Sources: BBC The Hindu
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
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
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
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
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
Six people are killed and 20 injured in political violence in West Bengal, India. 2011-01-7
Seven people die in a stampede at a religious festival on the Ganges in West Bengal, India. 2010-01-14