Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar passed away on Wednesday night in a Delhi hospital. He was 95.
Nayar had served as high commissioner of India to the UK. He was also nominated as a member of the Upper House of Parliament in 1997.
In 2015, he was honoured with ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his contribution to journalism at the eighth edition of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence awards in 2015.
According to the media reports, Nayar's last rites will be performed at 1pm today.