01-29-2009, 06:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-29-2009, 06:39 AM by Capt M Kumar.)
NEW DELHI: The Padma Award committee seems to have goofed up big time. It has conferred the Padma Shri to Hashmat Ullah Khan of Jammu & Kashmir for being a master craftsman of the rare Kani shawls. But it now transpires that Khan is no craftsman. He is an exporter of shawls, who is said to be currently on a business trip abroad.
What's more, the Omar Abdullah government never recommended Khan's name. Said a senior J&K official, "The state's general administration department has not sent this name for the award. On behalf of the government, it is this department that's responsible for sending in names."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Padma_g...how/4044705.cms
What's more, the Omar Abdullah government never recommended Khan's name. Said a senior J&K official, "The state's general administration department has not sent this name for the award. On behalf of the government, it is this department that's responsible for sending in names."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Padma_g...how/4044705.cms