Noted journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, who was a member of the three-member interlocutors group for Jammu and Kashmir, passed away this morning in Pune after brief illness.<br/><br/>72-year-old Padgaonkar, a former editor of The Times of India, was unwell for past several weeks. He began his career in journalism at the age of 24 and joined Times of India as a Paris correspondent. The veteran journalist was part of a three-member interlocutors team that was chosen by the Centre in 2010 to have dialogues with various strata of society in Jammu and Kashmir.