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Modi, defiant, fresh clashes, rock Delhi, teargas, protesters,
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks.-AP

New Delhi - Buses and a police outpost were torched and teargas filled streets as thousands of protesters hurled stones at police.

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Published: Tue 17 Dec 2019, 9:00 PM

Last updated: Tue 17 Dec 2019, 11:28 PM

Police fired teargas at protesters in India's capital on Tuesday as tens of thousands rallied around the country against a new citizenship law they say is anti-Muslim, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained defiant.
In Muslim-populated areas of Delhi on Tuesday, buses and a police outpost were torched and teargas filled streets as thousands of protesters hurled stones at police in Seelampur district.
Tens of thousands more rallied in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu states on Tuesday. But the prime minister was adamant that the Citizenship Amendment Act would not affect Indian nationals, including Muslims.


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