NEW DELHI, Oct. 31 -- THE President's rule imposed in undivided Jammu and Kashmir was revoked on Thursday following the state's bifurcation into Union territories, but the central rule will continue for an indefinite period through the Lieutenant Governor (LG) in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
However, stepping into the record books as the first lieutenant governors of two new Union territories, GC Murmu was on Thursday sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and RK Mathur of Ladakh. Both the UTs have been carved out of the J&K state, in accordance with the revocation of Art 370 and bifurcation it into two UTs on August 5.
President Ram Nath Kovind issued two separate notifications on Thursday morning -- the first revoking the ...