For the first time since independence, an opposition party in India has won an absolute majority in a parliamentary election. It was a decisive defeat for the Gandhi-Nehru Congress party. And India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, is a controversial figure.
India and Pakistan are gripped with the news of a high-profile cross-border engagement. Pakistani cricketer, Shoaib Malik, and Indian tennis star, Sania Mirza, will marry next month. Anchor Jeb Sharp gets the gossip from the BBC's Rahul Tandon.