India

A Gwalior truck accident at a Hindu festival killed 13 people in India, PTI reported, as President Droupadi Murmu called the deaths 'heartbreaking'

Indian police detained Abhijeet Dipke, leader of the 'cockroach' movement, before a Delhi protest demanding the removal of the country's chief election commissioner.

Municipal authorities and Delhi Police sealed off Central Park in Connaught Place and prohibited public gatherings ahead of a planned demonstration by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party

An Indian court remanded key Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to five days in judicial custody after they scaled police barricades to unfurl the national flag at the newly de-notified Jantar Mantar protest site in central New Delhi

Delhi Police formally stripped Jantar Mantar of its status as an authorized demonstration venue after more than three decades, designating alternative sites in Ramlila Maidan, Burari, and Shahdara

Thousands marched in Delhi on Monday to demand India's election chief resign over a voter roll revision, defying a heavy security clampdown in the capital.

Opposition lawmakers and press freedom organizations accused Delhi Police of heavy-handed tactics and arbitrary detentions during anti-Election Commission demonstrations

India's cockroach movement leaders were freed by a court a day after detention, as the CJP and Rahul Gandhi vow more protests against the election chief.

Indian security forces detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and thousands of demonstrators in New Delhi during a nationwide protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over controversial voter roll revisions

Cockroach Janta Party protest in Delhi: the group says its founder and thousands were detained as it demanded the election chief resign

Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janata Party, was detained in Delhi ahead of a major protest over alleged voter-roll irregularities, the party said

India deploys more than 20,000 police and paramilitary officers ahead of a Saturday election protest demanding the election chief step down over voter rolls

Legendary Indian actor Nana Patekar died of a cardiac arrest at 75 in Goa on Thursday, October 8, 2026, just four days after reflecting on mortality, personal purpose, and civil dissent during his final public appearance in Dona Paula

An Indonesian court jailed dozens of Indian nationals for a Bali online gambling operation, with most getting two years and deportation after release.

India says 12 crew injured, 11 of them Indian, after a Panama-flagged tanker was attacked off Oman in the Strait of Hormuz

Rahul Gandhi detained briefly in New Delhi as opposition MPs marched on the Election Commission, demanding its chief resign over voter roll changes

India-US trade talks have hit a "plateau", Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says, as a US trade probe complicates efforts to close the deal

Indians protest election chief Gyanesh Kumar for a third day as Delhi police investigate sexual harassment claims against officers at a Jantar Mantar protest.

Police detained several people in New Delhi on Saturday during Gen Z-led protests against voter roll changes, as demonstrators demanded the election chief resign