Bangalore: Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair on Wednesday lashed out at the Prime Ministers Office for its order barring him and three of his colleagues from holding government posts for their alleged involvement in the controversial Antrix-Devas S-band spectrum deal. Nair did not spare his successor, K Radhakrishnan, either. "This is a clear attempt to tarnish our images and I can see the personal agenda of current Chairman Radhakrishnan...
08:50 PM, Jan 25, 2012
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has stood by its ban on former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G Madhavan Nair, barring him from government jobs. V Narayanasamy, MoS in the PMO, said, "It was a decision taken by the committee on the basis of the report... It was in the best wisdom of the government. The government has the right to take these decisions." ...
08:12 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched four big satellites on Wednesday from theSatish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Two of the satellites have been made by the students of IIT Kanpur and SRM University. Guruditya Sinha, Student, SRM-SAT Project, said, "The main objective is to measure carbon dioxide and water vapour in the cities above India. To check how much Indian cities are contributing to climate change."...
08:42 AM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: With an aim of identifying individuals responsible for the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ordered a new inquiry by former Central Vigilance Commissioner Pratyush Sinha. The Sinha panel has been set up in pursuance to the recommendations of the B K Chaturvedi committee that went into the technical, commercial, procedural and financial aspects of the agreement between ISRO's commercial arm Antrix and Devas. The Sinha...
07:43 PM, Jun 18, 2011
New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organistaion (ISRO) successfully launched it's three-ton satellite GSAT-8 from French Guyana as India slept in the early hours of Saturday. Incidentally, this is one of the largest satellites that India has developed. The satellite boasts of 24 transponders, meant to boost television broadcasting, especially Direct To Home services, radio networking and other satellite-based services in India. The payload GAGAN boosts GPS signals over India, sure...
06:55 AM, May 21, 2011
New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organisation has said that "no competitive bidding" was adopted for leasing S-band spectrum to Devas Multimedia at a throw away price during a controversial satellite deal by the organisation's commercial arm Antrix Corporation. The space agency denied to disclose details of the deal signed between Antrix Corporation Limited and Devas Multimedia in January 2005 citing "commercial confidence". "The multimedia services through satellite using S-band was...
11:39 AM, Apr 17, 2011
New Delhi: Devas Multimedia on Wednesday issued a statement stating that its deal with Antrix Corporation has not been cancelled or annuled by the government. Devas says it expects the government to fulfill all its obligations under the agreement and threatened that it will take strong legal steps to protect the company's rights and interests. Devas says it has not decided to terminate the agreement despite the Department of Space,...
04:46 PM, Feb 16, 2011
New Delhi: It is the Prime Minister himself who is being targetted in the latest S-band spectrum scam. Was he and the entire cabinet kept in the loop on all the details about the Antrix-Devas deal? Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan said, "Maybe some facts should have been better presented". CNN-IBN has now accessed legal opinion sought by the government in 2010 asking a direct question-...
06:57 AM, Feb 10, 2011
New Delhi: The Telecom Ministry had opposed the S-band spectrum deal between Devas Multimedia and Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) commercial arm Antrix in 2007, two years before ISRO asked for a review. In an exclusive interview to Network18, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said ISRO had no power to allocate spectrum. "How can they handover the current spectrum which is to be handed over by the Dot? Spectrum allocation is...
03:27 PM, Feb 09, 2011
New Delhi: The S-band spectrum scam is the latest one to embarrass the already tainted UPA government. Legal experts had advised the government that it should take a policy decision to terminate the controversial S-band allocation. CNN-IBN has accessed a copy of the legal opinion that given to the government on the issue on July 12, 2010. The Government had realised that the Antrix-Devas lease agreement on G-SAT-6 and 6A...
07:57 AM, Feb 09, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which had a recent setback with the failure of its latest communication satellite GSAT-5P, is planning three major satellite launches in the first quarter of this year. 'Resourcesat-2', an advanced remote sensing satellite, 'Youthsat', a participatory scientific mission with payloads from both Russia and India, and X-sat, Singapore's first indigenous satellite, will be the launched on board of home made PSLV C-16 in February,...
04:49 PM, Jan 17, 2011
