New Delhi — Curfew-like restrictions have been imposed across vast swathes of India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government tries to quell nationwide protests against India’s controversial religion-based law.
The entire state of Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 200-million, has been placed under a law banning gatherings of more than four people as has the tech hub of Bengaluru as well as parts of the capital New Delhi. Protests are expected to begin again on Thursday afternoon in 13 major cities around the country — the eighth day of unrest that’s posing the biggest challenge to Modi’s government since he was elected in 2014...
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