Sources: BBC The Hindu
At least 12 people are killed during flash flooding in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 2025-09-23
Nine people are killed after a head-on collision between a truck and a car in West Bengal, India. 2025-06-20
Four people are killed in a firecracker explosion in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. 2025-02-7
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
Violent riots break out in Kaliachak, West Bengal, India, after political activist Kamlesh Tiwari allegedly insulted the Muslim prophet Muhammad. 2016-01-5
At least 50 people drown after a ferry-boat capsizes on the Muri Ganga River in West Bengal, India. 2010-11-1
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