Bollywood hunk Akshay Kumar ran from Red Fort Delhi to the narrow, spruced-up lanes of Chandni Chowk by carrying 'Flame of Hope', the Special Olympics torch for next year's World Winter Games on Sunday, 21 December.
The torch, which arrived in Delhi on Sunday morning, commenced its journey on November 12 this year with a lighting ceremony in Athens, Greece.
According to sources, the Flame of Hope was lit by the sun rays near Olympia, Greece and will remain lit until the end of the Games on February 13.
Giving a stern warning to Pakistan, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said, "Let me make it clear to our neighbouring country (Pakistan) that we have all the competence and power to give a befitting reply to the use of its soil by terrorists, who mount assaults on India."
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said that he is thinking of filing a defamation case against the former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda over the allegations made against him in the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) case. Yeddyurappa's legal advisers have opined that it is a fit case for defamation. 
As relations between the Englan
Successful Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh was officially crowned as the Asian number one for winning various titles in different tours this year. He won the Bank Austria Golf Open on European Tour, the Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup on Japan Tour and the Barclay's Singapore Open on Asian Tour. 
During the culling and moping operations, 4 culling members have come down with influenza-like symptoms in Malda last evening. One of them, Mohd Ellius (40) from satgharia was in a very serious condition. He had high fever and breathing problem, so he was admitted to the isolation ward and kept under observation. Chief medical officer of health (CMOH) Srikanta Roy said, “He does not have respiratory problem or influenza symptom so far. But we have kept him in the isolation ward for observations.” 
