Veteran journalist Dinu Randive has been conferred with the lifetime achievement award by the Mantralaya and VidhimandalVartahar Sangh, an association of journalists covering Maharashtra legislature and secretariat.
Randive (93) started his journalistic career in 1956.
He also participated in the freedom struggle, the Sanyukta Maharashtra movement and the Goa liberation movement.
Award winners in other categories included Vishwas Waghmode, Mahesh Tiwari and Prajakta Pol.