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[vims]

Hello Alan,

In a recent post of mine, you said that the names of newspapers always take the article the. But I read the following answer on a website. Please help me.

Only when the definite article the is the part of the newspaper title, must you use it.

For example, in India there are many English newspapers with the as part of their names:

The Hindu
The Indian Express
The Times of India

If no the comes before the name of a newspaper, there is no need to add it.

In Kerala, a state of India, there are many Malayalam newspapers none of which has a leading the in its name:

Malayala Manorama
Mathrubhumi
Madhyamam

For example:

I regularly read The Hindu to improve my English.

Are you a regular reader of Malayala Manorama?

Thank you.

[Alan]

These are not English words and so the normal rules may not apply.

However, it would still be clearer to add the article to indicate that they are newspapers rather than magazines,