Three elephants have been killed by a train in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Reports said that West Bengal was worst affected with air and rail services disrupted.
Now comes another unlikely twist in the saga of West Bengal to brighten the picture.
For example, few in West Bengal can spell out what the energetic Ms Banerjee stands for.
By contrast, poorly performing rulers, eg, in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, have been sent packing.
In June, West Bengal passed a law that would allow its return to them.
The GJM signed the deal with the Indian government and the government of West Bengal state.
John was expert in Persian and Bengali and administered a province in West Bengal.
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West Bengal's government sees the rickshaw trade as an outworn symbol of the colonial yoke.
West Bengal is no oil state, though offshore oil and gas have just been found.
India's first special court to deal with crimes against women has opened in West Bengal state.
By the late 1990s Ujala was in West Bengal, where white clothing was equally popular.
The Marxist-led Left Front has been in power in West Bengal for more than 26 years.
Since taking charge of West Bengal in 2000, Mr Bhattacharjee has embraced business with apostate zeal.
However, the Congress leaders are not calling for an end to the West Bengal coalition.
Official figures show at least 42 elephants had been killed in West Bengal since 2004, he added.
They are also called Naxalites because the movement began in Naxalbari, a town in West Bengal state.
They take their name from the West Bengal village of Naxalbari where the movement began in 1967.
The government lost another important ally - the Trinamool Congress party of West Bengal - last September.
The row forced the Tatas to move production out of West Bengal and make the car elsewhere.
They take their name from Naxalbari, a West Bengal village where the movement was founded in 1967.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had ordered Mr Sen's arrest after he went missing earlier this month.
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And no one disputes that West Bengal has suffered deindustrialisation on a par with the likes of Detroit.
West Bengal Governor Viren Shah also renewed the oaths of office of the 43 member council of ministers.
There was a partial response to the strike in West Bengal, where unions are powerful and enjoy clout.
The West Bengal state government has ordered a criminal investigation into the deaths.
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Fresh elections are due in West Bengal next year and the ruling communists are expected to face a strong challenge.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, of Trinamool, asked why Congress had not objected while Mr Basu was in residence.
"Train accidents of this sort have of late become a concern in the northern districts of West Bengal, " Mr Barman said.
The Women's Commission in West Bengal announced an inquiry into the first incident after it was widely reported in the media.
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