New Delhi, Nov 1 (PTI) The Election Commission Friday accepted the Jharkhand government's proposal to appoint Alka Tiwari as the chief secretary of the poll-bound state, sources said.

Assembly polls in Jharkhand will be held in two phases -- November 13 and November 20.

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Tiwari, who is from the 1988 batch, is currently the senior-most IAS officer in the cadre.

Before this, the poll panel had also consented to the proposal of a five-month extension of the tenure of former chief secretary Lalbiaktluanga Khiangte, the sources said.

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