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  "id": 13048987,
  "title": "India deploys thousands of police ahead of election protest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/india-deploys-thousands-of-police-ahead-of-election-protest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T06:29:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/india-protests-election-commission-chief-voters-6445341"
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  "summary": "Thousands of police have been deployed in India ahead of a planned protest in New Delhi on Saturday. The protest, called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), demands the resignation of the election commission chief over alleged voter-roll irregularities.\n\nThe CJP has accused authorities of mass detentions of its members, with CJP Co-Convener Ashutosh Ranka claiming that at least 10,000 people were detained country-wide on Thursday, according to DW News. CJP spokesperson Deepak Baliyan was among those arrested, but was released later in the evening.\n\nThe CJP also alleged that groups of its volunteers from Telangana and students from Pune were detained by police while heading to the planned protest in Delhi, DW News and Channel News Asia reported. There have been no police statements on the alleged detentions so far.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "India deploys thousands of police officers ahead of election protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/india-deploys-thousands-of-police-officers-ahead-of-election-protest",
        "published": "2026-10-09T05:56:07.000Z"
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        "title": "India: Cockroach Janta Party leaders allege mass detentions ahead of Delhi protest, decry 'emergency'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/india-cockroach-janta-party-leaders-allege-mass-detentions-ahead-of",
        "published": "2026-10-09T06:04:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "No permission for Jantar Mantar protest, Delhi Police say CJP's intimation came 'too late'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/no-permission-for-jantar-mantar-protest-delhi-police-say-cjps",
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        "title": "India deploys thousands of police ahead of election protest",
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        "published": "2026-10-09T07:22:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "New Delhi locks down ahead of mass protest over India’s voter rolls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/new-delhi-locks-down-ahead-of-mass-protest-over-indias-voter-rolls",
        "published": "2026-10-09T07:24:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "India deploys thousands of police ahead of election protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/india-deploys-thousands-of-police-ahead-of-election-protest-13061234",
        "published": "2026-10-09T07:46:41.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "India deploys thousands of police ahead of election protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/india-deploys-thousands-of-police-ahead-of-election-protest-13075510",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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