The mortal remains of former union railway minister and senior Congress leader CK Jaffer Sharief who died on Sunday laid to rest at the Khuddus Sab Kabristan in the city on Monday with full state honour.

Late journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh was identified as 'Durjan' (evil person) by the crime syndicate that plotted her murder, the Special Investigation Team probing the case has said, adding artificial intelligence systems were used to verify identity of suspected people in the killing.

Amidst grief and mourning of the fans, the mortal remains of senior actor and former minister Ambareesh was cremated at the Kanteerava Studio in the city on Monday with full state honour.

Bengaluru: Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and K.C. Venugopal paid the last respects to Ambareesh, who passed away on Saturday night.

Bengaluru: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy paid last respects to former union Minister CK Jafar Shareef who passed on Sunday.

Bengaluru: The funeral procession of actor, politician Ambareesh has begun from the Kanteerava Stadium.

Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar carried out an inspection of the on-going preparations for senior actor and politician Ambareesh's funeral at Kanteerava Studio.

Bengaluru: Senior politician, Union Minister CK Jafar Shareef, who passed away on Sunday, will be kept for public viewing at the KPCC office on the Queen's Road in Bengaluru.