I have been a reader of TOI over the last 5 years. While TOI has always been more of a tabloid than a newspaper, at least some of their info. was real news. But the credibility has gone down quite a bit now. People reading their Bangalore edition would know how they goofed up big time a month back with a first page Headlines on Infosys acquiring Cap-Gemeni.
This news item was written as if it had already taken place when in fact it was just a speculation and did not even come through. Also, working in IT industry, I am sometimes surprised about the kind of crap they write about IT people. People in IT are generally portrayed as slogging it out for 5 days a week and partying all through the weekends, neither of which is necessarily true for a large section of employees.
Yes, people have to trudge while meeting deadlines and party occasionally - but it is not a weekly routine. But then, they have a very smart business mind. Everyday you will get to see photos of bollywood/hollywood actresses in bikinis, to ensure the circulation. Who cares for news anyway, now that we have 24 hour news channels giving breaking news by the minute.
I have found Deccan Herald to be a good alternative in Bangalore in terms of news content, especially local news which is more important to our day to day lives. TOI would need to improve their news and analysis portions so we can have better value for money.