Hindusthan Samachar

Hindustan Samachar

Industry	News media
Founded	1948
Founder	S. S. Apte
Headquarters	India
Website	hindusthansamachar.in

Hindustan Samachar or Hindusthan Samachar was a multilingual news agency in India. It was set up in 1948 by S. S. Apte, offering its services in 10 languages: Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Telugu, Malayalam, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi. In 1951 the Government of Bihar subscribed to the Hindustan Samachar, followed by many states in India. All India Radio and Radio Nepal were once subscribers. A year after a state of emergency was declared in India in 1975, Hindustan Samachar was merged with Press Trust of India, United News of India and Samachar Bharati to form the media monopoly Samachar.

Hindusthan Samachar multilingual news agency revived in year 2001 during the Atal Bihari Vaipai Government. it is run by Hindusthan Samachar cooperative society,formed under the Cooperative Society Act. its now have 23 bureaus offices across the country and a news headquater in New Delhi. Hindusthan Samachar news agency now launched a news magazine as 'Navothan' in Hindi and Bangla languages.

hindusthan samachar known for its deep rooted rural based correspondents network and publishes news even from villages and districts. small and meddle size newspapers are its major clients as they can afford its comparatively low fee.

Management- Hindusthan Samachar runs by a cooperative society which appoints board of directors for three years. the board elect one chairman and one secretary. the secretary of the board of directors is responsible for executing policy decisions of board of directors.The day to day management of the news agency is look after by a General Manager and his management team.

Editorial- The Hindusthan Samachar multilingual news agency has senior editorial members as editor or executive editor and a news editor. a national bureau chief handle the news gathering operation at delhi. hindusthan samachar multilingaul news agency have its national bureau office in centrally located in connaught place. hindusthan samachar news agency now accredited by many states governments e.g. madhya pradesh, chhatisgarh, uttar pradesh, Himanchal Pradesh, Jammu & kashmir, hariyana, rajasthan, kerala, orisa, sikkim, assam, arunachal pradesh and others. central government gives accreditation to its 17 correspondents every year, so that news agency correspondents can freely cover government activities.

Hindusthan Samachar Multilingaul news agency had a rich allumi network as many top Indian editors started their journalistic career with it. now @nimish kumar is the news editor and @sanjay dikshit is the national bureau chief of hindusthan samachar.

www.hindusthansamachar.com

Bibliography

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Further reading

• Noise In The Wires, Outlook India, 21 January 2002
• Best of times for the RSS, it aims for makeover at 90, Hindustan Times, 12 October 2014
• Survey finds a fifth of people 'rank Modi government below Manmohan Singh's' Mail Online India, 5 September 2014