Hindustan Times

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{{Short description|Indian English-language newspaper}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Hindustan Times
| motto = ''First Voice. Last Word.''
| logo = Hindustan Times logo.svg
| image = [[File:Hindustan Times cover 03-28-10.jpg|225px|border]]
| caption = 30 August 2020 front page of<br />''Hindustan Times''
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| owners = [[HT Media Ltd]]
| chiefeditor = Sukumar Ranganathan
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| launched = {{Start date and age|df=y|1924|}}
| political = Centre-left
| language = English
| sister newspapers = ''[[Hindustan Dainik]]''<br />''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]''
| headquarters = 18–20 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, [[New Delhi]] 110001, India
| publishing_country = India
| circulation = 1,072,966 daily<ref name=ABCIND>{{cite web| url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/JD%202019%20Highest%20Circulated%20(across%20languages).pdf | title=Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)| publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
| circulation_date = December 2019
| oclc = 231696742
| ISSN = 0972-0243
| website = {{URL|hindustantimes.com}}
}}

'''''Hindustan Times''''' is an Indian English-language [[daily newspaper]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.htmedia.in/?page_id=7 |title=About Us |publisher=Htmedia.in |access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref> introduced and founded in 1924 by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab Province. It played integral roles in the [[Indian independence movement]] as a nationalist and was then, a pro-[[Indian National Congress|Congress]] daily.<ref name="Pandey2001">{{cite book|author=Gyanendra Pandey|title=Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdLhnFet4w4C&pg=PA97|access-date=13 October 2018|date=22 November 2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-00250-9|pages=97–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.htmedia.in/?page_id=7|title=About Us -|website=htmedia.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/05/world/indian-leader-faces-a-test-at-the-polls.html|title=Indian Leader Faces a Test at the Polls|last=Hazarika|first=Sanjoy|date=5 March 1995|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=29 May 2015|location=India; Maharashtra State (India); Gujarat (India)}}</ref> The newspaper is owned by [[Shobhana Bhartia]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/archive/print/2006/02/18/stories/2006021815040900.htm Nominated to Rajya Sabha – NATIONAL]. The Hindu. Retrieved 27 December 2018.</ref> It is the flagship publication of [[HT Media]], an entity controlled by the [[KK Birla]] family.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paradise Papers: Hindustan Times Group set up firm in Bermuda, showed Rs 7 cr loss |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/paradise-papers-shobhna-bhartia-hindustan-times-appleby-bermuda-firm-4925776/ |access-date=6 June 2018 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=7 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/media/history-repeating-shobhana-bhartias-hindustan-times|title=History repeating at Shobhana Bhartia's Hindustan Times|last=Dev|first=Atul|date=December 2018|website=[[The Caravan]]|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>

''Hindustan Times'' is one of the largest [[List of newspapers in India by circulation|newspapers in India, by circulation]]. According to the [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]], it has a circulation of 993,645 copies as of November 2017.<ref name=ABCIND /> The Indian Readership Survey 2014 revealed that ''HT'' is the second most widely read English newspaper in India after ''[[The Times of India]]''.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.mruc.net/sites/default/files/IRS%202014%20Topline%20Findings_0.pdf
| title = Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2014
| publisher = Newswatch.in
| date = 30 June 2010
| access-date = 16 October 2007
}}</ref> It is popular in [[North India]], with simultaneous editions from [[New Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Lucknow]], [[Patna]], [[Ranchi]] and [[Chandigarh]].

The print location of [[Jaipur]] was discontinued from June 2006 and that of Nagpur edition was discontinued from September 1997. ''HT'' launched a youth daily, ''HT Next'', in 2004. The Mumbai edition was launched on 14 July 2005 and the Kolkata edition was launched in early 2000. In [[The Brand Trust Report]] 2012, ''Hindustan Times'' was ranked 291st among India's most trusted brands and subsequently, according to the Brand Trust Report 2013, ''Hindustan Times'' was ranked 434th among India's most trusted brands. In 2014 however, ''Hindustan Times'' was ranked 360th among India's most trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, a study conducted by Trust Research Advisory, a brand analytics company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trustadvisory.info/allindia_2014.html |title=India's Most Trusted Brands 2014 |access-date=29 May 2015 |publisher=Trustadvisory.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502221904/http://www.trustadvisory.info/allindia_2014.html |archive-date=2 May 2015 }}</ref> Other sister publications of ''Hindustan Times'' are ''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]'' (English business daily), ''[[Hindustan Dainik|Hindustan]]'' (Hindi Daily), ''Nandan'' (monthly children's magazine) and ''Kadambani'' (monthly literary magazine). It also has Children's version like other newspapers. The media group owns a radio channel, [[Fever 104 FM|Fever 104.0 FM]] and also have education related company called Studymate and organises an annual Luxury Conference which has featured speakers like designer [[Diane von Fürstenberg]], shoemaker [[Christian Louboutin]], [[Gucci]] CEO Robert Polet and [[Cartier (jeweler)|Cartier]] MD Patrick Normand. ''Hindustan Times'' is owned by the KK Birla branch of the Birla family.

