The government has extended the term of the Principal Director General (Press Information Bureau), Sitanshu Kar, for a period of six months.
Kar, who is principal spokesperson of the government, was due to retire on March 31. He is a 1983 batch Indian Information Service officer who was appointed in May last year as Principal Director General.
--IANS
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