Indian PM adds ministers to cabinet

NEW DELHI, Sunday (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh added several new ministers on Sunday, mostly for new positions partly aimed at bolstering regional support ahead of elections in some states.

President Abdul Kalam began swearing the new ministers in at a ceremony about noon (0630 GMT), but the allocation of portfolios was not due to be announced until later.

Some newspapers reported as many as six new cabinet ministers and almost a dozen junior ministers would join the government.

Most reports said Singh was likely to retain the foreign affairs portfolio himself. It is the second reshuffle since the Congress-led coalition government took power in mid-2004.