Veteran journalist and editor S Nihal Singh passed away in New Delhi yesterday after a brief illness. He was 88. He died at the National Heart Institute. Singh 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 in New Delhi today, she added. Singh had worked with several leading newspapers including The Indian Express, The Statesman and Khaleej Times. He is survived by four sisters.