Eminent journalist KK Katyal passes away

Eminent journalist KK Katyal passed away this morning after a brief illness.

He was 89 and is survived by wife and two daughters.

Katyal had worked with various newspapers including The Statesman, Hindustan Times and The Hindu, where he had joined just after Emergency and retired on superannuation as Associate Editor in 2004.

He had a stint with United States Information Services as well.