Former Odisha CM J B Patnaik dies

April 21, 2015 09:44

Former Odisha Chief Minister and ex-Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik passed away in Tirupati early today. He was 89. The veteran Congress leader was admitted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar following chest pain around midnight but could not be saved, his family said. Patnaik, a three-time Odisha chief minister, was in Tirupati to attend the convocation ceremony of the Rashtriya Sanskrit University.

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