Jaffer Sharief laid to rest with full State honour

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November 26, 2018

Bengaluru, Nov 26: The mortal remains of veteran Congress leader and former Railway Minister C K Jaffer Sharief was laid to rest with full State honour at a burial ground on Nandi Durg Road in the City on Monday.

Earlier, the body was kept for public view at his residence, at Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office and at Haj Bhavan to enable public to pay their last respect.

Mr Sharief, who had a fell while entering the car for going to prayers at a Mosque on Friday, was admitted to Fortis Hospital where he breathed last on Sunday.

Thousands of people, including senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, former Union Minister Gulab Nabi Azad, AICC General Secretary and Incharge of Party affairs in Karnataka K C Venugopal, KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, former Ministers Anjenaya, S R Patil, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara were among those paid their last respects to the departed soul.

Mr Sharief's English translated book of country's First Union Minister for Education Moulana Azad 'India Wins Freedom' was scheduled for release on November 28 and he had invited former President Pranab Mukherjee for the book release.

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Mohammed Ali
 - 
Tuesday, 27 Nov 2018

Jaffer Sharief funeral procession is finished without much hype.

The entire Kannada media is busy to show only Ambarish funeral procession continuously from the last three days.

May Allah grant his soul in peace. 

Sriram
 - 
Monday, 26 Nov 2018

Is the Congress President too busy to attend the funeral of one of the doyens of Congress? Not politicising it. People who had known him wouldnt appreciate the RaGa's absence whilst he head dashed to TN for funerals with political motives. Or was it that he didnt want to attend the funeral of the person who forced his father into Politics post Sanjay Gandhis demise, where he lost him?

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Bengaluru, Feb 20: The poultry industry is facing losses amid rumours of the discovery of a chicken infected with coronavirus in Bengaluru.

DK Kantharaju, president, Karnataka Cooperative Poultry Federation said, "Karnataka is facing losses of Rs 60 to 65 crores. The consumption percentage has also decreased by 30-35 per cent".

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Bengaluru, Apr 1: The Opposition Congress leader in the Karnataka Assembly, and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has appealed the party legislators and MPs to contribute a minimum rupees one lakh each, towards the KPCC's Corona relief fund.

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The people of the state, who had battered from the unprecedented rains and floods recently, had to face another daunting challenge of the spread of COVID-19 virus across the state.

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