Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari takes charge as new IAF chief

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New Delhi: Bhabanipur Assembly seat recorded the lowest polling percentage among three assembly by-elections in the state in the first two hours of polling on Thursday (September 30, 2021). Few hours after the polling started, BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal said, "TMC`s Madan Mitra has purposely shut the voting machine here as he wants to capture the booth."

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting against BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal in Bhabanipur by-poll. Polling began at 7 am on Thursday in Bhabanipur and two other constituencies amid tight security and stringent COVID-19 measures.

Voting also began for the by-election to the Pipili assembly seat in Odisha's Puri district at 7 am today. The administration has deployed close to 2,000 security personnel to ensure peaceful voting in Pipili, which has a history of poll violence.

In other developments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to virtually inaugurate the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET) in Jaipur, Rajasthan today at 11 am.

PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of four medical colleges in Banswara, Sirohi, Hanumangarh and Dausa districts of the state today morning via video-conferencing.

Additionally, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today to discuss various central schemes being implemented in the state. 

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Punjab CM Charanjit Channi calls cabinet meeting at the Secretariat on October 4. (ANI)

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Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari is new Chief of Air Staff, calls on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after formally taking charge.