BBC World Service East Asia

Newsday

Bulletins

News

Live news, business and sport from around the world.

Newsday: Modi takes clear lead in India general election

Magazines & Reviews

Newsday episode 0806

23/05/2019 GMT

Modi takes clear lead in India general election

BBC World Service - Newsday, Modi takes clear lead in India general election

Early results in India's general election suggest the governing coalition of the BJP and its allies, led by the prime minister Narendra Modi, are heading for a comfortable majority. The National Democratic Alliance is poised to get well over three hundred seats in the lower house of the Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha.

Pressure has intensified for the British Prime Minister Theresa May to step down, following the resignation of a key cabinet minister, Andrea Leadsom, over the government's approach to Brexit.

We hear the story of a young man from rural Ghana, who heard stories on the radio of West African migrants dying on their way to Europe and felt compelled to act. He took what little savings he had and bought glasses with a hidden camera and set off to record the journey.

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

Original version

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Newsday

Modi takes clear lead in India general election

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service East Asia

About BBC World Service