Canadian PM gives Olympic Torch model to Akshay Kumar
Updated On: 17 November, 2009 06:09 PM IST | IANS
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Monday presented a model of the Olympic Torch to Bollywood star Akshay Kumar at a special function here.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Monday presented a model of the Olympic Torch to Bollywood star Akshay Kumar at a special function here.
"I am happy to be chosen as one of the 14 international bearers of the Olympic Torch," Akshay said at the brief event held in Hotel Trident-Oberoi.
Akshay, who had donned the official uniform of the Olympic Torch relay, held up the torch model as scores of schoolchildren assembled there clapped and cheered.
Besides visiting the Chabad House and attending the Olympic Torch function, Harper also interacted with captains of Indian industry at a function in the hotel that was also one of the targets of the 26/11 attacks.
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