Sources: BBC The Hindu
At least ten people are killed and two others are reported missing when heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. 2025-10-4
At least 12 people are killed during flash flooding in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 2025-09-23
A bus collides with a stationary truck in Bardhaman, West Bengal, India, killing ten people and injuring 35 others. 2025-08-15
Four people are killed in a firecracker explosion in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. 2025-02-7
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
Three people are killed and 30 injured after a water tank collapses on Barddhaman Junction railway station, West Bengal, India. 2023-12-13
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
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