BBC and India: Tensions escalated in New Delhi at Jamia Millia University where a student group said it planned to screen the banned documentary, prompting dozens of police equipped with tear gas and riot gear to gather outside campus gates.
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Jawaharlal Nehru University in the capital cut off power and the internet on its campus on Tuesday before the documentary was scheduled to be screened by a studentsโ union.
In the southern state of Kerala, workers from Modiโs Bharatiya Janata Party held demonstrations on Tuesday after some student groups affiliated with rival political parties defied the ban and screened the film.
Critics say press freedom in India has declined in recent years and the country fell eight places, to 150 out of 180 countries, in last yearโs Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders.
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