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
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 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
New Delhi: Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy on Sunday accused former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair of misleading the nation by saying he was not given a chance to explain his case before the high level panel which indicted him and three other space scientists in the Antrix-Devas deal. Narayanasamy pointed out that the committee, constituted by the Prime Minister under former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Pratyush Sinha...
10:32 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Bangalore: The Pratyush Sinha-chaired High Level Team (HLT) has not just indicted former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other space scientists, but has recommended investigation into the functioning and operations of Devas since its inception. According to conclusions and recommendations of the five member HLT, Devas was established by Forge Advisors USA (FA-USA) in December 2004 (a month before it signed the deal with Antrix) with a share...
06:02 PM, Feb 05, 2012
New Delhi: Former Indian Space Research Organisation chief Madhavan Nair on Sunday said that the ISRO report on the Antrix-Devas deal is one-sided and claimed that the report does not bring out the facts. "They have looked only at the papers and the answers to the questions. If they had seen some omissions, they should have sought clarifications. I will ask for the full report," he said while speaking exclusively...
08:41 AM, Feb 05, 2012
New Delhi: Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G Madhavan Nair and three other scientists who were primarily behind the Antrix-Devas deal were indicted on Saturday night. ISRO on Saturday night released details of high powered review committee on Antrix-Devas deal. Some of the conclusions and recommendations of the committee are that there were serious lapses of judgement by several officials; in some case it even violated several norms...
01:31 AM, Feb 05, 2012
New Delhi: Private firm Devas Multimedia's petition to allow UN arbitration in the cancelled ISRO's Antrix deal is set to come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Friday. Devas filed the petition under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law after its controversial deal with Antrix on scarce S-band spectrum was cancelled by the UPA Government in February last year. The Antrix-Devas deal has been highly embarrassing...
08:22 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: A day after ISRO indicated that it will release two probe reports on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan has spoken out on the controversy, saying he is unfazed by the allegations made by Madhavan Nair. Former ISRO chief Madhavan Mair had alleged that Radhakrishnan was behind the ban imposed on four scientists. "The truth is there. I am unfazed. ISRO is an efficient organisation. There's...
12:30 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Bangalore: The fight between former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair and current chief Dr K Radhakrishnan is now out in the open. ISRO has now released a press note saying that it is getting clearance for the release of probe reports on the Antrix-Devas deal. ISRO has said that the reports by the BK Chaturvedi-Prof Roddam Narasimha committee, and Pratyush Sinha will be released. Roddam Narasimha, Space Commission member, said, "The...
01:24 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair writes to Prime Minister. Imran Khan says Sachin should have retired after World Cup. ...
11:35 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the Antix-Devas controversy. ...
11:30 PM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: Former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to put the order banning him and other scientists on hold. Speaking with IBN18 Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Nair said if there were specific issues or findings against anyone of them, they were prepared to face an inquiry as required by the rules. Here is the full text of the interview: Rajdeep Sardesai:Joining us...
09:52 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Bangalore: As voices get stronger against the governments decision to bar four scientists of ISRO from holding government posts, including former chairman G Madhavan Nair, the heat is on the Prime Ministers Office. It is now a question of honour, says Nair, who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier on Monday, asking him to revoke the ban. Sources say that the government, under pressure and facing criticism,...
08:09 PM, Jan 30, 2012
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
Bangalore: Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair says that he is ready to talk to the government to resolve the controversy over the decision to ban him and three other senior former ISRO scientists from government jobs. Nair made the statement after the government indicated that it could reach out to the banned scientists soon. "Well, if it is a real move from the government's side,...
11:09 AM, Jan 30, 2012
