The accidents took place in Barnala and Bathinda districts. The buses were transporting farmer union members to the Kisan Mahapanchayats at Khanauri and Tohana.

The passenger vehicle had more than 45 passengers and it fell into the Lasara drain in Jeewan Singhwala village, say official

Eight people including a child and four women were killed and several others were injured after a bus fell into a drain in Bathinda on Friday the police sai

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose indefinite hunger strike entered its 40th day, had appealed for large participation in the Mahapanchayat.

Both Punjab and Haryana have been experiencing thick fog for the past few days, resulting in dangerously reduced visibility.