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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

Four people are killed and four more are wounded after security forces open fire on protesters during election-related violence in West Bengal, India. Another person is killed when unknown gunmen fire at voters at a polling booth.
2021-04-10

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

A pedestrian suspension bridge collapse in Bijanbari, near Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, kills at least 34 people and injures over 100.
2011-10-22

Six people are killed and 20 injured in political violence in West Bengal, India.
2011-01-7

Two trains collide in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India with at least 50 people feared dead.
2010-07-19

At least 100 people are killed in India after a powerful storm demolished thousands of homes in West Bengal.
2010-04-14