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PAPER WARS The Times of India destroys competition, or so they say. A look at how the newspaper has fared in various markets AVERAGE CIRCULATION CHENNAI HYDERABAD Jan-Jun 2005 264,411 356,826 NA 2,45,000* 42,022 89,546 NA 243,581 111,106 120,450 259,026 549,792 110,919 209,283 BANGALORE 40,306 68,555 301,713 NA 110,229 143,729 KOLKATA 197,631 338,194 76,882 251,914 91,270 NA DELHI 805,376 786,202 756,694 748,841 MUMBAI 507,562 535,088 NA 383,838 129,218 NA NA NA Jan-Jun 2011 The Hindu AVERAGE READERSHIP The New Indian Express NA 192,000 102,000 38,000 Deccan Chronicle NA 150,000 The Hindu 174,000 108,000 Deccan Chronicle 710,000 506,000 The Times of India 194,000 139,000 The Times of India The Times of India 80,000 54,000 571,000 519,000 Deccan Herald 364,000 195,000 Telegraph 620,000 934,000 336,000 564,000 316,000 137,000 The Hindu The Times of India The Statesman Hindustan Times The Times of India The Times of India Mumbai Mirror Mid-Day Hindustan Times DNA Total English newspapers (all India) 2011 2,095,000 1,929,000 1,755,000 1,888,000 1,745,000 1,535,000 NA 754,000 691,000 343,000 NA 751,000 NA 680,000 Average circulation Jan-Jun 2005 Jan-Jun 2011 Source - Audit Bureau of Circulations, Hansa Research and IRS 2005 749,000 548,000 6,263,491 10,743,681 Average issue readership 2005 2011 17,396,000 17,806,000 The 2005 HT and TOI Delhi data is for Jul-Dec ; *claimed; NA- is not available either because the publication was not available in the city in that year or because it is not a member of ABC or because its figures were not accepted by the body.