Rosaiah named new Tamil Nadu Governor,Farook shifted to Kerala

The president has also given additional charge of Goa to Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan,a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said.

Sankaranarayan and Farook will carry on their new assignments till the end of their terms,it said. Their terms will end in January,2015.

The president has also appointed Ram Naresh Yadav as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh,Vakkom Purushothaman as the Governor of Mizoram and Syed Ahmed as the Governor of Jharkhand.

“Their appointments will take effect from the dates they assume their respective charges,” the statement said.

79-year-old Sankaranarayanan had assumed charge Maharashtra Governor on January 22,2010. Before coming to Maharashtra,he was appointed the Governor of Nagaland on February 3,2007 and held the post till July 25,2009 when he was appointed the Jharkhand Governor.

Farook,73-year-old leader from Puducherry,took over as the Jharkhand Governor on January 22,2010. He was also the ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia from September 2004 to December 2009.

Vakkom B Purushothaman is 83-year-old veteran Congress leader from Vakkom,Kerala. He has been the member of All India Congress Committee for over 25 years. An advocate,Purushothaman held the post of Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands for three years from March 1993.

Yadav,83-year-old leader from Azamgarh,Uttar Pradesh was the chief minister of the state from 1977-79 as Janta Party member. He has contested 2004 Lok Sabha elections from Azamgarh on a Congress ticket but lost.

Syed Ahmed is a former Maharashtra Cabinet minister.