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,…