Senior journalist Ravish Tiwari dies; PM Modi pays tributes

Senior journalist and Indian Express national bureau chief Ravish Tiwari passed away following a twoyearlong battle with cancer He was 40Tiwari died in Gurgaon on Friday night and leaves behind his parents wife and a brotherTiwari was also the national political editor of The Indian Express He had previously worked at India Today and The Economic TimesHe had done his schooling from the governmentrun Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and thereafter completed his BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology BombayTributes poured in for TiwariPresident Ram Nath Kovind said Tiwaris death silences a distinct voice in news mediaFor Ravish Tiwari journalism was a passion and he chose it over lucrative professions He had an enviable knack for reporting and incisive commentary His sudden and shocking demise silences a distinct voice in news media My condolences to his family friends and colleagues he said in a tweetPrime Minister Narendra Modi while condoling Tiwaris demise said he was iquestinsightfuliquest and iquesthumbleiquestDestiny has taken away Ravish Tiwari too soon A bright career in the media world comes to an end I would enjoy reading his reports and would also periodically interact with him He was insightful and humble Condolences to his family and many friends Om Shanti Modi tweetedUnion Home Minister Amit Shah said Tiwari was a young bright and professional journalistShocked and pained to learn about the untimely demise of Ravish Tiwari He was a young bright and professional journalist full of life My condolences to his family and friends May God give them strength to bear the irreparable loss Om Shanti Shah tweetedCongress leader Jairam Ramesh remembered Tiwari as a close friendRavish Tiwari a product of Navodaya Vidyalaya IIT Mumbai amp Oxford was amongst the finest scholarly amp objective journalists Hed been critical of me as Env Minister but we were closest of friends Just 4 days ago we had a long chat Extremely saddened by his untimely demise he tweetedDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also paid tributes to TiwariThe untimely demise of senior journalist Ravish Tiwari is extremely saddening My deepest condolences to his family friends and colleagues from the newsroom May God bless his soul he saidKejriwals colleague and AAP leader Atishi called Tiwari her dearest and most loyal friendLost my best friend ravishkt today after his long battle with cancer While the world has lost a sharp and insightful journalist I have lost my dearest and most loyal friend Ravish you will be missed deeply she tweetedSenior journalist Vikas Bhadauria shared the news of Tiwaris death on TwitterProfound journalist a great human being and my dearest friend Ravish Tiwari passed away last Friday night Last rites will be performed at Sector20 Gurgaon 330 PM today Om Shanti Shanti Shanti he tweetedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever