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…
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 [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…
[The series published in “The Pioneer” from Sept 7, 10 & 11 – 2012 on land grabbing by Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s family and his blatant lies exposing discrepancies in several mandatory affidavits to Election Commission in 2004 & 2009 and to PM] Sept 7, 2012 Chidambaram hid wife’s land record J Gopikrishnan The…
[These series of articles on Chidambaram’s link in Aircel-Maxis deal appeared in ‘The Pioneer’ on April-May 2012] Swamy claims PC used clout to benefit son April 27, 2012 Janata Party president and 2G scam crusader Subramanian Swamy has alleged that Home Minister P Chidambaram used his office as Finance Minister in 2006 to help his…
[This Op-Ed article published in ‘The Pioneer’ on June 2, 2012] Being born and having lived in Kerala for 37 years, I often feel like laughing when home is described as “God’s own country”. This is how advertisement catch words infiltrate, invade and come to possess our minds. This decorative catch word was first used…
[These articles appeared on ‘The Pioneer on April 6 & 11, 2012] Tatra- tainted Rishi has lion’s share in Govt’s expo hub April 11, 2012 Controversial arms dealer Ravinder Kumar Rishi’s Vectra Investments is a major stakeholder in Central Government’s mega handicrafts hub and export venture, India Expo Centre and Mart. This project spread over…
[These two articles appeared on ‘The Pioneer’ on March 19 & 21, 2012] US loco giant pits Montek against planners March 19, 2012 In the midst of political turmoil over the railway fare hike, an intense fight is going on in higher echelons of bureaucracy over the selection of bidders for two locomotive factories that…
The Pioneer News Service January 17, 2012 The Pioneer’s special correspondent J Gopikrishnan won yet another laurel when he received the Ramnath Goenka Journalist of the Year Award in print category here on Monday. CNBC managing editor Udayan Mukherjee was adjudged best journalist of the year in broadcast category . Both of these prestigious awards…
(Article written in Pioneer on March 25, 2012) At last fraud 122 telecom licenses granted by former tainted Telecom A.Raja is cancelled by Supreme Court. The Congress and UPA Government have not yet learned lessons. That is why they filed review petition without any remorse. The motive of the review petition simply exposes that A.Raja…