Girish Chandra Murmu appointed as Lt. Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

The Modi government on August 5 revoked provisions of Article 370 that granted a special status to Jammu and Kashmir.The two Union Territories will come into existence on October 31.
The incumbent governor of the State, Satya Pal Malik, has been moved to Goa,Girish Chandra Murmu appointed as Lt. Governor of Jammu & Kashmir and R.K. Mathur appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh.
Also, P.S. Sreedharan Pillai has been appointed as Governor of Mizoram and Former interlocutor to Jammu and Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed as administrator of Lakshadweep.