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Founded: 1838
Ownership
The Times of India traces to The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, first published in 1838, and is the flagship daily of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), the core of the privately held Times Group. BCCL is controlled by the Sahu Jain family, which holds roughly 86% through subsidiaries; the family acquired the company in the late 1940s/1950s after industrialist Ramkrishna Dalmia. In a 2023 split the print business (including ToI) came under Samir Jain while broadcast/radio went to his brother Vineet Jain.
Funding
Funded overwhelmingly by advertising (it is India's largest-circulation English daily), plus cover-price sales and digital subscriptions, and the diversified revenues of the family-owned Times Group conglomerate.
Affiliation & stance
The Times of India is a family-owned commercial enterprise with no party or state ownership; it is broadly centrist and is often described as commercially driven (its 'paid news'/'Medianet' practices have drawn criticism) rather than ideologically partisan. As a privately, commercially owned outlet free of party or government control, it is INDEPENDENT (matching the site's guess).
Editorial lean
- Our estimate
- Center
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An American gets the maximum amount of recovery time at Wimbledon.
The article discusses the scheduling of the first-round doubles match at Wimbledon involving American tennis player Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams against the Argentine-Colombian pair Solana Sierra and Camila Osorio. The match was initially scheduled for Thursday and Friday but has been postponed due to Serena's injury during her singles match. Tournament organizer Andy Murray (likely a misstatement, as Andy Murray is a British player, and the correct name might be someone like Ashley Barker or another official) stated they are giving Serena as much time as possible to recover. They ruled out postponing the match to later dates unless necessary for safety or tournament flow. The match is expected to take place on a larger court to accommodate the large crowd attracted by Serena and Venus, who are major stars. Serena returned to professional tennis after four years, but she lost her first singles match and injured her knee. She did not attend a press conference afterward due to health reasons and expressed her commitment to participating in the doubles event. Serena and Venus have won six doubles titles together, including a title in 2016.
Ukraine reports two dead after night attacks by Russia, with the death toll in Kiev rising to 30.
At least two people were killed and eight injured in Russian air strikes on the Sumy region and Kryvyj Rih in Ukraine during the night of Thursday to Friday, according to Ukrainian authorities. This follows a large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv earlier in the week which killed at least 30 people and injured around 100 others. In response to the attacks, Ukraine conducted missile strikes on Belgorod in Russia, causing a fire at an energy facility and killing one woman, according to Russian media. The overnight strike on the city of Romny in the Sumy region hit a residential building, killing two women and injuring a man, reported regional administrator Oleh Hryhorov via Telegram. Another seven people were injured in a missile strike on Kryvyj Rih, according to military city administrator Oleksandr Vilkul. In Kyiv, teams discovered three more dead bodies during the night, bringing the total number of victims to 30, according to Reuters citing Ukrainian health authorities. Kyiv's military administrator Tymur Tkačenko stated that the attack injured 99 people. Moscow claimed the extensive attack was a response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, including those carried
Traffic snarls on NEET day: Congress and BJP indulge in war of words
On June 22, 2026, a political dispute erupted between India's ruling Congress party and the opposition BJP regarding traffic congestion in Bengaluru that allegedly caused some students to miss the NEET re-examination at RC College. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya claimed that several students were unable to reach the exam venue due to heavy traffic around Palace Grounds, where a Congress event was being held. Congress denied these claims, with Home Minister Priyank Kharge stating that only a small number of students were absent, citing specific cases such as a student who missed the exam due to a delayed bus and another who had an incorrect admission ticket. He also accused Surya of spreading misinformation, noting that the BJP had previously remained silent during a major NEET question paper leak that affected 22 lakh students. B.K. Hariprasad, leader of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, acknowledged traffic congestion but stated that efforts were made to minimize disruption, including arranging parking within the venue. He also pointed out that similar absences occurred in other districts and questioned why the BJP was focusing on the Congress event rather than addressing the larger
Russia planning armed incursion into this Nato country, report makes bombshell claim
A report cited by the Daily Mail suggests Russia might be planning a limited military provocation against Poland, possibly involving small-scale troop movements or attacks on critical infrastructure, to test NATO's response and undermine Western support for Ukraine. This alleged plan comes amid preparations by NATO to officially classify Russia as a 'long-term threat' during an upcoming summit. Polish media, including Onet, reported that such actions could be designed to create a political crisis without triggering a full-scale war. The potential operation could originate from Russia’s Kaliningrad region or neighboring Belarus. At the same time, Russia recently conducted a significant aerial attack on Kyiv, highlighting ongoing tensions.
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