Dehradun, May 21 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Haridwar, 20 May: Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and former Union Minister Maj Gen (Retd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri was cremated with full state and military honours at Kharkhari cremation ground in Haridwar today amid an outpouring of grief and emotion. A massive crowd had gathered during the final journey of the veteran leader as people from all sections of society reached Haridwar to pay their last respects to the former Chief Minister, who was widely regarded as a symbol of honesty, discipline and clean public life.

The final rites of Khanduri were performed with full state honours as Army and police personnel presented a guard of honour and offered the final salute to the departed leader. Hi...