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	'''The Press Trust of India Ltd.''', commonly known as '''PTI''', is the largest [[news agency]] in [[India]].<ref>[http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view Embassy of India (Moscow) – NEWS AGENCIES] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605095110/http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view \|date=5 June 2009 }}</ref> It is headquartered in [[New Delhi]] and is a nonprofit [[cooperative]] among more than ~~500~~ Indian newspapers. It has over 500 full-time employees {{as of\|2022\|01\|01\|lc=yes}}, including about 400 journalists. It also has nearly 400 part-time correspondents in most of the district headquarters of the country.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Overview of PTU\|url=http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx\|publisher=Press Trust of India\|access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> PTI also has correspondents in major capitals and important business centres around the world. It took over the operations of the '''Associated Press of India''' from [[Reuters]] in 1948–49.<ref name=about>[http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx About PTI], Press Trust of India, retrieved 14 March 2017.</ref><ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web \|title=News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation \|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000734/073446eo.pdf \|publisher=UNESCO \|year=1953 \|pages=16, 21}}</ref> It provides news coverage and information of the region in both [[English language\|English]] and [[Hindi]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Communal attack in Bawana shared with false claim of Muslim man injecting fruits with spittle\|url=https://www.altnews.in/communal-attack-in-bawan-shared-with-false-claim-of-muslim-man-injecting-fruits-with-spittle/\|last=Mehta\|first=Archit\|date=9 April 2020\|website=Alt News\|language=en-GB\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=2 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Kolkata? No, Media Misreported\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/two-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-kolkata-news-fact-check\|date=14 February 2020\|website=The Quint\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=PTI Misreports Maharashtra Home Minister On Palghar Lynching\|url=https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/pti-misreports-maharashtra-home-minister-on-palghar-lynching-7773\|last=Alphonso\|first=Anmol\|date=22 April 2020\|website=~~www.boomlive.in~~\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Has the UP Govt Slashed Funds for Education? Here's a Fact Check\|url=https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/07/19/up-government-slashed-funds-for-education\|date=19 July 2017\|website=The Quint\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>		'''The Press Trust of India Ltd.''', commonly known as '''PTI''', is the largest [[news agency]] in [[India]].<ref>[http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view Embassy of India (Moscow) – NEWS AGENCIES] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605095110/http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view \|date=5 June 2009 }}</ref> It is headquartered in [[New Delhi]] and is a nonprofit [[cooperative]] among more than 450 Indian newspapers.<ref>{{citation \|last=Sterling \|first=Christopher H. \|title=Encyclopedia of Journalism \|page=750 \|year=2009 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQhDq8fPj2IC&pg=PA750 \|publisher=SAGE \|isbn=9780761929574 \|ref={{sfnref\|Sterling, Encyclopedia of Journalism\|2009}}}}</ref> It has over 500 full-time employees {{as of\|2022\|01\|01\|lc=yes}}, including about 400 journalists. It also has nearly 400 part-time correspondents in most of the district headquarters of the country.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Overview of PTU\|url=http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx\|publisher=Press Trust of India\|access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> PTI also has correspondents in major capitals and important business centres around the world. It was incorporated in Madras in 1947 with ''The Hindu's'' proprietor, Kasturi Srinivasan, as its Founding Chairman. It took over the operations of the '''Associated Press of India''' from [[Reuters]] in 1948–49.<ref name=about>[http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx About PTI], Press Trust of India, retrieved 14 March 2017.</ref><ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web \|title=News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation \|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000734/073446eo.pdf \|publisher=UNESCO \|year=1953 \|pages=16, 21}}</ref> It provides news coverage and information of the region in both [[English language\|English]] and [[Hindi]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Communal attack in Bawana shared with false claim of Muslim man injecting fruits with spittle\|url=https://www.altnews.in/communal-attack-in-bawan-shared-with-false-claim-of-muslim-man-injecting-fruits-with-spittle/\|last=Mehta\|first=Archit\|date=9 April 2020\|website=Alt News\|language=en-GB\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=2 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Kolkata? No, Media Misreported\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/two-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-kolkata-news-fact-check \|url-access=subscription \|first1=Shreyashi \|last1=Roy \|date=14 February 2020\|website=The Quint\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020 \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200616131037/https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/two-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-kolkata-news-fact-check \|archive-date= Jun 16, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=PTI Misreports Maharashtra Home Minister On Palghar Lynching\|url=https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/pti-misreports-maharashtra-home-minister-on-palghar-lynching-7773\|last=Alphonso\|first=Anmol\|date=22 April 2020\|website=BOOM \|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Has the UP Govt Slashed Funds for Education? Here's a Fact Check\|url=https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/07/19/up-government-slashed-funds-for-education \|url-access=subscription \|first1=Rakesh \|last1=Dubbudu \|date=19 July 2017\|website=The Quint\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020 \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://archive.today/20240406032242/https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/up-government-slashed-funds-for-education \|archive-date= 6 Apr 2024 }}</ref>

