HT Media Ltd seems gung ho about the net. The group###SQ###s Hindi daily Hindustan is now available online on www.hindustandainik.com.

Currently, the Delhi and Patna editions of Hindustan are available on the web. In the next fortnight, Lucknow, Varanasi, Bhagalpur, Ranchi and Muzaffarpur editions will also be made available on www.hindustandainik.com.

Says Sanjay Trehan, chief executive officer, Internet, HT Media Ltd, "hindustandainik.com provides its surfers the facility to customise news content according to their interests, which is a unique facility provided by our website. Over the next few days, many new interactive features will be made live. We believe Hindi is happening and we are poised to play a major role in online Hindi journalism."

hindustandainik.com provides a wide variety of news - from national to international, from business to sports to cinema - all in Hindi. The website also has archives from which surfers can access previous stories. Surfers can post their opinions for the world to read and also vote on the opinion polls conducted on the web site.