# Hindustan Times

> Hindustan Times is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in India. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Balanced**.

- **Domain:** hindustantimes.com
- **Website:** https://www.hindustantimes.com/
- **Country:** India
- **Region:** Asia
- **Language:** English (primary), with Hindi sister publications
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Balanced
- **Founded:** 1924

## About

Hindustan Times rolls daily through Delhi's news cycle as one of India's largest English broadsheets, filing politics, business, sport and culture for an audience that runs from civil servants to corporate readers. The pace is broadsheet-fast and the register middlebrow, with editorials that have generally tracked centre-of-the-road framing on national politics through recent administrations. Owner-family scrutiny over editorial direction remains a recurring theme in academic Indian media studies.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Privately owned; published by HT Media, owned by the KK Birla branch of the Birla industrial family
- **Funding:** Subscription, advertising and digital revenue
- **Focus areas:** Indian politics, economy, business, sport, culture; major English broadsheet with national reach across urban India


## What the position means

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and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Pakistan welcomes Hague Court's order on Indus Water Treaty after India rejects ruling](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-welcomes-world-bank-hague-court-order-indus-water-treaty-with-india-ratle-hydroelectric-project-jammu-kashmir-101788180920874.html) — 2026-08-31T12:59:54.000Z
- [Joe Anderson wife and kids: All we know about GoFundMe for Englewood Mayor Pro Tem's family after his sudden death](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/joe-anderson-wife-and-kids-all-we-know-about-gofundme-for-englewood-mayor-pro-tem-family-after-his-sudden-death-101788178914772.html) — 2026-08-31T12:46:47.000Z
- [Social Security September 2026 payments: Check SSI dates, benefit amounts and 2027 COLA forecast](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/social-security-september-2026-payments-check-ssi-dates-benefit-amounts-and-2027-cola-forecast-101788177333099.html) — 2026-08-31T12:22:43.000Z
- [EU enlargement hits an Icelandic snag](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/eu-enlargement-hits-an-icelandic-snag-101788166190038.html) — 2026-08-31T12:01:59.000Z
- [Who is Ken Adams? Olive Branch, Mississippi Mayor faces fury from Dolly Parton fans; here's why](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-ken-adams-olive-branch-mississippi-mayor-faces-fury-from-dolly-parton-fans-heres-why-101788173889471.html) — 2026-08-31T11:55:49.000Z
- [Oil price today: Brent tops $91 as US-Iran strikes raise Strait of Hormuz supply fears](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/oil-price-today-brent-tops-91-as-us-iran-strikes-raise-strait-of-hormuz-supply-fears-101788173868055.html) — 2026-08-31T11:26:32.000Z
- [Keenan Allen: Why was Indianapolis Colts wide receiver arrested? All on charges against him](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/keenan-allen-why-was-indianapolis-colts-wide-receiver-arrested-all-on-charges-against-him-101788174685365.html) — 2026-08-31T11:21:32.000Z
- [UAE denies attack on Al Minhad Air Base near Dubai as US-Iran tensions escalate | Latest on Middle East war](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/uae-denies-attack-on-al-minhad-air-base-near-dubai-as-us-iran-tensions-escalate-latest-on-middle-east-war-101788171519041.html) — 2026-08-31T10:42:34.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-05-08. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 7 (3 themes).

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