India Cancels Trains, Floods Capital with Police to Block Protests NYT - World By: Somini SenguptaοΌ Pragati K.B. and Suhasini Raj 9 October 2026 at 13:46 A planned protest against a sweeping voter roll revision prompted police to order a virtual shutdown of New Delhi, the capital. The countryβs highest court intervened. Β© Arun Sankar/Agence France-Presse β Getty ImagesThere was a heavy police presence in central New Delhi on Friday, with yellow barricades chained together near the site of a planned protest.
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