	==Overview ==		== Overview of PTI ==
	[[File:Press Trust of India 1999 stamp of India.jpg\|thumb\|A 1999 stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of PTI, featuring its logo on top.]]		[[File:Press Trust of India 1999 stamp of India.jpg\|thumb\|A 1999 stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of PTI, featuring its logo on top.]]
	PTI exchanges information with several other news agencies including 100 news agencies based outside India, such as [[Associated Press]], [[Agence France-Presse]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' and [[Bloomberg L.P.]] Major Indian subscribers of PTI include ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[The Indian Express]]'', ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', [[The Statesman (India)\|''The Statesman'']], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|''The Tribune'']], ''[[News18 India\|News 18]], [[NDTV]], [[India Today]],'' the [[All India Radio]], [[Doordarshan]], and [[The Wire (India)\|''The Wire'']]. PTI has offices in [[Bangkok]], [[Beijing]], [[Colombo]], [[Dubai]], [[Islamabad]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Moscow]], [[New York City]], and [[Washington D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.asianetnews.net/agencies/press-trust-of-india\|title=AsiaNet ~~– Agencies~~\|~~website~~=~~www~~.asianetnews.net}}</ref>		PTI exchanges information with several other news agencies including 100 news agencies based outside India, such as [[Associated Press]], [[Agence France-Presse]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' and [[Bloomberg L.P.]] Major Indian subscribers of PTI include ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[The Indian Express]]'', ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', [[The Statesman (India)\|''The Statesman'']], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|''The Tribune'']], ''[[News18 India\|News 18]], [[NDTV]], [[India Today]],'' the [[All India Radio]], [[Doordarshan]], and [[The Wire (India)\|''The Wire'']]. PTI has offices in [[Bangkok]], [[Beijing]], [[Colombo]], [[Dubai]], [[Islamabad]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Moscow]], [[New York City]], and [[Washington D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.asianetnews.net/agencies/press-trust-of-india\|title=Press Trust of India \|website=AsiaNet \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325215710/https://asianetnews.net/agencies/press-trust-of-india/ \|archive-date= Mar 25, 2024 }}</ref>

	Its current [[chairman]] is [[Aveek Sarkar~~\|Aveek Sarkar.~~]]<ref>{{Cite news\|date=31 August 2020\|title=Aveek Sarkar is new PTI Chairman\|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/aveek-sarkar-is-new-pti-chairman-134161\|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> He is also the vice chairman of [[ABP Group\|ABP group]].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=31 August 2020\|title=ABP's Aveek Sarkar new PTI chairman\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/abps-aveek-sarkar-new-pti-chairman/articleshow/77849026.cms\|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref>		Its current [[chairman]] is [[Aveek Sarkar]].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=31 August 2020\|title=Aveek Sarkar is new PTI Chairman\|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/aveek-sarkar-is-new-pti-chairman-134161\|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> He is also the vice chairman of [[ABP Group\|ABP group]].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=31 August 2020\|title=ABP's Aveek Sarkar new PTI chairman\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/abps-aveek-sarkar-new-pti-chairman/articleshow/77849026.cms\|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref>

