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Proof: 500 detained in Delhi on Day 3 of protests seeking CEC’s exit; Thackerays lead Mumbai march

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T19:02:56Z","headline":"500 detained in Delhi on Day 3 of protests seeking CEC’s exit; Thackerays lead Mumbai march","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"thehindu","url":"https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/500-detained-in-delhi-on-day-3-of-protests-seeking-cecs-exit-thackerays-lead-mumbai-march/article71544629.ece","v":1}

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a9b96c7541bbf6865b0c925812679f25a9f3c86ddcedfea494f5faf6506b6f3b

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969890, mined 2026-10-04 19:35 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-04 19:27 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageThe Wayback Machine could not capture the story page: error:not-found.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-a9b96c7541bb.json prints a9b96c7541bbf6865b0c925812679f25a9f3c86ddcedfea494f5faf6506b6f3b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-a9b96c7541bb.json and headline-a9b96c7541bb.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-a9b96c7541bb.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. 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.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.