The ultras had killed three persons in Burda village on May 27.
About 40 armed MCC cadres stormed the camps early in the morning and took away at least 23 men with them, Sambalpur Superintendent of Police Susant Kumar Nath said.
Arcelor-Mittal added one more site on Monday -- Chiplima in Sambalpur district -- to the four it is currently surveying for its proposed 12 million tonne steel facility in Orissa.
"The way mineral and water guzzling heavy industries are being pushed, the fast pace of deforestation and mercurial behaviour of climate could cause desertification of state's land even faster."
The screening of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer My Name is Khan was stopped in two major cities of Orissa following protest by the Bajrang Dal even as fans enjoyed the film amid tight security at other places.
As Cyclone Dana barrels toward the coasts of Odisha, threatening to impact nearly half of the state's population, the government is racing against time to execute a massive evacuation plan aimed at relocating about 10 lakh people in several coastal districts to safety. In West Bengal, the cyclone is set to bring heavy rainfall in several southern West Bengal districts, including Kolkata, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
The incident occurred around 5.15 am, they said, adding a relief train from Sambalpur station has been rushed to the spot.
A number of young women have decided to take upon themselves the responsibility of saving the forest in Sambalpur near Rourkela from timber mafia by attaching themselves emotionally to the trees and protecting them as they would their own brothers.
A retired college principal and his son were detained for suspected links with Maoists and huge quantities of explosives were seized in two operations.
The 78-year-old Naveen is on the cusp of creating history. He must win the forthcoming Assembly polls to become India's longest-serving chief minister, a record held by Sikkim's Pawan Kumar Chamling.
At least four workers died and two others fell seriously ill following gas leakage in the Bhusan Steel Plant at Thelkul under Rengali block in Sambalpur district. The accident occurred on Sunday night when carbon monoxide started leaking out of one of the furnaces while four electrical workers were attending to the Compact Strip Plant (CSP) in the evening shift.
The labourers were released on Friday night at a forest adjoining the villages where the labour camps from where they were abducted were located.
The incident occurred when about 50 persons from a village in Jharsuguda district were on their way to Sambalpur by the Rourkela-Sambalpur DMU train in connection with a marriage.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said capital inflows could hurt the economy if they exceeded the absorptive capacity, adding that there were no easy ways to deal with excess flows.
The central government on Wednesday got a helicopter to conduct surveillance in the riot-hit areas of Orissa as the Christian community expressed apprehension of violence during Christmas. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram spoke to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and asked him to take necessary steps for protecting the lives and property of the people.
Subendhu Panigrahi, hailing from Sambalpur, a small town in Orissa, is just the epitome of these virtues which enable people to break free from the clutter and choose the path less trodden.
The public sector oil company aims to rationalize its operations across the country and has decided to close the very old and small depots on grounds of safety. Meanwhile, the company has decided to set up a modern depot at Jharsuguda in western Orissa at an investment of about Rs 100 crore (RS 1 billion). The proposed depot would have the capacity of around 60,000 kilo litre.
A Laxmipati Rao, a resident of Sargipalli village solemnised the wedding after a dream he had some time ago.
Four columns of army and naval divers arrived in Bhubaneswar on Saturday to assist in rescue and relief operations.
Constitutional questions referred to larger benches of the Supreme Court long ago have literally gathered dust, says M J Antony
