DHAKA: Ted Cruz has announced he is ending his campaign for the US Republican presidential nomination, after losing heavily to Donald Trump in the Indiana primary.

Trump, a New York businessman who is unpopular with many in his own party, is almost certain to be the nominee, reports the BBC.

Earlier, Cruz called Trump a ‘liar’ who was unfit to be president.

In the Democratic battle, Bernie Sanders is projected to beat Hillary Clinton in Indiana.

He trails Clinton in the all-important delegate count but after this victory he said the contest was still alive.

‘Clinton campaign thinks this campaign is over. They’re wrong,’ he said.

Cruz’s advisers had targeted Indiana as the senator’s best hope of halting Trump’s march to the nomination.

‘We gave it everything we’ve got, but the voters chose another path,’ he told supporters in Indiana.

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