AAJ TAK is a 24-hour Hindi news television channel owned by TV Today Network. AAJ TAK loosely translates as "Till Today" or "Up to the Minute". AAJ TAK initially began as a news bulletin on a public television station in India and turned to an independent channel after the carrier did not renew its contract. In India, AAJ TAK is free-to-air. In 2006 it began offering a pay channel to international markets.

Aroon Purie – Managing DirectorSurendra Pratap Singh – founder, anchorSweta Singh – anchorRahul Kanwal – anchorAnjana Om Kashyap – anchor

aunched

31 December 1998

Network

Broadcast television and online

Owned by

Living Media

Picture format

4:3 (576i, SDTV)

Audience share

115,885 (Jan 2017, [1])

Slogan

"Sabse Tez" (English: 'The Fastest')

Country

India

Language

Hindi

Broadcast area

India and worldwide

Headquarters

Noida, India

Sister channel(s)

India Today

Controversies

In November 2015, a video came online showing an Aaj Tak reporter bribing a kid with money to purchase liquor in order to give an anti-BJP statement for which the channel received widespread condemnation.

Accolades

According to a 2006 poll jointly conducted by the BBC and Reuters, of specific news sources spontaneously mentioned by Indians, 

Aaj Tak was the most trusted