== History ==
[[File:Hindustan Times 1999 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|left|A 1999 stamp dedicated to the 75th anniversary of ''Hindustan Times'']]
''Hindustan Times'' was founded in 1924 by [[Sunder Singh Lyallpuri]], founder-father of the [[Akali movement]] and the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] in [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618083211/https://urduyouthforum.org/news_Hindustan_Times_bio.php |title=Hindustan Times (HT) bio |publisher=Urduyouthforum.org|access-date=6 August 2020}}</ref> S Mangal Singh Gill (Tesildar) and S. Chanchal Singh (Jandiala, Jalandhar) were made in charge of the newspaper. [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]] and [[Tara Singh (activist)|Tara Singh]] were among the members of the Managing Committee. The Managing Chairman and Chief Patron was Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri.

According to Prem Shankar Jha who wrote an official history of the newspaper in 1999, most of the early funding of the paper, therefore, came from Sikhs in Canada. When financial troubles started in the early years, the Akalis approached two interested potential buyers from the nationalist movement. These were Motilal Nehru and Madan Mohan Malaviya, and ultimately Malviya bought the ''Hindustan Times.'' In fact, Malviya had to take out a loan of Rs. 40,000 with the help of Lala Lajpat Rai in order to finance the paper. In 1928, Gandhi chose a new editor, [[K. M. Panikkar|K.M Panikkar]] for the paper. By that time, the paper was running into financial troubles again and [[G. D. Birla]] underwrote some expenses and ultimately assumed ownership.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/media/history-repeating-shobhana-bhartias-hindustan-times|title=History repeating at Shobhana Bhartia's Hindustan Times|last=Dev|first=Atul|website=The Caravan|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref>

[[Devdas Gandhi]], son of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], was inducted into the editors' panel, and was later appointed editor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shobhana Bhartia wants to benchmark HT with the best in the world|url=http://m.businesstoday.in//story/ht-group-shobhana-bhartia-in-most-powerful-business-women/1/188386.html|access-date=18 March 2014|newspaper=[[Business Today (business magazine)|Business Today]]|date=14 October 2012}}</ref> The opening ceremony was performed by Mahatma Gandhi on 26 September 1924. The first issue was published from Naya Bazar, [[Delhi]] (now Swami Sharda Nand Marg). It contained writings and articles from [[C. F. Andrews]] and [[Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy]], among others.

K. M. Panikkar, also known as Sardar Panikkar, launched the ''Hindustan Times'' as a serious nationalist newspaper. As an Oxonian, historian and litterateur, Panikkar strived to make the paper broader than an Akali sheet. He became the editor and funds flowed freely from Akali patrons. He exerted himself strenuously, but the paper made very little headway. In two years, Panikkar could not take the print order any higher than 3,000. By then the Akali movement appeared to lose steam and funds dried up. The paper was saved from an untimely demise when [[Madan Mohan Malaviya|Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya]] stepped in to realise his vision of a newspaper in Delhi.<ref>{{cite book| last=George| first=T. J. S. |author-link=T. J. S. George| title=Lessons in Journalism| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNx0PgAACAAJ| year=2007| publisher=Viva Books Private Limited| isbn=978-81-309-0788-8}}</ref>

It has its roots in the [[Indian independence movement]] of the first half of the twentieth century and even faced the noted "''Hindustan Times'' Contempt Case (August–November, 1941)" at [[Allahabad High Court]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Hindustan Times Contempt Case (August–November, 1941) |year=2007|publisher=READ BOOKS|isbn=1-4067-6748-4 |page=283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XtYhsX39MKQC&pg=PA316 }}</ref> It was edited at times by many important people in India, including [[Devdas Gandhi]], Sri Mulgaonkar, [[B. G. Verghese|B.G. Verghese]] and [[Khushwant Singh]]. [[Sanjoy Narayan]] was editor in chief of the paper from August 2008 till July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exchange4media.com/peoplemovement/movement_fullstory.asp?section_id=23&news_id=31799&tag=26712&pict=0 |title=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – Exchange4media |publisher=Exchange4media.com |access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref>

== Ownership ==
[[File:Hindustan Times House New Delhi.jpg|thumb|Hindustan Times House, [[New Delhi]]]]

The Delhi-based ''Hindustan Times'' is part of the KK Birla group and managed by [[Shobhana Bhartia]], [[Rajya Sabha]] member of Congress Party and daughter of the industrialist [[Krishna Kumar Birla]] and granddaughter of [[Ghanshyam Das Birla]]. HT Media<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://httimes.co.in/|title=HT Times}}</ref> Limited is a subsidiary of The Hindustan Times Limited which is a subsidiary of Earthstone Holding (Two) Limited. The KK Birla group owns a 69 percent stake in HT Media, currently valued at {{INR}} 834 crore. When Shobhana 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.

