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The Bombay Times is a free supplement of The Times of India, in the Mumbai (formerly Bombay) region. It covers celebrity news, news features, international and national music news, international and national fashion news, lifestyle and feature articles pegged on news events both national and international that have local interest value.
Bennett Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL), d/b/a The Times Group, is an Indian media conglomerate based in Mumbai. [3] Notable media properties owned and operated by the group include India's largest selling daily English-language newspaper The Times of India, television channels such as Times Now, the radio station network Radio Mirchi, and magazines Filmfare and Femina.
After a visit to London in 1837, and two years' management of the Fifeshire Journal, he accepted in 1839 the post of editor of the Bombay Times. [5] He took over after the J.E. Brennan died just a year after it was started in 1838 and then Bombay Times was a biweekly. It became a daily in 1850 under him. [6] Buist was at the Bombay Times for
On 27 February 2014, the society marked its platinum jubilee with a celebration at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, was chief guest and gave away commemorative plaques to extant founding members – Bombay Chronicle, The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, The Pioneer, The Statesman, The Times of India and The ...
The history of film in India begins with the screening of Auguste and Louis Lumière moving pictures in Bombay during the July 1895. [37] Raja Harishchandra, a full-length feature film, was initiated in 1912 and completed later. [37] Alam Ara (released 14 March 1931), directed by Ardeshir Irani, was the first Indian movie with dialogues. [38]
Bombay Time, one of the two official time zones in British India, was established in 1884 [128] during the International Meridian Conference held at Washington, D.C., in the United States. [129] Bombay time was set at 4 hours and 51 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) using the 75th east meridian. [128]
Robert Knight became the Editor of the Bombay Times in 1857 replacing George Buist. In December 1859 the Bombay Standard and Chronicle of Western India was absorbed into it and later in and in 1861 it absorbed its rivals Courier and Telegraph, both Bombay newspapers, and the name was changed to The Times of India. It grew into national ...
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore ). [ 20 ]