Joanna Slater Niha Masih The Washington Post

Indian authorities on Thursday clamped down on demonstrations against a contentious citizenship law, invoking a measure to prohibit public gatherings in two states and parts of the nation's capital, together home to more than 260 million people.

Fresh protests swept India on Monday, a day after police entered a university campus in the nation's capital and injured hundreds of students who were registering their opposition to the country's controversial new citizenship law.

A daughter of India's most famous dynasty jumped into the political arena on Wednesday, shaking up the race to lead the world's largest democracy ahead of elections set for later in the spring.

Indian authorities on Thursday clamped down on demonstrations against a contentious citizenship law, invoking a measure to prohibit public gatherings in two states and parts of the nation's capital, together home to more than 260 million people.

Fresh protests swept India on Monday, a day after police entered a university campus in the nation's capital and injured hundreds of students who were registering their opposition to the country's controversial new citizenship law.

A daughter of India's most famous dynasty jumped into the political arena on Wednesday, shaking up the race to lead the world's largest democracy ahead of elections set for later in the spring.