NEW DELHI: US President Barack Obama pledged to work closely with the new Indian government as Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi was forecast on Tuesday to have pulled off a crushing victory in the world’s biggest election.

“Modi at Delhi Gate” said a headline in the Mail Today, while the Hindustan Times read simply “Exit Polls: Enter Modi” after a flurry of surveys released after voting ended Monday pointed to a decisive result.

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