In our day, instances of graft are sought to be deployed to camouflage a far more consequential systemic corruption – one that carries the potential of transforming the realm into a banana republic.
SRINAGAR Administrating is in a fast-forward mode to ensure a successful third G20 tourism working group meeting in Kashmir between May 22 and 24. Deliberations apart, the delegates will be taken on sightseeing tours to Gulmarg. A film tourism event is scheduled on the side-lines.
Patel, who is wanted in at least four cases in his home state Gujarat and was impersonating a PMO official in J&K, was arrested last month from The Lalit, a five-star hotel in Srinagar, and charged under various sections of fraud, impersonation and cheating.
State agencies are under a cloud following rising paragliding mishaps at Bir-Billing. In the past five years, 26 gliders have crashed at different places in Kangra and adjoining Mandi district, killing 12 pilots, including foreigners, and injuring several persons.