	== History of PTI ==		== History of PTI ==
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	\| 1905		\| 1905
	\| Birth of ''Associated Press of India'' (API) floated by K C Roy, often called the first Indian news agency<ref>{{cite web \|title=News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation \|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000734/073446eo.pdf \|publisher=UNESCO \|year=1953 \|page=10}}</ref>		\| Birth of Associated Press of India (API) floated by K C Roy, often called the first Indian news agency<ref>{{cite web \|title=News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation \|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000734/073446eo.pdf \|publisher=UNESCO \|year=1953 \|page=10}}</ref>
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	\|1947, 27 August		\|1947, 27 August
	\| Press Trust of India incorporated in [[Madras]]		\| Press Trust of India incorporated in [[Madras]], The Hindu's Kasturi Srinivasan becomes founding chairman.
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	\| 1949, 1 February		\| 1949, 1 February
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	==External links==		==External links==
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	* {{Twitter}}
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	'''The Press Trust of India Ltd.''', commonly known as '''PTI''', is the largest [[news agency]] in India.<ref>[http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view Embassy of India (Moscow) – NEWS AGENCIES] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605095110/http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view \|date=5 June 2009 }}</ref> It is headquartered in New Delhi and is a nonprofit [[cooperative]] among more than 500 Indian newspapers and has about 500 full-time employees as of 1 Jan 2020 including about 400 journalists and 500 part time correspondents in most of the district headquarters in the country.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Overview of PTU\|url=http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx\|publisher=Press Trust of India\|access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> A few correspondents are based in major capitals and important business centres around the world. It took over the operations of the '''Associated Press of India''' from [[Reuters]] in 1948–49.<ref name=about>[http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx About PTI], Press Trust of India, retrieved 14 March 2017.</ref><ref name=UNESCO>{{citation \|title=News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation \|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000734/073446eo.pdf \|publisher=UNESCO \|year=1953 \|pages=16, 21}}</ref> It provides news coverage and information of the region in both English and [[Hindi]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Communal attack in Bawana shared with false claim of Muslim man injecting fruits with spittle\|url=https://www.altnews.in/communal-attack-in-bawan-shared-with-false-claim-of-muslim-man-injecting-fruits-with-spittle/\|last=Mehta\|first=Archit\|date=9 April 2020\|website=Alt News\|language=en-GB\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=2 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Kolkata? No, Media Misreported\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/two-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-kolkata-news-fact-check\|date=14 February 2020\|website=The Quint\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=PTI Misreports Maharashtra Home Minister On Palghar Lynching\|url=https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/pti-misreports-maharashtra-home-minister-on-palghar-lynching-7773\|last=Alphonso\|first=Anmol\|date=22 April 2020\|website=www.boomlive.in\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Has the UP Govt Slashed Funds for Education? Here's a Fact Check\|url=https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/07/19/up-government-slashed-funds-for-education\|date=19 July 2017\|website=The Quint\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> ~~Its corporate office is at [[Sansad Marg]], New Delhi, and registered office in D N Road, [[Mumbai]].~~		'''The Press Trust of India Ltd.''', commonly known as '''PTI''', is the largest [[news agency]] in India.<ref>[http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view Embassy of India (Moscow) – NEWS AGENCIES] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605095110/http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view \|date=5 June 2009 }}</ref> It is headquartered in New Delhi and is a nonprofit [[cooperative]] among more than 500 Indian newspapers and has about 500 full-time employees as of 1 Jan 2020 including about 400 journalists and 500 part time correspondents in most of the district headquarters in the country.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Overview of PTU\|url=http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx\|publisher=Press Trust of India\|access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> A few correspondents are based in major capitals and important business centres around the world. It took over the operations of the '''Associated Press of India''' from [[Reuters]] in 1948–49.<ref name=about>[http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx About PTI], Press Trust of India, retrieved 14 March 2017.</ref><ref name=UNESCO>{{citation \|title=News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation \|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000734/073446eo.pdf \|publisher=UNESCO \|year=1953 \|pages=16, 21}}</ref> It provides news coverage and information of the region in both English and [[Hindi]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Communal attack in Bawana shared with false claim of Muslim man injecting fruits with spittle\|url=https://www.altnews.in/communal-attack-in-bawan-shared-with-false-claim-of-muslim-man-injecting-fruits-with-spittle/\|last=Mehta\|first=Archit\|date=9 April 2020\|website=Alt News\|language=en-GB\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=2 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Kolkata? No, Media Misreported\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/two-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-kolkata-news-fact-check\|date=14 February 2020\|website=The Quint\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=PTI Misreports Maharashtra Home Minister On Palghar Lynching\|url=https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/pti-misreports-maharashtra-home-minister-on-palghar-lynching-7773\|last=Alphonso\|first=Anmol\|date=22 April 2020\|website=www.boomlive.in\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Has the UP Govt Slashed Funds for Education? Here's a Fact Check\|url=https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/07/19/up-government-slashed-funds-for-education\|date=19 July 2017\|website=The Quint\|language=en\|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>

