Governor

Former IAS officer Tejendra Khanna was today appointed as Lieutenant Governor of the national capital replacing B L Joshi who has been moved as Khanna, a 1961 batch IAS officer, retired as Commerce Secretary and served as Lieutenant Governor of Delhi from January 4, 1997 to April 14, 1998. He also headed a committee that went into the violation of building laws in the capital. Khanna was a part of the WTO negotiations team during the United Front Government in the late 1990s. The 73-year-old Joshi, who was appointed Lt Governor on June 9, 2004, has been appointed as Governor of Meghalaya with effect from the date he assumes the post. Governor of Nagaland K Sankaranarayanan has been asked to assume the additional charge of Arunachal Pradesh in addition to his own duties during the absence on leave of S K Singh.