Girish Chandra Murmu to be the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

A 1985 batch Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer from the Gujarat cadre, Murmu is considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah, and had served as Principal Secretary to Modi when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Satya Pal Malik has been appointed as the governor of Goa. 
The President also appointed P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, the BJP's Kerala state President, as Governor of Mizoram.