Former Karnataka minister H T Krishnappa dead

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Former Minister H T Krishnappa died at his residence here following a cardiac arrest, his family said on Friday. The 91-year-old leader breathed his last on Thursday. He was the Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the Ramakrishna Hegde government in 1986. Condoling the death, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said Krishappa had toiled hard to improve the health scenario in the state.