Ex-Assam Guv Bhishma Narain Singh dead

Former governor of Assam and ex-Union minister Bhishma Narain Singh died at the age of 85 at a private hospital in Noida following prolonged illness, hospital authorities today said.

Singh, who was diagnosed with "high grade B cell lymphoma with metastasis" died last evening at Fortis Noida, they said.

"He was admitted to the hospital on July 28 and passed away yesterday at 4:35 pm," a spokesperson of the hospital said.

The former Assam governor died of "septic shock with multi-organ failure", he said.