English-language Indian daily newspaper
A Manipuri guitarist, Vikram Singh, has died after a late-night assault in Delhi. Seven adults and a minor have been arrested. The incident has reignited concerns about discrimination against people from India's northeast. Police say the motive is under investigation.
Thousands of young protesters, led by the Cockroach Janta Party and student groups, have staged near-daily rallies demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign after a Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls removed about 130 million names. Authorities have deployed tens of thousands of police in New Delhi, detained movement leaders and opposition figures, suspended mobile internet and closed rail and metro links to block access to protest sites.
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Two leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, have been released from Tihar jail after a magistrate ordered their release following arrests at Jantar Mantar. The youth-led CJP has driven near-daily protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a voter-roll revision that removed about 130 million names; police have restricted central protest sites and detained dozens of activists.