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News India Times

U.S. Indian-American diaspora community

Owned byParikh Worldwide Media LLC, owned and chaired by Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh, a Gujarat-born physician and philanthropist based in New Jersey

FundingPrimarily advertising-supported; part of a privately held media group with no disclosed outside investors or public subsidies

On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

News India Times was launched in 1975, making it one of the oldest Indian-American English-language newspapers in the United States; it was founded to report on issues affecting the Indian diaspora and to shape American perceptions of India. The paper is now published by Parikh Worldwide Media LLC, a company formally organized around 2008 by Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh, a Gujarati-born allergist who built the largest allergy and immunology practice on the U.S. East Coast. Under Parikh's stewardship, the paper became the flagship of what grew into the largest Indian-American media group in the country, which also publishes Desi Talk (New York and Chicago editions), Gujarat Times (a Gujarati-language weekly), and The Indian American magazine. In 2018, Parikh Worldwide Media expanded further by acquiring ITV Gold, a New York-based 24/7 cable television channel serving the Indian and South Asian diaspora, solidifying the group's position as the dominant Indian-American media house. The Government of India honored Dr. Parikh with the Padma Shri — the country's fourth-highest civilian award — in 2010, reflecting his close ties to Indian government and cultural institutions. Editorially, News India Times is a community advocacy paper: it highlights diaspora achievements, covers India-U.S. diplomatic and trade developments, and reports on immigration policy issues such as H-1B visas that directly affect its readers. It does not follow a conventional American left-right political axis; its orientation is better described as pro-Indian-American community and broadly favorable toward strong India-U.S. ties.

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Profile compiled 2026-08-03; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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