Leaders bid Ananth Kumar adieu in Bengaluru

Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar breathed his last on Monday at a private hospital here due to multiple organ failure, a BJP spokesman said. He was 59. "A state funeral with 21-gun salute and guard of honour will be accorded to the mortal remains of Kumar at a crematorium in the city's southwest suburb on Tuesday afternoon in accordance with Hindu rites," an official told media.