India Today is an India

India

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n weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited

Living Media

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, in publication since 1975 based in Mumbai

Mumbai

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. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi

Hindi

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. Aroon Purie

Aroon Purie

Aroon Purie is an Indian businessman who is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of India Today and the Chief Executive of the India Today Group. He is also the Managing Director of Thomson Press Limited and the Chairman and Managing Director of TV Today...

 has been the magazine's editor

Editing

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-in-chief since 1975, a position he has held continuously for the last three decades.

It is part of the India Today group, also founded in 1975, which now includes 13 magazines, 3 radio stations, 4 TV channels, 1 newspaper, a classical music label (Music Today), book publishing, and India's only book club. With the publication of its 30th Anniversary issue in December 2005, the magazine, which had commenced publication in 1975 with a circulation of 5,000 copies, has published five editions and currently has a circulation of over 1.1 million copies with a readership of over 5.62 million.

In March 2009, the news magazine arranged the visit of former President of Pakistan

President of Pakistan

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, Pervez Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf

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, to India, where he delivered a lecture on the "Challenges of Change". Musharraf thanked the newspaper for the reception and protocol it had offered him during his trip there. In 2011, Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin

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 and her husband toured India at the invitation of India Today.

See also

• THE WEEK
• Aaj Tak
  Aaj Tak
  Aaj Tak is a 24-hour Hindi news television channel owned by TV Today Network Ltd. Aaj Tak loosely translates as "Till Today" or "Up to the Minute". Watched by some 45 million viewers in India’s cable and satellite universe, Aaj Tak is one of India’s largest privately owned news channels...
  
  
• Headlines Today
  Headlines Today
  Headlines Today is a popular 24-hour English language television network that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India, the channel is sponsored by TV Today Network Ltd. which is a part of the well-known India Today Group...
  
  
• Business Today
  Business Today
  Business Today may refer to:*Business Today , an American, non-profit student organization*Business Today , an Indian fortnightly business magazine* Business Today...
  
  
• Mail Today
  Mail Today
  Mail Today is a newspaper established in November 2007 , and published by the India Today Group in a joint venture with British newspaper Daily Mail . Associated Newspapers holds 26% stake which it bought at Rs. 18 Crore Currently there is one edition of the paper published from Delhi which...
  
  
• Outlook (magazine)
  Outlook (magazine)
  Outlook is one of India's four top-selling English weekly newsmagazines. Like many other Indian magazines, it is reluctant to reveal its circulation, but the 2007 National Readership Survey suggested 1.5 million copies...
  
  
• Tehelka
  Tehelka
  Tehelka is an Indian weekly political magazine under the editorship of Tarun Tejpal known for its undercover exposé style of journalism. Its cover price is Rs 20 per issue. The publication began in 2000 as a news website, Tehelka.com...
  
  
• Sunday Guardian
• Open Magazine
  OPEN Magazine
  OPEN Magazine was a quarterly city and lifestyle magazine focusing upon fashion, style, entertainment, dining and culture for the Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota metropolitan areas. Feature articles generally cover local people, businesses, restaurants, entertainment, sports, home and...
  
  

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