	==Overview ==		==Overview ==

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'''The Press Trust of India Ltd.''', commonly known as '''PTI''', is the largest [[news agency]] in India.<ref>[http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view Embassy of India (Moscow) – NEWS AGENCIES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605095110/http://indianembassy.ru/cms/index.php?Itemid=592&id=539&option=com_content&task=view |date=5 June 2009 }}</ref> It is headquartered in New Delhi and is a nonprofit [[cooperative]] among more than 500 Indian newspapers and has about 500 full-time employees as of 1 Jan 2020 including about 400 journalists and 500 part time correspondents in most of the district headquarters in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview of PTU|url=http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx|publisher=Press Trust of India|access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> A few correspondents are based in major capitals and important business centres around the world. It took over the operations of the '''Associated Press of India''' from [[Reuters]] in 1948–49.<ref name=about>[http://www.ptinews.com/aboutpti/aboutus.aspx About PTI], Press Trust of India, retrieved 14 March 2017.</ref><ref name=UNESCO>{{citation |title=News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation |url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000734/073446eo.pdf |publisher=UNESCO |year=1953 |pages=16, 21}}</ref> It provides news coverage and information of the region in both English and [[Hindi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Communal attack in Bawana shared with false claim of Muslim man injecting fruits with spittle|url=https://www.altnews.in/communal-attack-in-bawan-shared-with-false-claim-of-muslim-man-injecting-fruits-with-spittle/|last=Mehta|first=Archit|date=9 April 2020|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=2 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Kolkata? No, Media Misreported|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/two-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-kolkata-news-fact-check|date=14 February 2020|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=PTI Misreports Maharashtra Home Minister On Palghar Lynching|url=https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/pti-misreports-maharashtra-home-minister-on-palghar-lynching-7773|last=Alphonso|first=Anmol|date=22 April 2020|website=www.boomlive.in|language=en|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Has the UP Govt Slashed Funds for Education? Here's a Fact Check|url=https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/07/19/up-government-slashed-funds-for-education|date=19 July 2017|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> Its corporate office is at [[Sansad Marg]], New Delhi, and registered office in D N Road, [[Mumbai]].

