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India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah is showered with flower petals as he arrives at the party office in new Delhi, India, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party claimed it had won reelection with a commanding lead in Thursday's vote count, while the stock market soared in anticipation of another five-year term for the pro-business Hindu nationalist leader. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Modi surges to victory in India on Hindu-first platform

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

An election official checks electronic voting machines as counting votes of India's massive general elections begins in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 23, 2019. The count is expected to conclude by the evening, with strong trends visible by midday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Latest: Modi’s party surges to victory in Indian vote

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a giant floral garland from party leaders at their headquarters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party claimed it had won reelection with a commanding lead in Thursday's vote count, while the stock market soared in anticipation of another five-year term for the pro-business Hindu nationalist leader. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Narendra Modi pressured by Trump Iran sanctions, India economy after election win

By Debasish Roy Chowdhury — Special to The Washington Times

FILE – In this May 16, 2014 file photo, opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi greets the gathering at the home of his 90-year-old mother in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party claimed it had won re-election with a commanding lead in vote count Thursday, May 23, 2019. Modi, 68, the leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, has carefully constructed an image of himself as a pious man of the people, a would-be monk called to politics who has elevated India’s status globally and transformed its parliamentary elections from a contest of political parties on social and economic issues into a cult of personality. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

India’s Modi paints image of Hindu ascetic called to power

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Indian policemen stand guard outside a vote counting center in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. India's Election Commission has rejected opposition fears of possible tampering of electronic voting machines ahead of Thursday's vote-counting to determine the outcome of the country's mammoth national elections. Authorities on Wednesday tightened security at counting centers where the electronic voting machines have been kept in strong rooms across the country. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India’s ruling party claims win with assured lead in votes

By Emily Schmall - Associated Press

FILE- In this May 18, 2019 file photo, a polling officer sits with Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at a distribution center on the eve of polls in Kolkata, India. India's Election Commission has rejected opposition fears of possible tampering of electronic voting machines ahead of Thursday's vote-counting to determine the outcome of the country's mammoth national elections. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, file)

India’s Election Commission rejects ballot tampering claims

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2016 file photo, Sameer Ahmed, a Kashmiri man allegedly beaten up by Indian soldiers at Khrew village, recovers at a local hospital in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. A prominent rights group in Indian-controlled Kashmir is advocating United Nations to establish a commission of inquiry to probe endemic use of torture by government forces who have faced decades long anti-India uprising in the disputed region. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

Kashmir group seeks UN probe into torture by India troops

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

An Indian Muslim woman displays indelible ink mark on her finger after her casting at a polling station, Bengali Tola Inter college in Varanasi, India, Sunday, May 19, 2019. Indians are voting in the seventh and final phase of national elections, wrapping up a 6-week-long long, grueling campaign season with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party seeking reelection for another five years. Counting of votes is scheduled for May 23. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The Latest: India’s mammoth national election ends

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 2, 2019 file photo, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters wear masks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ride a motorbike during an election campaign rally ahead of general elections in Borhola village, Assam state, India. The final phase of India’s marathon general election will be held on Sunday, May 19. The first of the election’s seven staggered phases was held on April 11. Vote counting is scheduled to start on May 23. India has 900 million eligible voters. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

India’s marathon election ends, vote count begins Thursday

By JULHAS ALAM and ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE- In this Thursday, May 16, 2019 file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, is offered a giant floral garland during an election rally in Mathurapur, south of Kolkata, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Modi has taken his Bharatiya Janata Party’s fight to the state of West Bengal, where it hopes to retain a majority in staggered general elections concluding this week by diluting the strength of a formidable opponent, chief minister Mamata Banerjee. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

India’s ruling party takes election battle to West Bengal

By JULHAS ALAM and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Kashmiri village women shout pro freedom slogans as they participate in funeral procession of top rebel commander Naseer Pandith, in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, May 16, 2019. Three rebels, an army soldier and a civilian were killed early Thursday during a gunbattle in disputed Kashmir that triggered anti-India protests and clashes, officials and residents said. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

7 combatants, 2 civilians killed in Kashmir fighting

Associated Press

A Dec. 11, 2018, file photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump Iran oil brinksmanship puts India in crossfire

By Debasish Roy Chowdhury - Special to The Washington Times

In this Friday, May 10, 2019, photo, the 17th century built Dutch fort, which was a popular tourist site, stands empty in Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka was the Lonely Planet guide’s top travel destination for 2019, but since the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and luxury hotels, foreign tourists have fled. More than 250 people, including 45 foreigners mainly from China, India, the U.S. and the U.K., died in the Islamic State group-claimed blasts. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka’s hotels, beaches, eateries now empty of tourists

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, talks with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Zarif's visit to New Delhi comes within days of the United States ending its waiver to India that allowed it to buy Iranian oil without facing American sanctions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Iran foreign minister visits India amid falling oil revenue

Associated Press

A Dec. 11, 2018, file photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India. (Associated Press)

Indian prime minister mocked for Pakistan airstrike gaffe

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this Saturday, May 11, 2019, photo, a Khasi tribal woman Lona Syngkli carries firewood in a basket swung around her head in Nongpoh, in Meghalaya state, India. Syngkli says she knows nothing about politics but cast her vote because her husband told her to. As women, these voters already face immense hurdles in a nation where women are often relegated to second-class roles. But they are also tribals, India's term for the vast range of indigenous people of South Asia. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

AP PHOTOS: India’s tribal women see little hope in election

By YIRMIYAN ARTHUR - Associated Press

Election officers carry electronic voting machines before proceeding towards their allotted polling stations on the eve of polling in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 11, 2019. The sixth phase of the seven-phased general elections will be held Sunday. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India’s marathon election reaches next-to-last phase

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Congress party supporters take selfies during an election campaign rally in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 9, 2019. In total, some 900 million people are registered to vote for candidates to fill 543 seats in India's lower house of Parliament. Voting concludes on May 19 and counting is scheduled for May 23. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indian minister projects ruling party win as polls near end

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross speaks at the 11th Trade Winds Business Forum and Mission hosted by the US Department of Commerce, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Top executives of more than 100 U.S. companies are visiting India to meet with government leaders, market experts and potential business partners to boost reciprocal trade. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

US commerce secretary urges India to open markets further

By SHONAL GANGULY - Associated Press

Supporters of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav are seen through dust as a helicopter carrying Yadav lands at an election rally venue in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Sunday, May 5, 2019. With 900 million of India's 1.3 billion people registered to vote, the Indian national election is the world's largest democratic exercise. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Violence mars 5th phase of India’s marathon elections

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE - Associated Press