Senior RSS Pracharak Srikant Joshi expired

Mumbai January 08, 2013: Senior RSS Pracharak Srikant Joshi expired in Mumbai this morning due to massive cardiac arrest. Srikant Joshi is known for his works for building Hindustan Samachar group across the nation, as its chief Mentor.Earlier, Joshi also served as Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh of RSS. When Balasaheb Deoras was the Sarasanghachalak of RSS, Srikant Joshi served as his Personal Secretary, touring across India with Deoras.

Hindustan Samachar, The national news agency which was established in the decade of 1940s, was the first to offer the news services in Indian languages. The prestigious national news agency had to shut services in the days of emergency when the agency invited the wrath of the Govt. The agencies services have resumed in last decade & currently the agency caters to the major vernacular press in India. The Hindustan Samachar offers services in 13 languages, including Sanskrit, with over 33 bureaus in throughout India & two overseas bureaus. It is the only agency offering news services in Sanskrit. There are ambitious plans of expansion in the line.