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New Delhi’s Crackdown on Protesters

New York Times9 October 2026, 09:02 UTCIndia

The government in New Delhi is suppressing protests over the culling of 130 million names from India’s voter roll. Mujib Mashal, an India correspondent for The New York Times, reported from the heart of the demonstrations.

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