Police abuses alleged during protests
Opposition leaders and journalists accused police of heavy-handed tactics during weekend demonstrations, as authorities locked down New Delhi ahead of a fresh rally against the election chief.
Disruption grinds Delhi to a halt
Authorities closed six metro train stations and warned of traffic disruptions in Delhi, as opposition parties planned to march to the Supreme Court in protest against a controversial revision of voter lists that has sparked days of unrest in the Indian capital.
Cockroaches never die, CJP vows
New Delhi braced for a second day of youth protests demanding the resignation of India's election chief, as a court ordered the release of "cockroach" movement founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other senior leaders.
Cracking down on youth protesters
The authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters as India's youth "Cockroach" movement sought to intensify a nationwide campaign against a contentious voter list revision that has fuelled anger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government and election authorities.
‘The youth are no longer scared’
THE leader of India's "Cockroach" youth movement said a major planned protest would go ahead in New Delhi today, despite the detentions of followers he estimated to run into the thousands, calling for the resignation of the top poll official.
Rahul Gandhi detained amid poll protests
Police have detained opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and several lawmakers for the third time in two days as they launched an unannounced protest demanding the resignation of the election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists.
‘Fighting to save our democracy’
Police detained several opposition lawmakers in the capital New Delhi for trying to breach barricades during a protest march to demand the resignation of the election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists.
Dozens held in voter-roll protests
Police detained dozens of youth protesters in New Delhi on the second straight day of demonstrations demanding the chief election commissioner's resignation over alleged voter-roll irregularities.
‘I could not let all those people die’
An Indian pilot attacked by his co-pilot aboard a flight from the UAE to Israel said that he "could not let all those people die", in his first public remarks after he helped stop the plane from crashing.
Voter row fuels protests
Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced renewed pressure as the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and a separate coalition of student and activist groups stage fresh protests, demanding the resignation of the elections commission chief over a controversial voter roll revision.
