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.
John was expert in Persian and Bengali and administered a province in West Bengal.
ECONOMIST: Retracing the steps of one 18th-century Scottish family
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.
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.
The row forced the Tatas to move production out of West Bengal and make the car elsewhere.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had ordered Mr Sen's arrest after he went missing earlier this month.
BBC: India businessman Sudipto Sen in court over alleged fraud
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.
BBC: India doctors fight to save West Bengal alcohol victims
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.
The attack was strongly criticised by West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan who called it "a blot on India's cherished democratic values".
Partha Chatterjee, the portly leader of opposition in West Bengal, says the party's focus will be on information technology and services.
In Bangladesh and West Bengal, the water has anywhere from 300 micrograms per liter to 4, 000 micrograms per liter of arsenic.
Perhaps most worrying, with the exception of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, the worst-affected states are also among India's least capable.
The nonprofit organization reported that the quake cut off phone communication and electricity in parts of Sikkim and West Bengal provinces.
As chief minister of West Bengal, he realised that economic liberalisation and the rise of China were making old orthodoxies redundant.
But that development took on a more hopeful note with the selection of Amit Mitra as finance secretary in West Bengal.
应用推荐