New Delhi, Sep 3 - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy will be given a state funeral Friday while the national flag will fly at half mast in Delhi and all state capitals Thursday and Friday, the government announced.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters after a cabinet meeting here that the tricolour would also fly at half mast all over Andhra Pradesh in tribute to the chief minister who died in a helicopter crash Wednesday.

His body was found Thursday morning in a dense forest in Kurnool district where the accident took place in bad weather.

All central government offices in Andhra Pradesh will remain shut Friday, Soni added.

Thursday's cabinet meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, observed a two-minute silence in memory of the chief minister.