Anand Sharma given additional charge of I&B Ministry

Minister of state for external affairs, Anand Sharma, has been given the additional charge of information and broadcasting ministry till I&B minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi is indisposed.

President Pratibha Patil allocated the additional charge to Sharma on the advice of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement.

Dasmunsi is currently undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, where he was admitted following a severe heart attack last week.