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POLICE opened fire in India's technology hub today, killing four people as tens of thousands of fans mourning the death of a film icon torched vehicles and attacked company offices. Police said that an officer was earlier beaten to death as film actor Rajkumar's cortege made its way through the streets of Bangalore. One man died of bullet wounds after police opened fire in self-defence when mobs attacked their bus. Three people were killed after the funeral as police fired at a mob enraged at not being able to attend the service. The body of the 77-year-old actor, who died...

For five crore Kannadigas, the demise of their idol Rajkumar was as dramatic as it was totally unexpected. His passing away following cardiac arrest at 1.45 pm brought the IT capital of the country to a total standstill. As soon as the news of the actor's demise spread, the whole of Karnataka, especially the Old Mysore region (consisting of South and Central Karnataka districts), which is considered the actor’s bastion, observed an undeclared bandh as a mark of respect. In Bangalore, traders and business establishments all downed shutters to condole the death of the star. The city came to a...

BANGALORE, India - Raj Kumar, a onetime child actor who became one of south India's most beloved movie stars and later was kidnapped by a notorious bandit, died Wednesday at age 77. He died in a Bangalore hospital of cardiac arrest, Dr. Ramana Rao told the Press Trust of India news agency. Kumar, whose name was also spelled Rajkumar, appeared in more than 200 Kannada-language films in five decades, with millions of fiercely devoted fans. While he largely gave up acting in the mid-1990s, he remained one of the region's best-loved figures. Leading South Indian movie star Rajkumar, seen here...