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    Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement. It has a readership of over 6.6 million, making it the second most widely read English newspaper in India. The newspaper has editions in several major Indian cities. It is owned by HT Media Ltd, which is part of the KK Birla group. Hindustan Times was founded in 1924 and has included notable editors like Devdas Gandhi and is currently edited by Vir Sanghvi.

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    Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement. It has a readership of over 6.6 million, making it the second most widely read English newspaper in India. The newspaper has editions in several major Indian cities. It is owned by HT Media Ltd, which is part of the KK Birla group. Hindustan Times was founded in 1924 and has included notable editors like Devdas Gandhi and is currently edited by Vir Sanghvi.

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    HINDUSTAN TIMES

    Hindustan Times (HT) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the

    period.

    Hindustan Times is the flagship publication of HT Media Ltd. Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008, revealed that HT has a readership of (6.6 million)

    placing them as the second most-widely read English Newspaper in India after The Times of India. It has a wide reach in northern India (barring

    Southern India), with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Bhopal and Chandigarh.

    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 FM radio channel Fever 104.

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    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.

    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. Now the present CEO of HT media is mr.Rajiv Verma .

    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.

    Ownership

    The Delhi-based English newspaper Hindustan Times is part of the KK Birla group and managed by Shobhana Bhartia, daughter of the

    industrialist KK Birla, and 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 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.

    Supplements

     Brunch: A weekly magazine, distributed every Sunday, for the last few years. Includes entries by noted columnists like Vir Sanghvi,

    Seema Sharma, and a cover story. This very popular feature of the newspaper also includes an interview in the end, by a famous celebrity.

     HT City: A popular daily supplement, freely distributed with the newspaper, includes commentary on lighter news, updates of happenings

    around the city in which it is distributed, coverage of local parties and celebrity gossip.
     HT Horizons: A supplement providing information to students across the country help in the form of sample career options, career

    counselling, latest campus news, psychological counselling etc.

    Vir Sanghvi- One of the most popular faces of Indian journalism, Vir Sanghvi has been the editor of Hindustan Times 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 supplemen

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