BBC World Service and MSN India have reportedly gotten together to make content on the BBC Hindi Web site, bbchindi.com, available to users of the MSN India Hindi portal.

Commenting on the development, Vineeta Dwivedi, India Business Development Manager of BBC World Service, said, "This is a really exciting development. Thanks to our partnership with MSN India, more Hindi speakers around the world will have the opportunity to enjoy top quality news and information from bbchindi.com."

BBC's bbchindi is reportedly used by millions of Hindi speaking people across the globe. It is known to be a high-powered package, comprising news, current events, background information, in-depth analyses, and human interest stories told in the form of text, audio, and video.

Krishna Prasad, Executive Producer of MSN India, said, "BBC is known worldwide for quality and objectivity in its reporting. We are extremely proud to be associated with an organization as reputed as the BBC, to provide our users with the latest and quality news in Hindi. With an extremely large number of Hindi readers in India, and around the world, it remains imperative that we provide users the best content in Hindi."

BBC sources reveal that bbchindi.com is staffed by teams based out of London and Delhi, and that it is updated 24 hours a day, every day.

Besides, the Web site benefits from BBC's vast network of correspondents and news bureaus in India, and across the world.

Offerings on bbchindi.com include: international news and current affairs, sports news, latest developments in science and technology, news from entertainment and show business, and stories from remote corners of the country. The site also has a strong interactive element, allowing visitors post their views and participate in various discussion forums.