Narendra Modi sworn in as Indian prime minister --- Narendra Modi has been sworn in as India's new prime minister in a ceremony in the forecourt of the presidential palace in Delhi. -- Mr Modi took the oath before thousands of guests, including his counterpart from rival Pakistan Nawaz Sharif. -- It is the first time since the two countries won independence in 1947 that a prime minister from one state has attended such a ceremony in the other -- Mr Modi led his BJP party to a landslide win in the recent election. -- The BJP won the biggest victory by any party in India for 30 years, gaining a majority in parliament and trouncing the outgoing Congress Party. --- Senior BJP leader LK Advani, former PM Manmohan Singh, Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul, several Bollywood actors and India's top industrialists were in attendance as Mr Modi walked up to take the oath as the 15th prime minister of India. -- "I, Narendra Damodardas Modi, swear in the name of God that I will maintain the integrity of India," Mr Modi said in Hindi at the ceremony. -- "I will work without fear, anger or hatred and will do justice to all as per the constitution," he added. --Besides Mr Sharif, other regional leaders attending the ceremony included Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and Maldives' President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. -- The Congress party finished with just 44 of the 543 seats and under 20% of the vote in what was its worst-ever performance. - BBC, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27572807