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Delhi protests continue amid mass detentions and transit restrictions

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 25 50 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 9 Oct 12:12 UTC · Delhi tightens security ahead of CJP protest as Supreme Court limits transit closures 9 Oct 18:14 UTC · Delhi tightens security as CJP vows to proceed with banned protest 10 Oct 00:15 UTC · Delhi tightens security ahead of CJP protest despite police ban 10 Oct 06:49 UTC · Delhi locks down ahead of protest demanding election chief’s resignation 10 Oct 12:13 UTC · Thousands detained as Delhi police block youth-led election protest 10 Oct 18:15 UTC · Delhi police detain protest leaders and journalists amid election-roll demonstration 11 Oct 00:15 UTC · Delhi police detain protest leaders as authorities block election-reform march 11 Oct 06:12 UTC · Delhi maintains security clampdown as youth-led election protest enters second day 11 Oct 12:13 UTC · Delhi police detain protest leaders and thousands amid election reform demonstrations 11 Oct 18:17 UTC · Delhi police detain protest leaders as election-roll demonstrations continue 12 Oct 00:15 UTC · Delhi protest leaders released after detentions and sweeping security crackdown 12 Oct 06:54 UTC · Delhi protest leaders seek new demonstration date after mass detentions 12 Oct 12:19 UTC · Delhi police detain protest leaders and restrict transit amid election-roll demonstrations 12 Oct 18:22 UTC · Delhi protests continue amid mass detentions and transit restrictions

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 14 HEADLINES

  1. 9 Oct, 12:12 UTC

    Delhi tightens security ahead of CJP protest as Supreme Court limits transit closures

  2. 9 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    Delhi tightens security as CJP vows to proceed with banned protest

  3. 10 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    Delhi tightens security ahead of CJP protest despite police ban

  4. 10 Oct, 06:49 UTC

    Delhi locks down ahead of protest demanding election chief’s resignation

  5. 10 Oct, 12:13 UTC

    Thousands detained as Delhi police block youth-led election protest

  6. 10 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    Delhi police detain protest leaders and journalists amid election-roll demonstration

  7. 11 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    Delhi police detain protest leaders as authorities block election-reform march

  8. 11 Oct, 06:12 UTC

    Delhi maintains security clampdown as youth-led election protest enters second day

  9. 11 Oct, 12:13 UTC

    Delhi police detain protest leaders and thousands amid election reform demonstrations

  10. 11 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    Delhi police detain protest leaders as election-roll demonstrations continue

  11. 12 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    Delhi protest leaders released after detentions and sweeping security crackdown

  12. 12 Oct, 06:54 UTC

    Delhi protest leaders seek new demonstration date after mass detentions

  13. 12 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    Delhi police detain protest leaders and restrict transit amid election-roll demonstrations

  14. 12 Oct, 18:22 UTC

    Delhi protests continue amid mass detentions and transit restrictions

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Narendra Modi · 10 outlets
  • Jantar Mantar · 9 outlets
  • Election Commission · 9 outlets
  • Abhijeet Dipke · 8 outlets
  • Connaught Place · 5 outlets
  • 45 metro stations · 5 outlets
  • Central Delhi · 4 outlets
  • Neha Bora · 4 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Central Park · from 16 Oct 04:16, 2 outlets
  • Diljit Dosanjh · from 22 Oct 09:49, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • metro stations: 57 (5 from 9 Oct 06:04) → 60 (1 from 9 Oct 07:35) → 45 (5 from 9 Oct 17:33) → 303 (1 from 14 Oct 12:27)
  • police personnel: 10 (1 from 9 Oct 01:30) → 30 (1 from 9 Oct 10:01) → 40,000 (1 from 11 Oct 05:37) → 30,000 (1 from 11 Oct 05:37) → 1000 (1 from 23 Oct 11:40)
  • people detained: 10,000 (1 from 9 Oct 06:04) → 1000 (1 from 10 Oct 02:38) → 1,000 (1 from 10 Oct 09:55) → 7,000 (1 from 11 Oct 13:10) → 100 (1 from 23 Oct 11:40)
  • security personnel: 23,000 (2 from 9 Oct 09:03) → 26,000 (1 from 9 Oct 11:07) → 3,000 (1 from 10 Oct 09:55) → 500 (1 from 28 Oct 05:47)
  • police paramilitary: 20,000 (1 from 9 Oct 06:04) → 25,000 (1 from 10 Oct 09:55) → 22,000 (1 from 10 Oct 12:00)
  • blocking points: 37 (2 from 9 Oct 07:35) → 30 (1 from 9 Oct 17:33)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.