Torch relay greeted by cheers and protests in India

Chinese cheerleaders and Tibetan protesters greeted the Olympic flame today amid a massive security clampdown for the latest leg of the international torch relay in India, home to the world’s largest Tibetan exile community.

Much of New Delhi’s leafy British colonial-era centre – the administrative heart of India, home to the presidential palace, Parliament and myriad government ministries – was sealed off to traffic and pedestrians by about 15,000 police ahead of the run.