India, April 24 -- The Karnataka government accorded full state honours for the final rites of Manjunath Rao and Bharath Bhushan, two tourists from the state who were brutally killed in a terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22. Their bodies arrived at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru early Thursday morning, casting a pall of grief over the terminal as relatives and officials received them.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah directed officials to ensure that the funerals be conducted with police honours, reflecting the gravity of the tragedy and the loss suffered by the state. "The government stands with the families in this hour of grief. The last rites will be carried out with full dignity," the Chief Minister's Office sa...