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• 'Unwarranted interference': India slams UN Human Rights Office remarks on Delhi protests

  India on Saturday said that the concerns raised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) regarding mass detentions in Delhi during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar are "misplaced and constitutes an "unwarranted interference in the internal affairs of India".

• Kolkata to come under tight security this Durga Puja, from Mahalaya to Dashami

  As the countdown to Durga Puja draws to a close, the Kolkata Police headquarters has adopted a stringent security stance for the festivities, from Mahalaya on October 10 to Dashami on October 21.

• Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya faces FIRs after attack; one arrested

  After Left leader Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya's residence came under attack allegedly by members of the BJP, a right-wing organisation has filed FIRs against him at the Topsia and Garfa police stations.

• Delhi turns fortress for CJP's 'Jantar Mantar 2.0' as protesters face detentions, curbs

  Delhi woke up to sweeping security restrictions on Saturday as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) pressed ahead with its "Jantar Mantar 2.0" mobilisation demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar despite police denying permission for the protest.

• Digital Franchise

  India's electoral democracy is entering a new phase in which the most consequential decisions about voting may be made not at the polling station but inside databases. The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has brought this problem into sharp focus. Electoral rolls must obviously be maintained. Dead voters, duplicates and those who have permanently moved away cannot remain indefinitely on the rolls. But once the task of identifying legitimate voters becomes increasingly dependent on centralised digital systems, a different question arises: who decides whether a discrepancy in a database is sufficient reason to cast doubt on a citizen's right to vote?

• Dhruv Rathee detained at Gurugram home as Delhi braces for protest against election chief

  YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was detained at his Gurugram residence on Saturday morning, hours before a planned protest in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, amid sweeping security restrictions and police action against demonstrators.

• Growth Gap

  India's economy may be expanding at a pace that commands global attention, but its stock market is telling a less comfortable story. The divergence is not a paradox. It is a reminder that economic growth and investment returns are related, but far from identical. A country can produce more goods and services while its listed companies fail to generate the earnings investors expect. Markets price the future, not the present. India's recent experience suggests that investors are becoming less willing to pay a premium simply for the promise of rapid growth.

• 'No nuclear blackmail, no escape for terror sponsors': India's stern warning to Pakistan at UN

  India has delivered a sharp warning to Pakistan at the United Nations, asserting that Islamabad cannot use the threat of nuclear escalation to protect those responsible for terrorism from retaliation.

• Bengal bypolls: BJP retains Nandigram, wrests Rejinagar

  West Bengal's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday registered decisive victories in the by-elections to the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly constituencies.

• Delhi turns fortress: 45 Metro stations shut, cops wear bodycams, protesters detained as anti-CEC stir defies ban

  Several protesters were detained and access to 45 Delhi Metro stations was restricted on Saturday as authorities tightened security across the national capital to prevent an unauthorised demonstration demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

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