<span style="color: #222222;">In Karnataka, eight people lost their lives and 25 others injured in a collision between a private bus and lorry on Hubballi-Dharwad bypass road.<br />''<br />''The incident took place in the outskirts of Hubballi in wee hours today on the Pune-Bengaluru National highway. The bus was heading from Kolhapur to Bengaluru and the truck was moving towards Hubballi in North Karnataka.<br />''<br />''Preliminary enquiry shows that the accident occurred when the bus driver tried to overtake a tractor. The bypass road was closed for sometime till the injured were shifted to the local hospital. Police Commissioner Laburam visited the accident site and ordered an investigation into the incident.<br />''<br />''Just three days back, nine people were killed and 13 persons injured 13 in a major accident in the Hubballi Dharwad region.<br />''<br />''Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he is pained by the loss of lives due to a mishap in Hubli, Karnataka. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, his thoughts are with the bereaved families. He hoped that the injured will recover soon.<br />''<br />''The Prime Minister announced that an ex-gratia of two lakh rupees each from Prime Minister's National Relief Fund would be given to the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to the mishap in Hubli.<br />''<br />''He said, the injured would be given 50 thousand rupees.</span>