India correspondent leaves the Times

The Times's India correspondent, Jeremy Page, has joined the exodus from the newspaper, triggering a reshuffle at its foreign desk. Sources on the paper have confirmed that Page will leave prior to what had been a planned move to the role of China correspondent. According to his colleagues he has landed a job at the Wall Street Journal. The Middle East correspondent, James Hider, is being lined up for the post of India correspondent, according to Times sources. The China correspondent, Jane McCartney, is returning from the country soon to join the foreign desk. It is not clear who will replace her in Beijing. The foreign desk changes come as the Times goes through a round of about 20 compulsory redundancies, on top of 40 voluntary departures. About 10 new staff will also be hired to fill posts vacated by some of those taking voluntary redundancy. James Harding, the Times editor, recently warned the paper's staff that it was making "unsustainable" losses. Neither Page nor Hider had responded to requests for comment from MediaGuardian.co.uk. A Times spokeswoman was unavailable to comment at the time of publication. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".