Indian authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters Saturday as India's youth “Cockroach” movement sought to intensify a nationwide campaign against a contentious voter list revision that has fueled anger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government and election authorities.

Neha Bora is a PhD student at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University When India's Gen Z-led protesters return to Delhi this weekend for demonstrations seeking the resignation of the country's top election official,

Thousands of young people tried to gather to protest a sweeping revision of their country’s voter roll. Security forces hauled many of them away.

Authorities have increased security in New Delhi and announced transport restrictions ahead of a planned demonstration by India’s “Cockroach” movement.

Activist and founder of the online 'cockroach' movement Abhijeet Dipke was detained by police in Delhi, India, on Saturday.

Oct 10 (Reuters) - Infosys, India's second-largest IT firm, said on Saturday that it does not anticipate a material impact from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) application suspension announced by the US government.

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has voiced concern over reports of mass detentions in India of demonstrators, protest leaders, civil society members, lawyers and journalists, before and during large-scale protests in Delhi on Saturday.

Unwarranted interference: India's sharp response to UN rights body over remarks on Delhi protest crackdown