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''Maharashtra Times'' ((マラーティー語:महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स)), colloquially referred to as 'Ma Taa' (मटा) from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based in Mumbai, India. It is the ninth-largest-selling daily newspaper in the country. It is owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. or The Times Group, the largest media house in India. According to the IRS 2005, ''Maharashtra Times'' enjoys the second largest readership〔The Indian Readership Survey, IRS, 2005 R1.〕 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.〔The IRS 2005 R2 released on October 11, 2005〕 ''Maharashtra Times first editor was D B Karnik. In the late 1960s, he was replaced by Govindrao Talwalkar. During Talwalkar's tenure, which stretched into the 1990s, the newspaper achieved its zenith primarily due to Talwalkar's editorials. Some of the leading editorials written by Talwalkar have been anthologized. After that Kumar Ketkar worked as Editor. The paper, in its heyday, had among its contributors some of the most respected names of the day in Marathi literature such as Durga Bhagwat, Kusumagraj and P. L. Deshpande. Bharatkumar Raut, a member of the Rajya Sabha, with the political support of the Shivsena, was the Editor of the paper from 2001 through April 2008. For many years, 'Patra Navhe Mitra' ('Not a Newspaper but a Friend') was the tagline of the newspaper. Its editorial and letters to the editor features have been acknowledged to be among the best in Maharashtra. It also has a Marathi elocution competition which is conducted statewide and is quite reputed. == Editions == ''Maharashtra Times'' has 10 editions from 10 major cities in Maharashtra namely -Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Kolhapur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Jalgaon, Navi Mumbai and Ahmadnagar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maharashtra Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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