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India’s Delhi Braces for More Protests After Mass Detentions

India is bracing for a third straight day of tensions in its capital, with opposition parties on Monday planning a march to the Supreme Court and a youth-led movement pressing ahead with protests over a contentious revision of voter rolls.

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India Police Detain Protesters, Lock Down Delhi Over Voter RollsPolice in India’s capital cracked down on protests against a contentious review of voter rolls, detaining youth leaders and locking down central New Delhi with thousands of security personnel.

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