Manipur governor Bhalla to hold additional charge of Nagaland

NEW DELHI: Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla was Saturday given additional charge as the Nagaland governor, according to a communique issued by the President's office.Nagaland governor La Ganesan had breathed his last in Chennai on Friday.

He had been in ICU undergoing treatment after he collapsed on Aug 8 in his residence in the city and sustained a head injury, sources said.Bhalla has been governor of Manipur for nearly eight months. The state is currently under President's rule, with the assembly kept in suspended animation. A six-month extension of President's rule in Manipur was recently approved by Parliament. tnn