Satya Pal Malik transferred, appointed Governor of Meghalaya
New Delhi, Aug 18: Satya Pal Malik, the Governor of Goa has been transferred and appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya.
Governor of Maharashtra, Bhagat Singh Koshyari will discharge the functions of the Goa Governor in addition to his own duties.
In
November
Malik
was
sworn
in
as
Governor
of
Goa.
Malik
had
earlier
served
as
the
governor
of
Jammu
and
Kashmir,
which
was
bifurcated
into
two
union
territories
Malik,
73,
replaced
Mridula
Sinha
who
was
holding
the
Goa
governors
post
since
August
2014
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