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A New Delhi court ordered on Sunday the release of three leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), including its founder Abhijeet Dipke, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained. “Executive Magistrate court releases Abhijeet, Saurav (Das) and Ashutosh (Ranka),” lawyer Ratna Singh said in a social media post. The trio were detained on Saturday ahead of a major protest against the country’s chief election commissioner. The protests are the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation...

Several instances of protesters being picked up and taken away in buses were reported through the day, with some alleging that they were not informed of the grounds for their detention

Crackdown by police and paramilitary forces prompts flash protests near Safdarjung flyover, Dilli Haat, Raj Ghat; demonstrators sing protest songs, hold public lectures at makeshift detention centres

OHCHR issues statement over police handling of protests, says restrictions must meet “necessity and proportionality” test; urges government to respect right to peaceful protest

Officials say mobilising security arrangements to the scale seen on Saturday would not be feasible in the coming days, and that keeping protesters under detention for more than 24 hours would not be legal

The 37-second video showed the area without any protesters, debunking claims of a gathering at the venue amid heightened security in the national capital

Indian police crackdown appears to have prevented mass protests against the country's election chief from taking place.

Collection restarted on Saturday; protesters question tolling before completion of key NH 66 works

Security forces in Delhi detained more than 3,300 people and barred access to Jantar Mantar on Saturday, October 10, 2026, as authorities imposed a massive lockdown to stifle protests called by the Cockroach Janata Party and allied groups demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar

The workers’ attempt to march on the streets of Lal Chowk was disallowed by the security forces. The protesters were carrying placards of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CEC Kumar

New Delhi accused of silencing dissent as satirical content and online critiques are removed under new rules.

Latest unrest follows protests against a two-day seminar held at the university recently and the disciplinary action taken against students in its aftermath

The FIRs relate to alleged vandalism, assaults on police personnel and violation of prohibitory orders, with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra among those named

After months of protests in Chhatarpur district over the Ken-Betwa river link project, the next leg of the jal satyagraha by tribal people in Madhya Pradesh’s Bundelkhand will soon complete a month. Hundreds affected by the State government’s Majhgaon irrigation project are protesting in Panna district, seeking fair compensation and rehabilitation while alleging irregularities in the process. Mehul Malpani gauges the anger and frustration of those who say their movement is being crushed by force

India's opposition and student-led CJP movement demand election chief's resignation, plan mass demonstration Saturday.

Former West Bengal Chief Minister says she intends to approach the President on the issue of vote theft and Special Intensive Revision; she is also likely to join the march of India bloc MPs to the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Friday

The association said its members supply critical super-speciality implants, surgical disposables, life-saving drugs and diagnostic kits to government teaching hospitals under the Rajiv Aarogyasri scheme

Leaders of the Congress, CPI(M) and CPI burn an effigy of Gyanesh Kumar and say thousands of migrant workers have lost their votes in the Special Intensive Revision

A 2018-batch IPS officer, Vivek Bhagat is in the crosshairs over sexual assault allegations by women journalists at Jantar Mantar, prompting him to seek a hold of his promotion

Police registered the case suo motu after protesters allegedly gathered in a group and disrupted the proceedings

Keralam government orders the suspension citing likelihood of severe traffic congestion as construction work remains incomplete

INDIA bloc leaders hint at more protests on Thursday as dramatic scenes unfold during the Opposition’s three-hour-long bus procession and the subsequent impromptu sit-in

SFI activists raise slogans against Roji M. John in protest against the alleged failure by the government to take action over the ‘police excesses’ on students at the university hostel 

Rajendra Vishwanath Arleka said the circumstances in which Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay composed Vande Mataram, and the reasons why Rabindranath Tagore regarded it as the song of the nation should be brought before the younger generation through research.

CPI, CPI(M), Congress and local groups march to toll plaza, demand that collection be deferred until pending works are completed

Protestors scuffle with police personnel at various points during their thwarted march to Dispur, the State’s seat of power

Protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar intensified over the last week, with several detained, and complaints of sexual harassment against ACP Vivek Bhagat in Delhi. With the Supreme Court issuing a notice to the ECI and the Centre, here are the developments in the furore against the Election Commission.