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{{Short description|Marathi language newspaper in India}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Maharashtra Times
| image = MaharashtraTimesCover.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = 
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| founded = {{start date and age|df=y|1962|06|18}}
| owners = [[The Times Group]]
| publisher = [[The Times Group]]
| editor = Parag Karandikar
| headquarters = Mumbai, Maharashtra
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| circulation = 1,000,000 daily
| sister_newspapers = ''[[The Economic Times]]''<br />''[[Navbharat Times]]''<br />''[[The Times of India]]''<br />''[[Ei Samay]]''<br />''[[Mumbai Mirror]]''<br />''[[Vijaya Karnataka]]''
| ISSN = 
| oclc = 
| website = {{URL|https://maharashtratimes.com/}}
}}

'''''Maharashtra Times''''' ({{langx|mr|महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स}}), colloquially referred to as 'Ma Ta' (मटा) from its Marathi [[initialism]], is a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] newspaper based in Mumbai, India.<ref>{{Cite web | title="Maharashtra Times Brand Stories, Press Release and News − Mediawire.in" | url=https://www.mediawire.in/user/corporate/Maharashtra-Times992 | access-date=2025-08-09 | website=www.mediawire.in}}</ref> It is one of the largest selling daily Marathi newspapers in the country and part of The Times of India group.

According to the IRS 2005 survey, ''Maharashtra Times'' enjoys the second largest readership 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.

==Editions==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Edition
! Started
! Closed
! Supplements
|-
| [[Ahmednagar]]
| 21 November 2013
| rowspan="2"| 13 May 2020
| Ahmednagar Times
|-
| [[Jalgaon]]
| 20 August 2013
| Jalgaon Times
|-
| [[Kolhapur]]
| 21 August 2012
| 31 May 2020
| Kolhapur Times
|-
| [[Aurangabad|Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar]]
| 9 December 2011
| rowspan="6"| Ongoing
| Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Times
|-
| [[Mumbai]]
| 18 June 1962
| Mumbai Times <br /> Vasai-Virar Plus
|-
| [[Nagpur]]
| 12 June 2012
| Nagpur Plus
|-
| [[Nashik]]
| 8 June 2011
| Nashik Plus
|-
| [[Pune]]
| 7 January 2011
| Pune Plus <br /> Pimpri-Chinchwad Plus
|-
| [[Thane]]
| 18 February 2015
| Thane Plus <br /> Navi Mumbai Plus
|}

==Supplements==
# City Times (Mon-Sat)
# Times Property (Saturday)
# Maifal (Saturday)
# Samvad (Sunday)

===Discontinued supplements===
# Pune Times, Nashik Times, Nagpur Times, Thane Vishesh (superseded by newer supplements)

===Ongoing supplements===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Supplement
! Started
! Days
|-
| Nagpur Plus
| rowspan="2"| 1 April 2016
| rowspan="3"| Mon-Sat
|-
| Nashik Plus
|-
| Vasai-Virar Plus
| rowspan="2"| 16 March 2020
|-
| Navi Mumbai Plus
| rowspan="4"| Daily
|-
| Pimpri-Chinchwad Plus
| 9 December 2024
|-
| Pune Plus
| 8 January 2018
|-
| Thane Plus
| 14 April 2016
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://maharashtratimes.com/}}
*[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/timesepaper/publication-maharashtra-times,city-mumbai.cms Maharashtra Times]
*[http://www.timescontent.com Times Syndication Service], syndication arm of The Times Group, deals with content syndication of ''Maharashtra Times''.

{{The Times Group}}
{{Newspapers in India}}

[[Category:Newspapers published in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Publications of The Times Group]]
[[Category:Marathi-language newspapers]]
[[Category:Daily newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1962]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in Maharashtra]]