Date:14/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/14/stories/2008051452091300.htm

National

Perils of militancy

— Photo: PTI

Mourning a colleague: Journalists pay homage in Jammu to photojournalist Ashok Sodhi, who was killed on Sunday while covering an encounter at Samba. On Monday, they urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to formulate a policy to pay compensation to families of journalists slain in the militancy-hit State.