writes weekly column Loose Canon on Sundays'
- Indrajit Hazra- A Novelist and a Senior Editor at Hindustan Times, Hazra writes the weekly column Red Herring.
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