26/11 hero still fighting the enemy within!
“The Pioneer – November 26, 2013 | J Gopikrishnan | New Delhi Even as the nation observes the fifth anniversary of the 26/11 terror attack on Tuesday, a paralysed NSG Commando is fighting a legal battle against the Indian Army for justice. Havildar PV Manesh who got the Shaurya Chakra has been transferred from his…
Sonia – Rahul set to revive media interests – To relaunch the National Herald
J Gopikrishnan The Pioneer October 9, 2012 Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi have floated a private company called Young Indian, which is expected to relaunch the defunct party-owned newspaper the National Herald. The new company Young Indian is registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act. Sonia and Rahul have 38…
My Interview in Dagens Nyheter in March 2012 about 2G Scam
Below is the rough translation of my interview appeared in Swedish-Norwegian newspaper – Dagens Nyheter (DN). The interview was published on March 23, 2012. I was in Norway to present a paper on “India’s Telecom Scandal’ at annual media conference called SKUP. The interview was bascially focused on the role of Telenor, the Government controlled…
Prosecution’s slapdash approach in graft cases
J Gopikrishnan November 23, 2022 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly spoken about fighting or preventing corruption in recent times, while asserting that his government will not tolerate corruption. He vows to bring the corrupt persons before the law. For the past two years, the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate have registered many…
From 2G to 5G auction : The Great Indian Telecom Saga
J Gopikrishnan August 7, 2022 The 5G spectrum auction has reaped a whopping sum of Rs 1,50,173 crore for the public exchequer. This massive figure is the highest value collected in India through not only spectrum auctions but also from any kind of bidding process, be it coal or power, or land auctions. As expected,…
Unshackle the CBI
J Gopikrishnan November 18, 2020 India’s premier investigation agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is now passing through the worst crisis it has ever faced in all the years of its existence. In the past, the agency has often faced allegations (especially when handling politically-sensitive cases against Opposition or rival party leaders), of working…
A super thriller on anti-terror ops
BATLA HOUSE: An Encounter That Shook the Nation Author: Karnal Singh Batla House enlists the details of an anti-terror operation and lives in uniform. It also puts to rest a lot of controversies and versions on the infamous Batla House encounter, writes J Gopikrishnan The book Batla House written by former police officer Karnal Singh…
PM Cares Fund gets only Rs 9K cr donation
J Gopikrishnan May 17, 2020 After 50 days of its inception, the PM Cares Fund created for accepting donations for the Covid-19 relief and rehabilitations has received below Rs 9,000 crore. The special fund was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 28 and money started pouring in the initial week. By the second…
Frivolous petitions against ED officer surface again on day of PC’s grilling
J Gopikrishnan June 9, 2018 As the Aircel-Maxis scam probe involving former Finance Minister P Chidambaram gains momentum, frivolous petitions against the Enforcement Directorate’s Investigating Officer Rajeshwar Singh have once again started surfacing. This continues despite Supreme Court’s repeated orders against such petitions. This time, on the day (June 5), the Investigating Officer along with…