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  Contesting polls is this man's favourite pastime

  India | Mar 07, 2014, 03:55 PM IST

  Berhampur (Odisha): For some, contesting elections may be a do or die situation but for Berhampur's K Shyam Babu Subudhi, who has fought Lok Sabha and Assembly elections 27 times but has never won, being

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  Government rejects EC suggestion on cooling off period for bureaucrats taking political plunge

  National | Oct 06, 2013, 12:23 PM IST

  New Delhi: A recommendation of the Election Commission (EC) for a “cooling off period” to bar top bureaucrats from joining politics or contesting polls immediately on exit from service has been rejected by the government