Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Times of India published its first edition on the 3rd of November 1838, under the name The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation.
The Times of India is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is controlled by the Sahu Jain family. The current owners are Samir Jain and Vineet Jain, the sons of Ashok Kumar Jain.
From 2005, The Times of India began offering companies, films, and organisations positive editorial coverage in exchange for equity stakes or other financial arrangements through a programme called private treaties, later renamed Brand Capital. By 2012, BCCL had acquired stakes in 350 companies and generated 15% of its revenues from the arrangement. The Press Council of India found in 2010 that the practice had spread to hundreds of other publications and television channels.
On the 26th of June 1975, the day after India declared its state of emergency, the Bombay edition ran a mock obituary notice reading "D.E.M. O'Cracy, beloved husband of T.Ruth, father of L.I.Bertie, brother of Faith, Hope and Justice expired on the 25th of June." The notice was a coded critique of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's 21-month emergency period.
Robert Knight, who lived from 1825 to 1892, became editor of the paper in 1860, bought out Indian shareholders' interests, merged with rival Bombay Standard, and launched India's first news agency. He renamed the paper The Times of India in 1861 and fought throughout his tenure for a press free from government and business intimidation.
The Times of India is nicknamed "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", a reference to both the paper's age and its origins in Bombay. It is considered a newspaper of record in India.