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The Times Group is one of the largest media services conglomerates in India. It is headed by brothers Sahu Samir Jain and Sahu Vineet Jain of the Sahu Jain family. It reaches out from:

• 11 publishing centers
• 15 printing centers
• 55 sales offices
• Over 7000 employees
• 5 dailies including two of the largest in the country with approx 4.3 million copies circulated daily
• 2 lead magazines
• 29 niche magazines
• Reaching 2468 cities and towns
• Turnover in excess of USD 500 million

Its major brands include:

• The Times of India, India's (and the world's) largest English broadsheet daily
• The Economic Times, India's largest financial daily, and the world's second largest after The Wall Street Journal
• Navbharat Times, the largest Hindi Daily in Delhi and Bombay
• Mumbai Mirror India's largest circulated compact newspaper, it comes with times of India and separately.
• BANGALORE MIRROR, Bangalore's first morning compact daily
• The Times of India - Kannada, India's (and the world's) largest English broadsheet daily, now in Kannada

Magazines Filimfare, topgear Its subsidiary companies include:

Times Infotainment Media Limited & Entertainment Network India Limited that together control

• Radio Mirchi National network of Private FM stations
• 360 Degrees Events
• Times Outoors Outdoors

Times Internet Limited which has

• Indiatimes portal
• TimesofMoney Ltd[1] - an online payments portal specializing in remitting money to India

Times Global Broadcasting Limited

• Times Now A News Channel

Times Business Solutions

• Times Jobs
• Simply Marry
• Magic Bricks

1838: The first edition appears on November 3, 1838, known as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. The newspaper is published twice a week under editor J.E. Brennan. It is basically a city paper reflecting the interest of Bombay's business community.

1846: The newspaper changes hands and Dr. George Buist is appointed editor.

1850: Shareholder decide to increase the share capital and the paper is converted into a daily.

1861: Editor Robert Knight amalgamates The Bombay Times, Bombay Standard and Bombay Telegraph & Courier to form The Times of India and gives it a national character.

1880: The Times of India Weekly Edition is launched to meet the need for a weekend paper. This later came to be known as The Illustrated Weekly of India in 1923.

1890: Editor Henry Curwen buys The Times of India in partnership with Charles Kane.

1892: Following the death of Henry Curwen, T. J. Bennett becomes the editor and enters into a partnership with F.M. Coleman to form a joint stock company - Bennett, Colemen & Co. Ltd. (BCCL).

1907: In the newspaper's first price war under editor Stanley Reed, the price is cut from 4 annas to 1 anna, and circulation rises 5 times.

1946: For the first time, the paper transfers to Indian ownership. Ramakrishna Dalmia buys out Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd for Rs. 2 crores.

1948: Sahu Jain Group become the owners of the company. Shanti Prasad Jain is the first chairman of the group.

1950: Delhi edition is launched with K. Gopalswami as the first Indian editor.

1952: Filmfare launched.

1959: Femina is launched.

1960: Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain joins BCCL

1961: The Economic Times is launched.

1984: Samir Jain and Vineet Jain join BCCL.

1987: Printing of The Times of India from Kandivili Press.

1990: The Times School of Marketing is established as an in-house training school to feed the group

1991: BBC features The Times of India among the world's six great newspapers.

1993: BCCL starts production of television software.

1996: The Times of India crosses 1 million mark in circulation.

1998: BCCL enters into music market with Times Music.

1999: Indiatimes webportal launched; BCCL enters music retailing business with Planet M.

2000: The Times of India crosses the 2 million mark in circulation.

2000: Timesofmoney - JV with Citibank.

2001: Radio Mirchi - Nationwide Private FM Broadcasting.

2001: 360 Degrees - Event Management Arm launched.

2002: Times Outdoor - Outdoor Advertising & Billboard Marketing.

2003: Times Classifieds - http://www.timesclassifieds.com/ Classifieds site catering to web audiences, the group publications and also publications from other countries like Sri Lanka.

2004: Launch of the Jobs portal Times Jobs http://www.timesjobs.com/ . Television Business launched with the launch of a lifestyle and entertainment channel called z00m.

2005: Launch of a Matrimonials website TimesMatri http://www.TimesMatri.com/

2006:

• Launch of a television News Channel called Times Now http://www.timesnow.tv/ in collaboration with Reuters.
• Radio Mirchi holding company ENIL (Entertainment Network India Limited) lists on the Indian stock markets. It is the first Times Group company to List on the bourses.
• Launch of a Property services Portal Magic Bricks http://www.magicbricks.com/
• TimesMatri is rebranded as Simply Marry
• A new holding company by the name of Times Business Solutions is created. This company controls the brands TimesJobs SimplyMarry (earlier called TimesMatri) and MagicBricks
• TimesofMoney launches Remit2Home, to cater to Global Remittance Market

2007:

• Launch of The Times of India - Kannada
• Launch of Bangalore Mirror

• Indiatimes
• The Times of India
• The Economic Times
• Times Now
• TimesofMoney Ltd
• TimesJobs: Jobs in India