New Delhi, April 16: Veteran journalist S Nihal Singh passed away here today following illness, his family members said. Singh, 88, breathed his last at the National Heart Institute. He was suffering from kidney-related ailments.

“He was ill for quite some time. But he turned critically ill for the past one week,” Indu Nihal Singh, his sister-in-law said. The veteran journalist will be cremated here tomorrow, she added. Nihal Singh had worked with several leading newspapers including The Indian Express, The Statesman and Khaleej Times. He is survived by four sisters.

In 2016, Singh won the Press Council of India's Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award for outstanding contribution to journalism. Journalist Suhasini Haider tweeted that his last rites will be held in Delhi on Tuesday.