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Eleven people are killed and sixty others are injured when a cargo train collides with a Kanchanjungha Express passenger train in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India.
2024-06-17

One person is missing after a suspension bridge over the Ganges River in Bhagalpur district, Bihar, India, collapses for the second time in less than two months.
2023-06-5

At least nine people are killed and about 50 others injured when a train derails in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India.
2022-01-13

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam, part of Meghalaya, and part of Bangladesh, causing damage to houses and buildings. Two people die from heart attacks, while ten others are wounded by the earthquake itself.
2021-04-28

An SUV and a bus collide in Marishda, East Midnapore, West Bengal, India, killing the SUV's six occupants.
2018-06-27

A bus plunges into the Bhairab River after falling off a bridge in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, killing at least 36 people. The late response by rescuers to save passengers leads to violence between local residents and police.
2018-01-29

2013 Kumbh Mela stampede: A stampede of people at the Allahabad railway station, India, coming back from bathing in the Ganges River during the Kumbh Mela festival, kills 36 and injures 39 many others.
2013-02-10

Toxic illegal alcohol kills 166 people in West Bengal, India.
2011-12-14

At least 16 people are killed in a stampede during a religious festival in the Indian city of Haridwar, Uttarakhand.
2011-11-8

At least 50 people drown after a ferry-boat capsizes on the Muri Ganga River in West Bengal, India.
2010-11-1