India News | EC Accepts Jharkhand Govt Proposal to Appoint Alka Tiwari as Chief Secretary
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. 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.
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.
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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