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
At least nine people are killed and about 50 others injured when a train derails in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India. 2022-01-13
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
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
An SUV and a bus collide in Marishda, East Midnapore, West Bengal, India, killing the SUV's six occupants. 2018-06-27
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
Two trains collide in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India with at least 50 people feared dead. 2010-07-19
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