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Orissa HC sets aside Cong MLA’s election for concealing info on properties

Therefore, the election of Mohammed Moquim from Cuttack-Barabati Assembly constituency is to be declared null and void as misinformed voters could not make an informed choice according to their free will and conscience and the same violates the fundamental rights of voters to know, Justice Sahoo stressed in the order.

Leopard poaching goes unabated in Odisha

The poaching of these protected animals has shot up in Odisha with the seizure of around 50 leopard skins in the last two years. Of the seizures, the STF alone has accounted for the seizure of 28 skins. AS per official estimate, the leopard population in Odisha stands close to 800.