Sources: BBC The Hindu
The government of West Bengal, India, deports nearly 5,000 Bangladeshi nationals and detains hundreds more as part of a campaign targeting undocumented migrants following the state's recent election. 2026-06-8
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
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
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
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