Mass protests demanding poll chief resignation shake India for third day
Protesters say the election commission’s voter-roll revision has removed millions of eligible voters to benefit PM Modi.
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![Bosnia and Herzegovina votes on October 4 in an election that may determine whether the country breaks its political deadlock, strengthens its path towards the European Union or faces fresh divisions that could reverberate across the Balkans. [Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1790976083.jpg?resize=770%2C433&quality=80)
![This handout picture released by the Israeli army shows (L to R) the Head of the Hostages and Missing Persons Headquarters Major-General Nitzan Alon and Israeli army Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi at the Hostages and Missing Persons situation room during the return of the four hostages from Gaza on January 25, 2025. [Israeli Army/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1790975634.jpg?resize=770%2C433&quality=80)
![The heads of the Joint List of Arab parties sit in the Supreme Court, where judges are hearing appeals against the Central Elections Committee's decisions to disqualify Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh, Hadash-Taal MK Ofer Cassif and Arab party lists from running in Israel's upcoming national elections, in Jerusalem on Oct. 1 2026. [Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1790967266.jpg?resize=770%2C433&quality=80)
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