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India detains protesters, locks down Delhi ahead of rally against election chief - Fri, 09 Oct 2026 PST

NEW DELHI – 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.

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