India Implements Mass Detentions and Lockdown in Response to Election Chief Protest

10/11/2026

Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed across the city, mobile internet services were suspended in the central business district and dozens of metro stations and markets were...

10/11/2026

India detains thousands in Delhi as protests target election chief over voter list revisions

10/10/2026

Thousands of young people tried to gather to protest a sweeping revision of their country’s voter roll. Security forces hauled many of them away.

10/11/2026

The leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party, an Indian youth movement, were detained by the police on Saturday before they could lead protests over voting rights.

10/10/2026

India’s Abhijeet Dipke detained after leading youth protests over voter list manipulation and election chief resignation calls.

10/09/2026

India deploys 20,000 police in Delhi ahead of protest over voter-roll irregularities and demands for election commission chief to step down.

10/09/2026

NEW DELHI, Oct 9 - Authorities in India's capital Delhi are deploying thousands of police and paramilitary personnel ahead of a protest called for Saturday by the \"Cockroach\" youth movement to...

10/10/2026

Indian police detained the head of the satirical "cockroach" online movement on Saturday, the group said, ahead of a major protest against the Election Commission that prompted strict security...

10/10/2026

Indian police detained the head of the satirical "cockroach" online movement on Saturday as hundreds of protesters demanding the election commissioner's resignation gathered in New Delhi despite a ...

10/10/2026

The leaders of India's "Cockroach" movement have been detained by police, along with hundreds of protesters, in a major crackdown to stop a mass demonstration.

10/10/2026

Indian police detain protesters as Cockroach movement rallies against voter list revisions and election chief Gyanesh Kumar.

10/10/2026

The scale of the crackdown underscored the authorities' determination to disrupt a fast-growing protest campaign that has mobilized thousands of young people.

10/10/2026

Police detained more than 2,000 protesters and the founder of the "cockroach" youth movement in Delhi on Saturday as security forces locked down parts of the capital to thwart a rally demanding...

10/10/2026

Indian authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters Saturday as India's youth "Cockroach" movement sought to intensify a nationwide...

10/10/2026

India’s youth “Cockroach” movement is set to hold fresh protests in the capital New Delhi, intensifying a campaign against a voter list revision

10/10/2026

Thousands of security personnel were deployed in Delhi ahead of the Gen-Z led Cockroach Janta Party protest on Saturday calling for electoral reforms.