Along with ''Hindustan Times'', [[HT Media]] owns Desimartini, [[Fever 104 FM]], and the [[Mint (newspaper)|''Mint'']] newspaper.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mehra |first1=Regina Anthony and Priyanka |title=HT Media's net arm buys social networking site Desimartini.com |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/8Vzfp4uoQWWMh3lMBtV2aN/HT-Media8217s-net-arm-buys-social-networking-site-Desimar.html |website=Livemint |access-date=26 February 2020 |date=21 November 2007}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
Former Executive Editor [[Shishir Gupta]] left the newspaper after ''Frontline''<ref>{{cite news|title=Under close watch
|url=http://www.frontline.in/cover-story/under-close-watch/article9456570.ece|access-date=24 April 2018|newspaper=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|date=20 January 2017}}</ref> reported about his emails to [[Amit Shah]] and Mr Shah's Officer on Special Duty. The ''Frontline'' story detailed how the Prime Minister's Office was taking extraordinary interest in the Delhi Government led by Chief Minister [[Arvind Kejriwal]].

After the "surgical strikes" had happened in September 2016, Shobhna Bhartia reportedly had started getting calls from the PM's office and from Amit Shah, and attention came to be focused on the Hate Tracker, a crowd-sourced database on the ''Hindustan Times'' website that recorded hate crimes in India which was launched under recently appointed editor Bobby Ghosh.<ref name="auto"/> He left the newspaper abruptly and [[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] reported<ref>{{cite news|title=Hindustan Times Editor's Exit Preceded by Meeting Between Modi, Newspaper Owner
|url=https://thewire.in/178102/hindustan-times-bobby-ghosh-narendra-modi-shobhana-bhartia/|access-date=25 September 2017|newspaper=The Wire|date=25 September 2017}}</ref> that he was asked to leave the newspaper after [[Shobhana Bhartia]] met Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] recently.

''[[The Indian Express]]'' published a report in 2017 that leaked documents stating that Hindustan Times Limited was linked to an offshore entity called Go4i.com, of which Bhartiya and Priyavat were listed as directors. ''Hindustan Times'' had listed this entity as a subsidiary in 2003–2004 financial year, and not in the years after that. Hindustan Times Limited responded to the report by denying any wrongdoing.<ref name="auto"/>

==Supplements==
* ''Brishu''
* ''HT Education''
* ''HT Estates''
* ''Shine Jobs''
* ''HT Live''
* ''HT Cafe''

== Columnists ==
* D. K. Issar: former Chief Reporter, wrote on crime, politics, and terrorism
* [[Barkha Dutt]]: Journalist and [[NDTV]] Group editor. Writes a fortnightly column.
* [[Karan Thapar]]: President of Infotainment Television, television commentator and interviewer, a weekly columnist ("Sunday Sentiments")
* Manas Chakravarty: Capital market analyst for ''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]''. Writes weekly column "Loose Canon" on Sundays'.
* Poonam Saxena: Editor of ''Brunch'', the ''Hindustan Times'' Sunday magazine. She does a weekly TV review column, "Small Screen".
* [[Indrajit Hazra]]: A novelist and a senior editor at ''Hindustan Times'', Hazra writes the weekly column "Red Herring".
* [[Sonal Kalra]]: An author and editor of ''HT City'', the daily entertainment and lifestyle supplement of ''Hindustan Times'', Writes the weekly column "A Calmer You".
* [[Samar Halarnkar]]: [[Editor-at-large]], writes on a variety of issues and also runs a food blog on the ''Hindustan Times'' website.

==See also==
* ''[[The Hindu]]''
* [[List of newspapers in India by circulation]]
* [[List of newspapers in the world by circulation]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hindustan Times}}
* {{Official website|http://www.hindustantimes.com}} Online edition of ''Hindustan Times''
* About [https://www.hindutimes.co/2020/08/hindustan-times-bharat-ka-rojmarra-angreji-akgbar.html Hindustan Times]

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