In a major administrative change, the President of India has transferred Nagaland Governor RN Ravi as Governor of Tamil Nadu. Assam Governor prof. Jagdish Mukhi has been given additional charge as Governor of Nagaland until the appointment of a new Governor in the State.
On Thursday night, by a press communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Banawarilal Purohit who is the governor of Tamil Nadu and holding additional charge of the Governor of Punjab has been appointed as regular Governor of Punjab.
President Ramnath Kovind also accepts the resignation of Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya and appoints Lt. Gen Gurmit Singh (retd) as the new Governor of Uttarakhand.