Satya Pal Malik transferred to Goa, Girish Chandra Murmu made Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred to Goa while former IAS officers Girish Chandra Murmu and Radha Krishna Mathur have been appointed Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh respectively.

The two Union Territories will come into existence from October 31.