Dehradun: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday evening appointed new governors in several states. Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh (Seni) has been made the new Governor of Uttarakhand on Thursday following the resignation of Baby Rani Maurya. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwari Lal Purohit has been appointed as the new Governor of Punjab. While Nagaland Governor RN Ravi has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu. Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi, on the other hand, has been given an additional charge of Nagaland.

Governor in Uttarakhand so far:-
Surjit Singh Barnala - 09 November 2000- 07 January 2003
Sudarshan Agarwal - 08 January 2003 - 28 October 2007
Banwari Lal Joshi - 29 October 2007- 05 August 2009
Margaret Alva - 06 August 2009 - 14 May 2012
Aziz Qureshi - 15 May 2012 - 08 January 2015
Krishna Kant Paul - 08 January 2015 - 25 August 2018
Baby Rani Maurya - 26 August 2018- 08 September 2021

On the other hand, several plains and hilly areas including Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, received heavy rainfall on Thursday night. This led to waterlogging in Dehradun and debris on Raipur-Thano road. A car was washed away in the canal of Banjarawala Chanchal Muslim Basti late in the night. The late-night rain in Mussoorie, the queen of the mountains, stopped on Friday morning. The weather is clear in Haridwar at present. Rudraprayag city also received heavy rain overnight. The lives of the people in the villages of many towns have been severely affected here. Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway has come to a halt due to debris coming to a halt in Sirohbagad.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister leaves for Italy to attend G20 Interfaith Forum

Nara Lokesh is doing dirty politics over the death of the student: MLA Dr Gopireddy

Know why BJP state in-charge Muralidhar Rao told leaders worthless?