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Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to West Bengal, India.
2024-08-5

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

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

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

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

Seven people die in a stampede at a religious festival on the Ganges in West Bengal, India.
2010-01-14