Mortal Remains  

The Bihar policemen tried to give a gun salute to Jagannath Mishra. But when the rifles failed to fire a shot, the cops were seen testing if their weapons had life by pulling the trigger but in vain. Thus mortal remains of Mishra were consigned to flames with full state honours sans the gun salute

Veteran BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away due to heart attack on August 6. Here are seven lesser-known facts about the former Union minister as the nation pays tribute to her.
 

The mortal remains of Cafe Coffee Day owner VG Siddhartha would be taken to his Chetanahalli estate in Chikkamagaluru for cremation.

According to reports, a 22-year-old leading aircraftman of the Indian Air Force allegedly died on the spot due to rifle misfire while cleaning it. After the postmortem, the mortal remains have been handed over to P Lavanya Prakash's family members in Andhra Pradesh. 

Last year, Boney Kapoor's children reunited post-Sridevi's untimely death in Dubai. Arjun Kapoor and his sister Anshula offered their shoulders to stepsisters Janhvi and Khushi to cry, post their mother's death

Purushotham and Nagaraj Reddy were on a tour of Sri Lanka. Purushotham suffered major injuries in the April 21 blasts, while Nagaraj Reddy died on the spot.

The mortal remains of four JD(S) leaders reached Bengaluru. Home minister MB Patil and MLA SR Vishwanath were present to receive the bodies.

 

The series of blasts in Sri Lanka has left one Indian dead, among the 185. The victim has been identified as Razeena from Kerala. The Sri Lankan police have arrested seven people in connection with the blasts and stated that it looks like suicide bombing. The efforts to bring back the mortal remains of the Kerala woman are underway.

BJP member Senthilkumar's body was found floating in Keeran lake near Kameswaram in Nagapattinam district. The party members have claimed that it is murder and demanded immediate arrest of culprits.

Ancy Ali Bava from Thrissur district, Kerala, was one among the 50 people killed in the shootout at the two mosques in New Zealand. Ancy's body is kept at the Kodungalloor Community Hall for the natives to pay homage. 

Kerala native VV Vasanthakumar was killed in the Pulwama terror attack when a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the bus that the CRPF jawans were travelling in
 

 Guru, who hailed from Mandya, was martyred in the Pulwama terror attack on February 14. Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy paid his respects to the martyr. Guru's mortal remains arrived in Bengaluru
 

 The mortal remains of martyred CRPF jawan Rohitash Lamba have been brought to his native place in Govindpura, Jaipur.

 H Guru (33) from Gudigere village near KM Doddi from Mandya district, Karnataka, is, unfortunately, one of the 39 jawans, who lost their lives in the suicide attack at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.