Sights Unseen Since Partition? What is Modi Doing As Thousands Flee Cities on Foot? #covid19
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 14 May, 2020 09:18 PM
India's lockdown was announced on March 24th and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was applauded for implementing the nationwide lockdown to tackle the coronavirus. Yet its India's labor class that has been experiencing the cold brunt of the lockdown.
Police kept a watchful eye on a handful of protesters blocking a major stretch of railway in eastern Ontario on Friday as political pressure mounted on the provincial force to take more decisive action.
Blockades set up by anti-pipeline protesters have forced Canadian National Railway Co. to shut down its entire network in Eastern Canada and Via Rail to cancel passenger service across the country.
Protests continue as political leaders look to negotiate solutions, while business leaders, opposition politicians and ordinary people call for immediate action to end the disruptions, which have already seen more than 80 arrests.
KELOWNA, B.C. - The efforts of a few commercial truck drivers and multiple RCMP detachments in northern B.C. led to the recovery of a stolen piece of heavy equipment and the arrest of two suspects.
