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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
J Gopikrishnan October 27, 2018 In a bid to save the ailing power companies, the State Bank of India (SBI) has approached the Supreme Court looking into the implementation of recommendation of a committee which suggested a tariff increase or waiver of a portion of the loan owed to the bank by these companies. As…
CPM affidavit doesn’t mention DMK donation The DMK’s Lok Sabha election expenditure affidavit submitted to the Election Commission has put its alliance partners CPI(M) and CPI in a tight spot. As per the affidavit submitted on September 20, the DMK has given Rs 10 crore to CPI(M) and Rs 15 crore to CPI which were…
J Gopikrishnan New Delhi July 13, 2021 India’s own ‘Panama papers’ are gathering dust with law enforcement agencies and the Delhi High Court (HC). The 1.5 GB leaked data belongs to the tax consulting firm Nishith Desai Associates and includes controversial tax-related correspondences involving 33 of India’s biggest corporates and several high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). A…