Mumbai Mirror is a largest compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 with a daily circulation of over 600,000 copies. Its first issue was published on May 30, 2005 by the Times Group, the publishers of The Times of India

The Times of India

The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...

newspaper.

Tha newspaper was launched at the Gateway of India

Gateway of India

Its design is a combination of both Hindu and Muslim architectural styles, the arch is in Muslim style while the decorations are in Hindu style. The Gateway is built from yellow basalt and reinforced concrete. The stone was locally obtained, and the perforated screens were brought from Gwalior.The...

 by Vilasrao Deshmukh

Vilasrao Deshmukh

Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh , popularly known as Vilasrao is the current Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences....

, the Chief Minister

Chief Minister

A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...

 of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 and Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....

 on 2005-05-29.

Mumbai Mirror was launched by The Times Group

The Times Group

The Times Group is the largest media conglomerate in India and is headed by brothers Samir and Vineet Jain.The company has eleven publishing centres, fifteen printing centres, fifty-five sales offices, Over 7000 employees, five dailies, including two of the largest in the country with approx 4.3...

 after Hindustan Times and DNA announced plans to enter the Mumbai market. Mumbai Mirror was advertised and publicised in its own sister media networks like The Times of India, Bombay Times

Bombay Times

The Bombay Times is a free supplement of The Times of India, in the Mumbai 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...

, and Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd , which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group....

. Mumbai Mirror now has sister editions in Pune, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

Senior staff

Name	Designation
Meenal Baghel	Editor
Pankaj Upadhayaya	Resident Editor
Kunal Pradhan	Deputy Editor & National Sports Editor
Yogesh Sadhwani	City Editor
Deepak Narayanan	News Editor
Amit Khosla	Art Director
Saloni Meghani	Features Editor

External links

• Official site
• Times Syndication Service, syndication arm of The Times Group, deals with content syndication of Mumbai Mirror.