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Commonwealth Games: Queen's baton arrives in India | The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) arrived in India from Pakistan via the Wagah Border on Friday. The baton entered India at 9.30 a.m.
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee head, Suresh Kalmadi, received the
baton from his Pakistani counterpart,
Lt General Syed Arif Hassan. Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, Delhi
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell,
and other sportspersons were present at the event. On Saturday, the relay will
proceed to Jalandhar, Phillaur and then Ludhiana in Punjab . It will again go
on public display at Patiala . On Sunday, the relay will move to Hoshiarpur and
Pathankot. On Monday, it will be handed over to the state and Olympics authorities
of Jammu and Kashmir . The baton will cover most states and union territories,
travelling a distance of over 20,000 km, before finally reaching New Delhi on
September 30. The Queen's Baton relay is a torch race symbolising the unity and
shared ideals of the Commonwealth of nations . It carries a message from the head
of the Commonwealth of Nations, currently Queen Elizabeth II of the UK . The baton
has the ability to capture images and sound as it travels throughout the nations
of the Commonwealth. With Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, it can be
tracked through exact location. |
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