Veteran journalist NK Trikha passed away this afternoon at All India Institute of Medical Sciences here after a prolonged illness.
According to his family, the 82-year-old was suffering from blood cancer and had undergone an open heart surgery in April last year.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and a grandson.
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Trikha had worked at the Times of India Group's Hindi newspaper 'Navbharat Times' for a long time and was also the editor of its Lucknow edition.
He also served as a member of the Press Council of India and he was twice president of the National Union of Journalists (India).
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