Bengaluru/ Davangere, Dec. 15 -- Last rites at Davangere this evening with full State Honours

Veteran Congress leader and oldest MLA of the country, Dr. Shamanur Shivashankarappa, passed away due to age-related illness at a private hospital in Bengaluru yesterday. He was 95.

He is survived by three sons including Mines and Geology Minister S.S. Mallikarjun, four daughters, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law and a large number of grandchildren. Dr. Prabha Mallikarjun, the MP of Davangere Lok Sabha Constituency, is his daughter-in-law.

After bringing his body to his hometown Davangere, the mortal remains of Shivashankarappa was kept at the premises of his son S.S. Mallikarjun's house in Kuvempunagar locality in Davangere from 10 am to 12 noon...