New Delhi/Chandigarh, July 14 -- President Droupadi Murmu today appointed Prof Ashim Kumar Ghosh as the Governor of Haryana and Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju as the Governor of Goa.

According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, the President accepted the resignation of Brig BD Mishra (Retd) as Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh and named Kavinder Gupta as the LG of the Union Territory.

The above appointments will take effect from the dates they will assume charge of their respective offices, the statement said.

Ghosh will be the 19th Governor of Haryana; and he will replace Bandaru Dattatreya, who had been serving in the post since July 18, 2021. Ghosh, a prominent political figure from West Bengal, hails from Howrah and served as the W...