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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
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 killed and 20 injured in political violence in West Bengal, India. 2011-01-7
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
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