A little counter propaganda never hurts.
The first edition of The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, later to be called The Times of India, was launched in Bombay in 1838. After several years of change, evolution and growth in the paper's character, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, the proprietors of The Times of India Group, was established with the principal objective of publishing newspapers, journals, magazines and books.
Today, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd is India's largest media house. The Times Group is a multi-edition, multi-product, multi-media organisation, and has to its credit several leading publications. Among the publications are The Times of India, The Economic Times, Navbharat Times, Maharashtra Times, Femina and Filmfare. The Group also has interests in the entertainment and media industry in the form of Radio Mirchi, Planet M, Times Music and Times Multimedia.