The Straits Times (SG) · slot 2 of the front page · first seen 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC · 08:42 in Singapore

India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest

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The record

Outlet: The Straits Times (SG) (straitstimes)
Position: Slot 2 of the front page
First seen: 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC · 08:42 in Singapore
Last seen: 2026-10-11 01:41 UTC · 09:41 in Singapore · 6 polls · on the page for 59 min · as of now, not part of the record
Story URL: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-detains-thousands-locks-down-delhi-to-foil-election-chief-protest?ref=top-stories
SHA-256: d6f4acf727eb5bd3d6893de8b9e2a3b3a750b366985d8949f5aa78a5eb020a6f

The story

The other wordings of this story on The Straits Times (SG)'s front page, as this site's poller joined them: by the same link within 72 hours, or by a rewording within 24. As of now; not part of the record.

India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest the top story · 2026-10-10 22:51 UTC → 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC · on the page for 1 h 51 min
India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest this headline slot 2 of the front page · 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC → 2026-10-11 01:41 UTC · on the page for 59 min
India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest slot 3 of the front page · 2026-10-11 01:41 UTC → 2026-10-11 03:52 UTC · on the page for 2 h 10 min

The front page

The Straits Times (SG)’s front page, as this site’s machine pictured it from the page kept 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC · 08:42 in Singapore, with this headline (slot 2 of the front page) outlined in red — The page this site kept 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC · 08:42 in Singapore, when the poller read this headline, as this site’s own machine pictured it 2026-10-11 00:47 UTC from the live page. The red outline is this headline, slot 2 of the front page, where that machine found it.

Shown here until 2026-10-18 00:42 UTC, then taken off this site and kept by the operator. A picture removed on request is deleted at once. SHA-256 `6b91a205b91ee1a5d3bb6275d11f1ebd0f94b528b1f5c96c51d6cef7699a66fd`, listed in manifest #1252 (the manifest, its receipt), confirmed in Bitcoin block 970857.

The page is The Straits Times (SG)’s work, shown so that this record can be checked against it. To ask for it to be removed, write to hello@headlinehalflife.com.

Timestamps

Wayback Machine · this pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 2 of the front page.
Wayback Machine · the story pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 2 of the front page.
OpenTimestamps · BitcoinConfirmed in Bitcoin block 970855, mined 2026-10-11 01:40 UTC. The proof.
This site’s copy of the front pageKept 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC, when the poller read it; SHA-256 6eb863adc4f8e9c19e24fc423a493eea7d9c8fe6a3614ea42cf7d8e801f10658, listed in manifest #1251 (the manifest, its receipt), confirmed in Bitcoin block 970855. The page itself is not published.

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The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

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Download headline-d6f4acf727eb.json

SHA-256: d6f4acf727eb5bd3d6893de8b9e2a3b3a750b366985d8949f5aa78a5eb020a6f

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970855, mined 2026-10-11 01:40 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

The record pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 2 of the front page.
The story pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 2 of the front page.

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Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d6f4acf727eb.json prints d6f4acf727eb5bd3d6893de8b9e2a3b3a750b366985d8949f5aa78a5eb020a6f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
Drop headline-d6f4acf727eb.json and headline-d6f4acf727eb.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-d6f4acf727eb.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.
If someone shows you this front page as it was, hash it: sha256sum prints 6eb863adc4f8e9c19e24fc423a493eea7d9c8fe6a3614ea42cf7d8e801f10658 for the page this site kept 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC. The hash is a line of manifest #1251, and the manifest's receipt proves the manifest existed by Bitcoin block 970855: with both saved, ots verify manifest-1251.txt.ots.
If someone shows you this site’s picture of that page (the Wayback Machine’s copy of this record page may hold it), hash it: sha256sum prints 6b91a205b91ee1a5d3bb6275d11f1ebd0f94b528b1f5c96c51d6cef7699a66fd. That hash is a line of manifest #1252, beside the hash of the page it pictures, and the manifest’s receipt proves when it existed.