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Maharashtra Times
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TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Times Group
PublisherThe Times Group
EditorParag Karandikar
LanguageMarathi
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra
Circulation1,000,000 daily
Websitemaharashtratimes.com

Maharashtra Times (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), colloquially referred to as 'Ma Ta' (मटा) from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based in Mumbai, India.[1] 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.

Editions[edit | edit source]

Edition Started Closed Supplements
Ahmednagar 21 November 2013 13 May 2020 Ahmednagar Times
Jalgaon 20 August 2013 Jalgaon Times
Kolhapur 21 August 2012 31 May 2020 Kolhapur Times
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 9 December 2011 Ongoing Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Times
Mumbai 18 June 1962 Mumbai Times
Vasai-Virar Plus
Nagpur 12 June 2012 Nagpur Plus
Nashik 8 June 2011 Nashik Plus
Pune 7 January 2011 Pune Plus
Pimpri-Chinchwad Plus
Thane 18 February 2015 Thane Plus
Navi Mumbai Plus

Supplements[edit | edit source]

  1. City Times (Mon-Sat)
  2. Times Property (Saturday)
  3. Maifal (Saturday)
  4. Samvad (Sunday)

Discontinued supplements[edit | edit source]

  1. Pune Times, Nashik Times, Nagpur Times, Thane Vishesh (superseded by newer supplements)

Ongoing supplements[edit | edit source]

Supplement Started Days
Nagpur Plus 1 April 2016 Mon-Sat
Nashik Plus
Vasai-Virar Plus 16 March 2020
Navi Mumbai Plus Daily
Pimpri-Chinchwad Plus 9 December 2024
Pune Plus 8 January 2018
Thane Plus 14 April 2016

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ""Maharashtra Times Brand Stories, Press Release and News − Mediawire.in"". www.mediawire.in. Retrieved 9 August 2025.

External links[edit | edit source]