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Former West Bengal Minister & Senior TMC Leader Ujjal Biswas Dies At 72 In Kolkata After Prolonged Illness

Headline via Free Press Journal · first report 11 Nov, 23:00 IST, latest 12 Nov, 10:54 IST

The Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
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What we know

4 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Free Press Journal at 11 Nov, 23:00 IST; the latest is from The Hindu at 12 Nov, 10:54 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Reported by4 news organisations
First report11 Nov, 23:00 IST
Latest report12 Nov, 10:54 IST
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What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

The former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, had announced the death of her former cabinet colleague in a social media statement and condoled the death of Biswas.
Biswas suffered a brain stroke following a bypass surgery, after which his health conditioned worsened.

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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