Sources: BBC The Hindu
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
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to West Bengal, India. 2024-08-5
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
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
Six people are injured in a bomb explosion on a bus in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. 2013-08-18
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
Two trains collide in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India with at least 50 people feared dead. 2010-07-19
At least 100 people are killed in India after a powerful storm demolished thousands of homes in West Bengal. 2010-04-14
Seven people die in a stampede at a religious festival on the Ganges in West Bengal, India. 2010-01-14