Indian PM Modi offers condolences and financial aid after a bus accident in Punjab killed eight.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered condolences and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the families of each of the eight victims killed in a bus accident in Bathinda, Punjab, and Rs 50,000 to the injured. The accident occurred when a speeding bus lost control. President Droupadi Murmu and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal also expressed their condolences. Five of the deceased have been identified, with efforts to help the affected families.

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