The Hindu nationalist BJP wins the assembly polls in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

The Hindu nationalist chief minister of India's southern state of Karnataka resigns after a week in office

India's main opposition BJP takes power in Karnataka - the first time it has governed a southern state.

The BJP becomes part of the government in Karnataka, the first time it has taken office in southern India.

Tourist arrivals pick up in Jammu and Kashmir after years of violence between separatist militants and Indian security forces, reports the BBC's Altaf Hussein.

Serena Williams defeats Dally Randriantefy 6-3 6-1 at Amelia Island.

Soutik Biswas charts the reconciliation between India's Sikhs and the Congress party since 1984.

David dal Maso is named in place of the injured Mauro Bergamasco at flanker in Italy's team to face Scotland.

Profiles of some of the main parties allied to India's Bharatiya Janata Dal.

Senior Sikh leader Gurcharan Singh Tohra is in a "critical condition" in hospital after suffering a massive heart attack.

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say a Janata Dal United party activist has been killed by suspected separatist militants.

Former Warrington forward Tawera Nikau will present the prestigious Dally M award to the NRL's player of the year.

In Indian-administered Kashmir, places of recreation are becoming rare - and they are also becoming dangerous, reports Muzamil Jaleel.

Mae Saddam Hussein a'i gynghreiriaid yn dal i ladd ac arteithio ei bobol ei hun medd y mudiad Indict.

If the Security Council dillies and dallies... Saddam will have achieved his great triumph - to stretch the 15 nations' arguments into the season when any punitive military campaign would be impossible

Annual polls to Sikhdom's highest religious office have become a tense confrontation, says the BBC's Asit Jolly.

Parhau i holi dau berson mae Heddlu'r De mewn cysylltiad â marwolaeth amheus merch yng Nghaerdydd.

Mae cyn-aelod o gabinet y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol yn dal i chwilio am gefnogwyr i'w ymgais i herio arweinyddiaeth Rhodri Morgan.

Mewn cysylltiad â marwolaeth Ruth Whitton, a fu farw ar ôl i'w thý gael ei roi ar dân, mae Heddlu'r De yn dal i holi pedwar o bobol.

Yn ôl Heddlu Surrey, methodd camerâu CCTV a dal union adeg y cafodd Amanda Dowler ei chipio wrth iddyn nhw ddweud iddi gael ei "chipio ar hap".