Delhi-protests

Police in the Indian ​capital detained scores of protesters on Saturday amid patrols by thousands of security forces, with travel and telecoms links suspended, in a lockdown to stop a ‌youth protest asking the election chief to quit.The protest by the "Cockroach" youth movement, aims to draw thousands of demonstrators against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a revision of voter lists that critics say favours Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.Television images sh...

Police in India's capital, New Delhi, detained at least 1,000 people overnight ahead of a protest called by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and the All India Students' Association (AISA) scheduled for Saturday. The demonstration was called to demand the resignation of the country's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar.Citing police sources, The Indian Express reported that around 250 of those detained by 12:30 a.m. Saturday were from southeast Delhi. Most were picked up from areas around...

After four consecutive days of protests, the Indian central government has extended a conciliatory message to the protesting students. Addressing the protesters and the Kakroach Janata Party (CJP), Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the government is ready to hold talks on the students’ demands “any time, any place.” He also claimed that four proposals for dialogue have been sent to the protesters since Tuesday. On the fourth day of the ongoing student protests in Delhi, the central gover...