Brajesh Mishra cremated

October 01, 2012 12:54

The mortal remains of Brajesh Mishra, the country's first National Security Adviser who died in New Delhi on Friday, were consigned to flames on Monday in the presence of prominent leaders and bureaucrats.

The last rites were performed by his son Rakesh Mishra at the Lodhi Road electric crematorium.

84-year-old Mishra was suffering from coronary artery problem for some time. The cremation was done today as his son and daughter were in the United States at the time of his death.

Vice President Hamid Ansari, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Union Minister Farooq Abdullah, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad were among the prominent personalities who attended the cremation.

Mishra's wife Pushpa, daughter Jyotsna and senior bureaucrats as well as his friends and relatives were present at the crematorium.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Unstoppable Narine Taking IPL By Storm!

Sunil Narine has proved to be unstoppable, blazing his way to 461 runs in 11 games at a strike rate of 183, with a century and three fifties.

Jadeja Or Chahar? Who Bowled Better?

Jadeja, Chahar, Harshal, Tushar, Mitchell... Who gets your vote?

Gavaskar Slams Kohli, Star Sports

An angry Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at Virat Kohli over his criticism of commentators, who had questioned his strike rate in T20 cricket.

PBKS not out of play-off race yet: Harshal

The pacer praised Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh for helping PBKS recovering in the second inning after losing two quick wickets.

In Pictures - Narine fires KKR past LSG and to the top of IPL

Images from Sunday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants, in Lucknow.