West Bengal

old town · forest

The Elgin Silver Oaks in Kalimpong, West Bengal, features spacious interiors with classic colonial-style furniture, warm wood finishes and large windows overlooking the surrounding greenery.

snow

Police personnel detain a group of young men who are seen roaming outside during the COVID-19 lockdown in West Bengal. The police stop and question the individuals as part of enforcement activity during the pandemic restrictions.

river · village

We started our journey towards the mangroves sailing through the heart of the Gomdi river. Our aerial fly over an island was beautiful with fisheries on each area.

A family of Spotted owlet interacting, sitting on a mangrove tree in the forest of Sundarbans in West Bengal. The spotted owlet (Athene brama) belongs to the family of owls and owlets, the Strigidae.

Brick kiln chimneys let out black coal fired smoke without any treatment, into the air, in the Sunderbans region.

politics

Trinamool Congress supporters and workers celebrate their victory in State Assembly Elections in West Bengal, India.

hills

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants.

village

Fraserganj is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the Namkhana CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

forest

Beautiful forest of the Sundarai Mangrove. The Sundarbans delta is a rich and fertile basin of flora growing in areas with low oxygen soil where slow flowing water allows fine sediments to accumulate and fauna adapted well to its vibrant ph…

highway · politics

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was conferred an honorary Doctor of Literature (DLitt) by the Kazi Nazrul Islam University of Asansol, at a special convocation held on May 26, 2018.

sport

Football match between Orissa vs West Bengal & Sikkim during NCC National Sports at Mount St. Mary School, Delhi Cantt.

West Bengal·school

Six members of a suspected international smuggling racket were arrested with an estimated US$15 million of snake venom hidden in school bags close to Bhutan border in eastern India.

wildlife · highway

In what looks like humans provoking an animal, a group of men is seen filming and shouting at an injured leopard inside a ditch in West Bengal.

temple · architecture

A crowd of believers outside the St. Stephen's Church in Dum Dum. The congregation is gathered for a celebration in the church. Believers bow in prayer as the priest prays for the annual event in the church.

festival · ceremony

A young man asks a priest to pierce his skin during the annual procession of Charak Puja in West Bengal. Paparazzi surround a young man as he gets his lip pierced during the procession.

industry

The footage, recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic period, shows adult and underage workers engaged in manual work at a large brick-making site in West Bengal, India.

ceremony · festival

the vibrant celebration of Durga Puja at Chittaranjan Park (CR Park), Delhi, one of the most famous Durga Puja events outside West Bengal.

coastline · boats

This serene coastal footage from Namkhana Port in West Bengal captures the everyday rhythm of fishing life as boats and trawlers move steadily through the narrow waterway near the newly constructed Namkhana Bridge.

village · lake

Fishermen of Backpackers' Eco Village, Satjelia eco-village on the Gomdi-Datta River of the highly endangered Sunderbans mangrove village catch big carp fish in a pond in West Bengal.

sport

Football match between Orissa vs West Bengal & Sikkim during NCC National Sports at Mount St. Mary School, Delhi Cantt.

village · forest

Indian forest officials rescue a rare Pangolin from a village in West Bengal. Pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, are reclusive and nocturnal animals that roll up into a ball when threatened.

Residents try to move to safer areas as the floodwaters are more than hip deep in West Bengal. Some are trying to retrieve their personal belongings while some shift to higher ground to escape the water. A train station is also flooded.

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Dhulagarh, a town 25 kilometres west of Kolkata, has been simmering for the past fortnight, following communal clashes that saw people's houses and shops being targetted and set on…