Bengaluru(PTI): Well-known Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar died here on Friday following a heart attack, hospital sources said.

The 46-year old Sandalwood star was rushed to the hospital after he complained of chest pain.

A statement from the hospital earlier said that Puneeth Rajkumar "was brought to the emergency department, Vikram Hospital with history of chest pain at 11:40 am, he was non-responsive and was in Cardiac Asystole and Advanced cardiac resuscitation has been initiated."

The son of matinee idol the late Rajkumar, and Parvathamma, he was fondly called 'Appu' by his fans.

A popular television presenter, the 'power star', who began his career as a child artist, was also among the highest paid actors in the Kannada film industry.

 

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New Delhi: Google has released its special doodle, with an image of a finger with the mark of the indelible ink substituting for the search engine's iconic logo, to mark the commencement of the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 2024 on Friday.

When clicked, the symbol of voting, which represents the Indian democratic electoral process, leads the user to the top stories related to Phase 1 of the general elections.

The first phase of the polling process began with voters in Tamil Nadu, which has 39 seats in the Lok Sabha, Uttarakhand (5 seats), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Puducherry (1), Sikkim (1) and Lakshadweep (1) using their franchise on Friday.

In addition, voting was held for 12 seats in Rajasthan, eight in Uttar Pradesh, six in Madhya Pradesh, five seats each in Assam and Maharashtra, four in Bihar, three in West Bengal, two in Manipur, and one seat each in Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chhattisgarh.