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NEW DELHI: Two senior journalists-cum-bureaucrats belonging
to the Indian Information Service, passed away over the weekend.
While former editor of the Hindi wing of the United News of
India, UNIVARTA, Mr Kashinath Joglekar died in the capital
on Saturday aged 80, Mr Amitabh Chakrabarti died of a heart
attack in Varanasi on Sunday aged 60.
Defence Minister A K Antony and External Affairs Minister
Pranab Mukherjee today expressed sorrow over the death of
Mr Chakrabarti, who was to have retired later this year and
was currently the Registrar of Newspapers in India. The last
rites were performed this morning.
Mr Antony recalled Chakrabarti's stint as head of the Publicity
Wing of the Defence Ministry. Mr Mukherjee in his condolence
message said that Late Mr Chakrabarti was a sincere and upright
officer, whose career in the Indian Information Service was
exemplary for its brilliance. Earlier in the day, Mr Mukherjee
and Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutta visited the residence of
late Chakrabarti. Both the deceased had held the post of Registrar
of Newspapers in India during their careers.
Mr Joglekar is survived by a son and two daughters. Mr Joglekar's
wife had died a few years ago. Before becoming Univarta's
first editor in 1982 , Mr Joglekar was director of Information
Department of the All India Radio. After retiring from Univarta,
Mr Joglekar regularly contributed columns and articles for
various newspapers and magazines.
Hailing from Kashi, Mr Joglekar began his career with a small
newspaper in Varanasi, after obtaining a degree in Science
and Law. During his career, he was also associated with the
Allahabad edition of the Amrit Bazar Patrika as well as a
newspaper called 'Northern India'. During the Janata Party
rule at the Centre, Mr Joglekar was the press secretary of
the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai. After retiring from
Government service, he was appointed editor of Univarta and
remained in that position for five years. He was also honoured
with the Ambika Prasad Vajpayee award instituted by the Uttar
Pradesh Literary conference.
Mr Chakrabarti had gone to Varanasi for some official work
when he suffered massive heart attack. He is survived by his
wife, son and daughter.
A 1971 batch IIS officer, Mr Chakrabarti had worked in various
capacities holding senior posts like Additional Director General
News and Current Affairs in Dordarshan News. He had worked
as Additional Principal Information Officer in the Defence
Ministry. He was also Prasar Bharti's Correspondent in Washington
DC
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