Sources: BBC The Hindu
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
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
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
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
Violent riots break out in Kaliachak, West Bengal, India, after political activist Kamlesh Tiwari allegedly insulted the Muslim prophet Muhammad. 2016-01-5
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
Indian communist patriarch Jyoti Basu, the longest-serving Chief Minister of West Bengal who declined the post of Prime Minister in 1996, dies at the age of 95. 2010-01-17