Mysuru: Former MP and KPCC working president late R Dhruvanarayana’s wife Veena (54) died of ill-health here on Friday.

She is survived by two sons, including Darshan Dhruvanarayana, who is the Congress candidate from Nanjangud constituency for this year’s Assembly elections. Dhruvanarayana died in March this year.

Veena’s mortal remains will be placed at her residence in Vijayanagara till cremation, for people to pay their last respects.

The family has said that Veena’s cremation will be conducted in the native village of the family Heggawadi in Chamarajnagar district.

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Kozhikode (PTI): Three members of a family, including a girl, drowned in a river at Nadapuram in this district on Saturday, police said.

The tragic incident occurred when the family had gone to Puliyavu river near Nadapuram, to wash their clothes.

The deceased were identified as Ansar (43), his wife Suhada (39), and Isa Mariyam (8), daughter of Ansar's brother--all residents of Puliyavu here.

According to preliminary information, the child accidentally slipped into deep waters and Ansar and his wife attempted to rescue her.

But all three were also pulled in by the current and drowned.

The couple's children alerted the locals, who initiated rescue efforts.

Though they were pulled out of the water, their lives could not be saved, police said.

The bodies were shifted to the nearby state-run hospital and further procedures are underway, they added.