TASS After 1971, TASS was elevated to the status of State Committee at the Government of the Soviet Union. The agency was frequently used as a front organization by the Soviet intelligence agencies, such as the NKVD (later KGB) and Main Intelligence Directorate, with TASS employees serving as informants. In 1959, Alexander Alexeyev was dispatched to Cuba on a fact-finding mission, ostensibly working for TASS. In January 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a Presidential Decree signed by Boris Yeltsin re-defined status of TASS and renamed it the "Information Telegraph Agency of Russia". In May 1994 The Russian Government
Bakhtar News Agency until 1992 in order to keep foreign diplomats informed of Afghan news. The Ministry of Culture and Information monitors the agency. Bharat news international (BNI) Malti- media news agency content of information platforms: TV, internet, broadband.redio,news papers, mobiles Registered office address: Bharat news international (BNI) Multi-media news agency #1-10/16 Ganesh Murthy Nagar, caffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai city 400005, India Bureaus: Telangana Hyderabad Karimnagar Adilabad Warangal Nizamabad Jagityal Dharmapuri, Andhara Pradesh Vijayawada, Maharashtra Mumbai Pune, Delhi New Delhi Noida, Karnataka Bangalore, Tamilnadu Chennai,Westbegal Kolkata and etc# Bharat news international Telugu bureau Bakhtar News Agency Bakhtar News Agency is the official state