Senior journalist Dileep Padgaonkar died in a Pune hospital on 27 January. A former editor with the Times of India. Padgaonkar had diabetes and Kidney-related problems. He had began his career in journalism at the age of 24 as the Paris correspondent of  The Times of India. He was also the part of a three-member interlocutor’s team selected by the Center in 2010 to hold talks with people in Jammu & Kashmir.