Bangalore: ISRO Chief K Radhakrishnan on Sunday rejected suggestions that the row with his predecessor G Madhavan Nair and his indictment over the Antrix-Devas deal has dented its image and cast a shadow on the country's space programme. Seeking to put the two-week-old controversy and its fall-out firmly behind, Radhakrishnan said the focus now is on missions and indicated that successful space ventures would redeem its pride. "I don't think...
09:05 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: The government is mulling a probe by the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax department into the role of two Mauritius-based entities to identify their stakes in Devas Multimedia Pvt Ltd which executed the controversial S-band deal with the ISRO. It is also contemplating investigation into activities of certain unknown government officials for their "collusive behaviour" and acts of omission and commission in extending undue favours to Devas...
02:12 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Bangalore: Seeking to soothe ruffled feathers in the wake of ISRO row, the Government on Friday described the scientific community as a national asset that cannot be taken lightly, even as it appeared to soften its stand against the blacklisted four ex-functionaries of the space department. Responding to queries from reporters, Union Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily referred to the statement of BK Chaturvedi, who along with Roddam Narasimha...
06:08 PM, Feb 10, 2012
A 15-year-old Chennai schoolboy allegedly stabs his teacher to death inside the classroom of a leading city school. ...
11:46 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Upset with the teacher for pulling him up, a class 9 student stabs his teacher inside the classroom in front of his classmates. ...
10:18 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Bangalore: Antrix, the commercial arm of ISRO has moved a local court seeking directions to restrain Devas Multi-media from proceedings with the arbitration it has filed against it in an international court in Paris on cancellation of agreement on S band spectrum allocation. Antrix, which cancelled its agreement with Devas, filed the petition before the Additional City Civil and Session Court, seeking an interim injunction against Devas. Judge D B...
03:59 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Bangalore: The ISRO row showed no signs of abating as former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair on Tuesday hit back at his successor K Radhakrishnan dubbing as "another lie" the latter's claim that an inquiry was conducted into charges and lapses relating to the Antrix-Devas deal. Radhakrishnan, Secretary in the Department of Space (DoS), had said on Monday that a probe was held, noting the "detailed" letter of the Pratyush...
05:36 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Washington: Devas Multimedia, whose satellite communications contract with the Indian government-owned Antrix was scrapped after a controversy, has been lobbying in Washington to push forward its case before the US President and other lawmakers and has paid $ 140,000 so far for the same. As per the disclosure reports filed with the US Senate, lobbyist firm Hogan Lovells US LLP began lobbying on behalf of Bangalore-based Devas Multimedia before the...
04:25 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Bangalore: The Antrix-Devas controversy has been showing no signs of blowing over. Portions from a report by a former chief vigilance commissioner have been made public. It says there are discrepancies in the way ISRO attempted to sell the precious radio wave spectrum to a private company. The offensive from the government continued. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said, "Madhavan Nair also appeared personally before...
11:47 PM, Feb 06, 2012
The Congress's first family visits poll-bound UP; doctors said Yuvraj Singh's cancer is curable; US shuts down its embassy in Syria and more. ...
09:55 PM, Feb 06, 2012
The Centre has banned four ISRO scientists, including former chief Madhavan Nair, from government jobs over their alleged involved in Devas deal. ...
09:43 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Chennai: The Central Government cancelled the Antrix Corporation-Devas Multimedia deal for reasons of national security and not for purported loss of revenue in sale of spectrum, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy has said. He also said the government was not discriminating between space scientists and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officials and, based on their culpability, punitive action would be taken against the latter too. "We...
05:32 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Bangalore: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Radhakrishnan says there is no vendetta politics in the blacklisting of former chief G Madhavan Nair following his indictment in the Antrix-Devas deal. Radhakrishnan on Monday spoke out for the first time on the Antrix-Devas deal investigation report, which indicted Nair and three other senior scientists. Radhakrishnan refuted Nair's allegations, saying that all that he has to say has been said in...
11:30 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Bangalore: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Radhakrishnan says there is no vendetta politics in the blacklisting of former chief G Madhavan Nair following his indictment in the Antrix-Devas deal. Radhakrishnan on Monday spoke out for the first time on the Antrix-Devas deal investigation report, which indicted Nair and three other senior scientists. Radhakrishnan refuted Nair's allegations, saying that all that he has to say has been said in...
11:30 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Union Minister Narayanswamy says Nair should not cry foul as he had met Prityush Sinha before the report was prepared. ...
09:47 AM, Feb 06, 2012
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