Bangalore: Former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a withdrawal of the ban on him and three other colleagues over the controversial Antrix-Devas deal. Nair wrote in his letter that the ban targeting him and the other three scientists was regretable. The former ISRO chief asked the PM to explain what the scientists had done wrong, why there had been no...
04:10 PM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: The government has showed signs of blinking in the stand-off with former ISRO scientists. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the government will speak to Madhavan Nair and the other 3 former ISRO scientists soon. The government is in fact expected to speak to the banned scientists to get their version. Sources say an immediate revocation of the decision to ban the scientists from government jobs may not happen...
08:21 AM, Jan 30, 2012
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: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister has stated that it was the Prime Minister's Office which insisted on Home Minister P Chidambaram's name being included in the controversial note 2G note. Pranab has also written that the Cabinet Secretariat was in the know about the controversial finance ministry note on the 2G spectrum allocation. He further said that the note was issued...
12:13 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare is set to begin a fast-unto-death outside Parliament from Tuesday to demand change in anti-corruption laws. Specifically, changes in the proposed Jan Lokpal Bill which has been drafted by Lokayukta of Karnataka justice Santosh Hegde, Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan, Kiran Bedi and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal. The Prime Ministers Office issued this statement in response to those demands. "The PMO has noted with...
07:19 AM, Apr 05, 2011
Its opponents cite long-term health and cross-pollination related concerns. ...
04:47 PM, Feb 06, 2010
Nearly 800 people infected in the country; four persons dead. ...
08:14 PM, Aug 09, 2009
Rana transferred lakhs into his account from that of four former employees. ...
12:19 AM, Jan 25, 2009
She alleged her complaints of sexual harassment had fallen on deaf ears. ...
08:59 AM, Aug 20, 2008
The current Dean of Examinations, R C Deka, is most likely to bag the post. ...
09:53 AM, Aug 19, 2008
Mumbai: Rahul Dravid has admitted the form he has been in during 2011 has set him up strongly for a final tour to Australia, where India are set to play four Tests against a different-looking home side than they have encountered in the past. Confident of India's chances against an Australian side coping with injuries and under an inexperienced leader in Michael Clarke, Dravid said a series win would fulfill...
03:33 PM, Mar 28, 2008
Birmingham: England captain Andrew Strauss was a proud man on Saturday after his team reached the zenith of Test cricket and termed it a result of playing consistent cricket for a considerable period of time. It was a difficult thing to attain and it fills us with a lot of pride. It was a reward for playing consistent cricket for a considerable period of time. We didn't rest on laurels...
12:55 AM, Feb 21, 2008
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