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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

Thousands of doctors and university students participate in walkouts and protests against sexual violence in cities across India after the alleged rape and murder of a female medical trainee in Kolkata last week.
2024-08-13

At least 13 people are killed when a bus catches fire after colliding head-on with a truck on a highway in Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
2023-12-28

Cyclone Biparjoy approaches India and Pakistan, with seven people being killed in India.
2023-06-13

India reports a record 4,329 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 278,719.
2021-05-18

At least five security personnel and a driver are killed when Naxalites attack their bus with an IED as it crossed a bridge over a culvert in Chhattisgarh, India. This is the biggest Naxalite attack of the year so far in the region.
2021-03-23

At least 21 people are killed, 70 injured and up to 150 people are feared trapped after a half-built overpass collapses in the Indian city of Kolkata.
2016-03-31

North India braces for more rain in what is believed to be the worst monsoon season in 50 years.
2013-06-24

A 22-year-old physiotherapy intern is beaten, gang-raped, and tortured in a private bus in South West Delhi, India.
2012-12-16

40 confirmed people die in a fire in the AMRI Hospital in the Indian city of Kolkata.
2011-12-9