J Gopikrishnan / New Delhi / March 8, 2016 In what could be a mega scandal, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) has unearthed under-invoicing of revenue to the tune of over Rs45,000 crore by six telecom companies from 2006 to 2010. The CAG submitted a related report to the President’s Office and the Ministry of…
J Gopikrishnan August 3, 2015 ‘The Pioneer’ In a move that could spell trouble for former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the CBI has sought from the CAG details of its audit report in the Aircel-Maxis deal exposing “undisclosed” and “illegal” fund flow of Rs1,255 crore to Aircel from Malaysian company Maxis. While the Foreign Investment…
Famous quotes of Mahatma Gandhi on Journalism : The sole aim of journalism should be service. Journalism has become the art of “intelligent anticipation of events.” Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money. Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing…
DoT rules flouted to aid Reliance Jio : CAG ‘The Pioneer” – January 20, 2014 | J Gopikrishnan | New Delhi After the exposé on irregularities in the KG Basin, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) has found blatant violations of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) rules and favouritism in the manner the Mukesh Ambani-led…
FIRST THE SCAM, THEN THE SHAM J Gopikrishnan – October 17, 2013 – The Pioneer OpEd As expected, the Congress-dominated Joint Parliamentary Committee has given a report on the 2G Spectrum scam that clears Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Finance P Chidambaram, and puts all the blame on former Minister of Communication…
J Gopikrishnan | New Delhi July 01, 2013 While the Indian and Italian probe agencies are still uncertain about his whereabouts, the fugitive Christian Michel, a major beneficiary of the AgustaWestland chopper scam, has put out an advertisement for sale of his plush home in London . According to the advertisement, Michel wants 4,75,000 British…
GOVT WANTS TO HIKE GAS PRICE, HELP RIL; MINISTRIES RESIST J Gopikrishnan / New Delhi May 30, 2013 As the countdown has started for the end of the UPA Government, a move is underway to sharply increase the price of the indigenously produced natural gas. A Cabinet note shows that a section of the Government…
J Gopikrishnan / New Delhi March 18, 2013 Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily could be in the dock for raising funds for his family controlled trust from a corporate giant when he was Corporate Affairs Minister. Moily faces another serious case of conflict of interest as a top official of Reliance Industries is advisor…
J Gopikrishnan / New Delhi Feb 15, 2013 Like the Bofors scam, the AgustaWestland chopper deal too has telltale signs of a Congress connection. According to the Italian newspaper ‘Lettera 43’, main commission agent Christian Michel’s late father was “close to the Congress party”, and the other middleman, Guido Ralph Haschke, was a Director of…
J Gopikrishnan [The Pioneer Op Ed article Dec 12, 2012] On December 3, Comptroller and Auditor-General Vinod Rai and his colleagues must have had a hearty laugh watching television channels flashing news of Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari’s live Press conference at the All India Congress Committee’s office. Mr Tewari, a frequent…