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West Bengal Police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesting university students and medical professionals demanding the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her handling in the rape and murder case of a medic in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
2024-08-27

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

The World Health Organization officially confirms a human Influenza A virus subtype H9N2 case in a child in West Bengal state, India.
2024-06-14

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

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

Six people are injured in a bomb explosion on a bus in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
2013-08-18

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