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Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to West Bengal, India. 2024-08-5
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
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
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
Six people are killed and 20 injured in political violence in West Bengal, India. 2011-01-7
At least 16 people drown and 70 are missing after an overcrowded ferry sinks in a river in West Bengal, eastern India. 2010-10-30
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
Seven people die in a stampede at a religious festival on the Ganges in West Bengal, India. 2010-01-14