==Overview ==
[[File:Press Trust of India 1999 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|A 1999 stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of PTI, featuring its logo on top.]]
PTI exchanges information with several other news agencies including 100 news agencies based outside India, such as [[Associated Press]], [[Agence France-Presse]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' and [[Bloomberg L.P.]]. Major Indian subscribers of PTI include ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[The Indian Express]]'', ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', [[The Statesman (India)|''The Statesman'']], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|''The Tribune'']], ''[[News18 India|News 18]], [[NDTV]], [[India Today]],'' the [[All India Radio]], [[Doordarshan]], and [[The Wire (India)|''The Wire'']]. PTI has offices in [[Bangkok]], [[Beijing]], [[Colombo]], [[Dubai]], [[Islamabad]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Moscow]], [[New York City]], and [[Washington D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianetnews.net/agencies/press-trust-of-india|title=AsiaNet – Agencies|website=www.asianetnews.net}}</ref>

Its current [[chairman]] is Aveek Sarkar.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 August 2020|title=Aveek Sarkar is new PTI Chairman|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/aveek-sarkar-is-new-pti-chairman-134161|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> He is also the vice chairman of [[ABP Group|ABP group]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 August 2020|title=ABP's Aveek Sarkar new PTI chairman|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/abps-aveek-sarkar-new-pti-chairman/articleshow/77849026.cms|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref>

== History of PTI ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Time
! Event
|-
| 1905
| Birth of ''Associated Press of India'' (API) floated by K C Roy, often called the first Indian news agency<ref>{{citation |title=News Agencies: Their Structure and Operation |url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000734/073446eo.pdf |publisher=UNESCO |year=1953 |page=10}}</ref>
|-
| 1919
| [[Reuters]] takes over operations of API but still uses API credit line
|-
| 1945
| API registered as a private limited Indian company wholly owned by Reuters
|-
|1947, 27 August
| Press Trust of India incorporated in [[Madras]]
|-
| 1949, 1 February
| PTI begins news services, taking over operations from API but still maintains links with Reuters.<ref name=about/><ref name=UNESCO/>
|-
|1953
|PTI becomes a free agent, independent of [[Reuters]]
|-
| 1976
|PTI Economic Service is launched
|-
| 1976, February
|PTI, [[United News of India|UNI]], [[Samachar Bharati]], and [[Hindustan Samachar]] merge under pressure during emergency to become '[[Samachar]]'.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shrivastava|first=K. M.|title=News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHujEBLJcvIC|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|year=2007|isbn=9781932705676|page=51}}</ref>
|-
| 1978, April
|PTI and the other three news agencies go back to their original units to restart independent news operations
|-
| 1980, July
| PTI Feature Service launched
|-
| 1981, October
| PTI Science Service launched
|-
| 1982, November
| PTI launches Scan, on-screen news display service
|-
| 1984
| PTI service launched for subscribers in United States
|-
| 1985
| [[Computer-based information technology|Computerisation]] of news operations starts PTI service launched for subscribers in UK
|-
| 1986, February
| PTI-TV launched
|-
| 1986, April
| PTI-Bhasha launched, making it bi-lingual, a concept started by Samachar Bharati
|-
| 1986, August
| Experimental broadcast of news and pictures via Insat-IB begins, Computer system made fully operational
|-
| 1987, August
| Stockscan I launched
|-
| 1987, October
| PTI photo service launched
|-
| 1992, August
| PTI Mag launched
|-
| 1993, August
| PTI Graphics service launched
|-
| 1995, March
| PTI launches StockScan II
|-
| 1996, February
| PTI invests for the first time in a foreign registered Company, Asia Pulse, which provides an on-line data bank on economic opportunities in [[Asian countries]]
|-
| 1997, December
| PTI introduces photo-dial up facility
|-
| 1999, March
| PTI celebrates Golden Jubilee. PTI goes on Internet
|-
| 2003, September
| PTI launches internet delivery of its news and photo services
|-
| 2007, July
| PTI KU-Band VSAT system for delivery of its news and photo services launched
|-
| 2010, March
| PTI launches NewsView for delivery of its news (.txt and .xml) and photo services
|}

==See also==
* [[United Press of India]]
* [[United News of India]]
* [[Samachar]]
* [[Hindustan Samachar]]
* [[Asian News International]], another major news agency based in Delhi

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.ptinews.com/}}
*[https://twitter.com/PTI_News Press Trust of India] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://www.facebook.com/PressTrustofIndia/ Press Trust of India] on [[Facebook]]

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