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Police detain CJP leaders after protesters breach barricades at Jantar Mantar

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 34 68 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 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 4 Oct 18:13 UTC · IYC challenges protest denial as Jantar Mantar demonstrations lead to detentions and FIRs 5 Oct 12:50 UTC · Supreme Court seeks responses over Election Commission decision-making as protests continue 9 Oct 12:13 UTC · Delhi Police deny permission for October 10 Jantar Mantar protest 9 Oct 18:14 UTC · Delhi tightens security ahead of October 10 protest demanding election chief’s resignation 10 Oct 00:14 UTC · Delhi imposes sweeping restrictions ahead of CJP’s Jantar Mantar protest 10 Oct 06:48 UTC · Delhi tightens security ahead of Jantar Mantar protest over electoral-roll revision 10 Oct 12:09 UTC · Delhi Police detain protesters and tighten security around Jantar Mantar demonstration 10 Oct 18:13 UTC · CJP calls fresh Delhi protest after mass detentions and transport restrictions 11 Oct 00:15 UTC · CJP calls fresh Delhi protest after mass detentions and security restrictions 11 Oct 06:13 UTC · Thousands detained as protesters seek to reach Jantar Mantar in Delhi 12 Oct 06:54 UTC · CJP seeks new protest date after thousands detained in Delhi 12 Oct 12:13 UTC · Delhi Police removes Jantar Mantar from list of designated protest sites 12 Oct 18:12 UTC · Delhi Police removes Jantar Mantar from list of designated protest sites 13 Oct 00:12 UTC · Delhi Police removes Jantar Mantar from list of designated protest sites 13 Oct 06:49 UTC · CJP Leaders Detained After Entering Delhi’s Former Jantar Mantar Protest Site 13 Oct 12:11 UTC · Delhi police detain CJP leaders at barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site 13 Oct 18:12 UTC · CJP leaders detained after entering barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site 14 Oct 06:10 UTC · CJP activists detained after entering barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site 14 Oct 12:13 UTC · CJP leaders detained after entering barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site 15 Oct 12:14 UTC · CJP leaders detained after entering barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site 15 Oct 18:19 UTC · CJP leaders detained after entering barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site 16 Oct 12:25 UTC · CJP leaders detained after entering barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site 17 Oct 18:19 UTC · Police detain CJP leaders after protesters breach barricades at Jantar Mantar

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 18 HEADLINES

  1. 4 Oct, 18:13 UTC

    IYC challenges protest denial as Jantar Mantar demonstrations lead to detentions and FIRs

  2. 5 Oct, 12:50 UTC

    Supreme Court seeks responses over Election Commission decision-making as protests continue

  3. 9 Oct, 12:13 UTC

    Delhi Police deny permission for October 10 Jantar Mantar protest

  4. 9 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    Delhi tightens security ahead of October 10 protest demanding election chief’s resignation

  5. 10 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    Delhi imposes sweeping restrictions ahead of CJP’s Jantar Mantar protest

  6. 10 Oct, 06:48 UTC

    Delhi tightens security ahead of Jantar Mantar protest over electoral-roll revision

  7. 10 Oct, 12:09 UTC

    Delhi Police detain protesters and tighten security around Jantar Mantar demonstration

  8. 10 Oct, 18:13 UTC

    CJP calls fresh Delhi protest after mass detentions and transport restrictions

  9. 11 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    CJP calls fresh Delhi protest after mass detentions and security restrictions

  10. 11 Oct, 06:13 UTC

    Thousands detained as protesters seek to reach Jantar Mantar in Delhi

  11. 12 Oct, 06:54 UTC

    CJP seeks new protest date after thousands detained in Delhi

  12. 12 Oct, 12:13 UTC

    Delhi Police removes Jantar Mantar from list of designated protest sites

  13. 13 Oct, 06:49 UTC

    CJP Leaders Detained After Entering Delhi’s Former Jantar Mantar Protest Site

  14. 13 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    Delhi police detain CJP leaders at barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site

  15. 13 Oct, 18:12 UTC

    CJP leaders detained after entering barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site

  16. 14 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    CJP activists detained after entering barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site

  17. 14 Oct, 12:13 UTC

    CJP leaders detained after entering barricaded Jantar Mantar protest site

  18. 17 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    Police detain CJP leaders after protesters breach barricades at Jantar Mantar

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Jantar Mantar · 6 outlets
  • Abhijeet Dipke · 6 outlets
  • Saurav Das · 5 outlets
  • Election Commission · 4 outlets
  • Ashutosh Ranka · 4 outlets
  • Narendra Modi · 4 outlets
  • Neha Bora · 3 outlets
  • Connaught Place · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 3 new venues · from 12 Oct 09:00, 4 outlets
  • Arvind Kejriwal · from 10 Oct 01:51, 3 outlets
  • Ramlila Ground · from 12 Oct 09:32, 3 outlets
  • Burari Ground · from 12 Oct 09:32, 3 outlets
  • Kartavya Path · from 9 Oct 15:39, 2 outlets
  • Mahatma Gandhi · from 9 Oct 15:39, 2 outlets
  • Hazrat Nizamuddin · from 9 Oct 15:39, 2 outlets
  • Rail Bhawan · from 9 Oct 19:40, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • protesters detained: 1,000 (1 from 10 Oct 10:15) → 200 (1 from 10 Oct 14:46) → 50 (1 from 10 Oct 14:46) → 7,000 (2 from 10 Oct 15:30) → 2,500 (1 from 11 Oct 02:55) → 300 (1 from 11 Oct 02:55)
  • km away: 21 (1 from 10 Oct 10:16) → 20 (1 from 10 Oct 10:16) → 7 (1 from 12 Oct 03:30) → 17 (1 from 12 Oct 03:30) → 4 (1 from 12 Oct 09:32) → 22 (1 from 13 Oct 02:58) → 13 (1 from 13 Oct 02:58)
  • metro stations: 57 (4 from 9 Oct 09:30) → 45 (2 from 10 Oct 03:33)
  • detained across: 10,000 (1 from 10 Oct 01:51) → 1,000 (1 from 10 Oct 04:00) → 600 (1 from 10 Oct 04:30) → 3,000 (2 from 10 Oct 12:15)
  • days advance: 10 (2 from 7 Oct 19:30) → 15 (1 from 9 Oct 07:38)
  • security personnel: 50,000 (1 from 9 Oct 20:04) → 20,000 (1 from 11 Oct 02:55) → 25,000 (1 from 16 Oct 11:22)

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