A sudden overnight downpour and flash floods killed at least 50 people and injured 160 in the remote and mountainous Ladakh region of Indian Kashmir, police and the army said today.

Runners carried the Olympic flame along a heavily guarded and cut down route through New Delhi today keeping Tibetan exiles and other protesters from disrupting the ceremony.

China vowed today to ramp up its controversial “patriotic education” campaign for monks even though the latest deadly protests in Tibetan areas were sparked by deep resentment over its enforcement.