Senior journalist Amarnath passes away

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao condoled the death of senior journalist and Press Council of India former member K Amarnath.

Hyderabad: Veteran journalist and former member of Press Council of India (PCI) K Amarnath passed away at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here on Tuesday. He tested positive for Covid-19 and was undergoing treatment at NIMS for the last 10 days.

Amarnath was 69 and is survived by wife and son. The funeral will be held at Mahaprasthanam crematorium in Jubilee Hills on Wednesday.

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Amarnath served in various capacities in Telugu vernacular newspapers and magazines during his four decades of career in print media.

Born in Mamuduru of West Godavari district, he started his journalistic career on the editorial of Andhra Bhoomi newspaper where he worked till his retirement as News Editor in 2010. Later, he worked in News and Services Syndicate (NSS) and The Hans India, before becoming the editor of Scribes News, a magazine run by the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) dedicated to issues of journalists.

He was also associated with the journalist movements and fought on issues, rights and welfare of journalists as well as freedom of press. Amarnath also served as the president of Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) for one term in undivided Andhra Pradesh. He was also IJU Secretary for three terms. He was a member of PCI for two terms representing Indian Journalists Union (IJU).

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao condoled the death of K Amarnath and conveyed his condolences to members of the bereaved family. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also extended his condolences to the bereaved family and recalled that his viewpoint during television news debates were highly appreciated by all.

Ministers KT Rama Rao, T Harish Rao, Etela Rajender, legislators and Parliament members, along with several senior bureaucrats and journalists including journalists unions, grieved over the death of Amarnath. They conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.

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