Sources: BBC The Hindu
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
At least nine people are killed and about 50 others injured when a train derails in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India. 2022-01-13
An SUV and a bus collide in Marishda, East Midnapore, West Bengal, India, killing the SUV's six occupants. 2018-06-27
Violent riots break out in Kaliachak, West Bengal, India, after political activist Kamlesh Tiwari allegedly insulted the Muslim prophet Muhammad. 2016-01-5
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 50 people drown after a ferry-boat capsizes on the Muri Ganga River in West Bengal, India. 2010-11-1
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
Seven people die in a stampede at a religious festival on the Ganges in West Bengal, India. 2010-01-14