Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Taxi drivers watch as jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14,2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Policemen barricade the way to the jobless teachers as they sit on the street during their march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Kolkata Teachers Protests - India

Jobless teachers shout slogans as they march towards the state secretariat building, demanding job reinstatement for eligible teachers whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, in Howrah, India on July 14, 2025. Thousands of jobless “untainted” teachers affected by the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam in West Bengal were stopped from marching to Nabanna on Monday, as police sealed off access to the state secretariat. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Heavy Monsoon Rains - India

Heavy Monsoon Rains - India

A waterlogged street after heavy monsoon showers in Howrah on July 9, 2025. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Flood in Agartala - India

Flood in Agartala - India

People gather along the banks of the Howrah River as it swells beyond the danger mark following days of heavy rain, in Agartala, India, June 1, 2025. Photo by Abhisek Saha/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Devotees spread colored powders on themselves to celebrate the Hindu spring festival of Holi outside a temple in Howrah district, near Kolkata, India on March 25, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Devotees spread colored powders on themselves to celebrate the Hindu spring festival of Holi outside a temple in Howrah district, near Kolkata, India on March 25, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Devotees spread colored powders on themselves to celebrate the Hindu spring festival of Holi outside a temple in Howrah district, near Kolkata, India on March 25, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Devotees spread colored powders on themselves to celebrate the Hindu spring festival of Holi outside a temple in Howrah district, near Kolkata, India on March 25, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Devotees spread colored powders on themselves to celebrate the Hindu spring festival of Holi outside a temple in Howrah district, near Kolkata, India on March 25, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Holi Hindu Festival - India

Devotees spread colored powders on themselves to celebrate the Hindu spring festival of Holi outside a temple in Howrah district, near Kolkata, India on March 25, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

West Bengal Local Elections - India

West Bengal Local Elections - India

July 08, 2023, Howrah,India: People queue at a polling station to cast their vote in West Bengal's 'Panchayat' or local elections, on the outskirts of Kolkata on July 8, 2023 in Kolkata, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Rescue workers recover victims' bodies from a carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 280 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches.Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix group.

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Rescue workers recover victims' bodies from a carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 280 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches. Balasore, India, June 4, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Rescue workers recover victims' bodies from a carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 280 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches. on June 3, 2023 in Balasore, India. (Photo by Dipa ChakrabortyPhoto by Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM)

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

three-train collision near Balasore, At least 280 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches. Balasore, India, June 4, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Passengers of Coromondal express injury arrive a specil train at howrah railway station in kolkata, West Bengal,India of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 290 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches. Balasore, India, June 4, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Passengers of Coromondal express injury arrive a specil train at howrah railway station in kolkata, West Bengal,India of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 290 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches Balasore, India, June 4, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Passengers of Coromondal express injury arrive a specil train at howrah railway station in kolkata, West Bengal,India of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 290 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches.. Balasore, India, June 4, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Passengers of Coromondal express injury arrive a specil train at howrah railway station in kolkata, West Bengal,India of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 290 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches Balasore, India, June 4, 2023. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Balasore Train Accident Kills Hundreds - India

Rescue workers recover victims' bodies from a carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 280 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches. Photo by Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

At Least 290 Killed In Deadly India Train Crash

At Least 290 Killed In Deadly India Train Crash

June 03, 2023, Balasore, India: Rescue workers recover victims' bodies from a carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 280 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix group/ABACAPRESS.COM

At Least 290 Killed In Deadly India Train Crash

At Least 290 Killed In Deadly India Train Crash

June 03, 2023, Balasore, India: Rescue workers recover victims' bodies from a carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 280 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches. on June 3, 2023 in Balasore, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix group/ABACAPRESS.COM

At Least 290 Killed In Deadly India Train Crash

At Least 290 Killed In Deadly India Train Crash

June 03, 2023, Balasore, India: Rescue workers recover victims' bodies from a carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, At least 280 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Death toll from India's passenger train collision rises to 288

STORY: Death toll from India's passenger train collision rises to 288 DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHER SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site 2. various of the collided coaches 3. various of local people and police 4. various of the rescue operation by India's National Disaster Response Force STORYLINE: The death toll from the collision of two passenger trains in the eastern Indian state of Odisha has risen to 288, with 803 others reportedly injured on Saturday, officials said. The accident took place on Friday evening near Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district, about 171 km northeast of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha state. According to officials, the Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, hit the derailed bogies of a few coaches of Yashwantpur-Howrah Express which crashed and fell on the opposite track. A freight train was also said to be involved in the accident. The collision has disrupted train movements on the affected r

Over 280 killed, 900 injured in India's deadly train accident

STORY: Over 280 killed, 900 injured in India's deadly train accident DATELINE: June 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the train accident STORYLINE: More than 280 people were killed and 900 others injured in a major accident Friday evening involving three trains in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The accident occurred around 7:20 p.m. local time near Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district, about 171 km northeast of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. According to officials, the Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, hit the Yashwantpur-Howrah Express, which derailed and toppled onto the adjacent track. A cargo train was also said to be involved in the accident. Officials said the death toll is likely to increase further. Rescuers have rushed to the scene immediately after the accident. A large crowd of locals also reached the spot to help the injured. All the health facilities in the vicinity were put on alert and the in

2-day strike called by trade, bank unions begins in India

STORY: 2-day strike called by trade, bank unions begins in India DATELINE: March 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:52 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. India gate 2. various of the strike 3. various of banks STORYLINE: A 48-hour strike called by various trade unions, including banking employees associations, began Monday across India. According to the unions, the strike aims to protest against government policies affecting workers, farmers and people at large. As a result, banking services were partially impacted. The bank unions are protesting against the government's move to privatize two public sector banks as announced in this year's general budget. They are also demanding an increase in the interest rate on deposits and a reduction in service charges. Meanwhile, members from the Left Front blocked railway tracks in Kolkata. Two workers were reportedly injured after the protestors tried to stop a moving train in West Bengal's Howrah. The Kerala State Road Transport