Indian authorities clamp down as ‘cockroach’ movement launches fresh protests

NEW DELHI — Indian security forces have clamped down as the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), student coalitions and opposition forces gathered for planned protests in the capital New Delhi and the western city of Mumbai.Prime Minister Narendra Modi came under renewed pressure on Friday as the CJP and a separate coalition of student and activist groups staged fresh protests, demanding the resignation of the head of the country's elections commission over a controversial voter roll rev