Indian PM Modi's party heading for landslide in state polls

India's governing Hindu nationalist party was heading for landslide victories on Saturday in key state legislature elections that are seen as a referendum on the performance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nearly three-year-old government.

Leaders from Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party said the party's victory in Uttar Pradesh, India's largest state, would boost his chances of winning another term as prime minister in 2019 elections.