New governors appointed

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday named D Y Patil the new governor of Bihar, while incumbent Devanand Konwar was moved to Tripura, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said.

Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar will be governor of Kerala for his remaining term, and will be succeeded by Ashwani Kumar. S C Jamir has been made the new governor of Odisha, succeeding M C Bhandare, said the statement.