Lung Cancer  

Ramesh Bhatkar, the renowned Marathi film, TV and stage actor, has passed away on World Cancer Day on February 4 after his long battle with lung cancer. He was 70.

Union minister, BJP leader and RSS swayamsevak Ananth Kumar had died in Bengaluru on November 12. The 59-year-old leader had been suffering from lung cancer.

While Manisha Koirala was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Mumtaz suffered from breast cancer, and they are now cancer-free. However, Ananth Kumar couldn't make it after battling lung cancer.

BJP leaders and party workers paid their final tributes to Ananth Kumar at the party office at Malleshwaram in Bengaluru. Kumar's mortal remains will be kept in the office for one hour and then will be shifted to National College Grounds before cremation.

Union parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar died at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the early hours of Monday after battling lung cancer for several months, hospital authorities said.

Ananth Kumar died at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the early hours of Monday after battling lung cancer for several months.