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
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
New Delhi: There are some signs of a thaw in the stand-off between the government and former ISRO scientists. The PMO has hinted at a rethink on the ban on former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair and 3 other former space scientists. MoS Narayanasamy told CNN-IBN that the government is ready to look into the points raised by Madhavan Nair. Narayanasamy said the government's action is based on the report of...
03:18 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Former Atomic Energy Commission Chief Anil Kakodkar said if there is a tendency to penalised people for taking bold steps, then new technology can't be developed in the country. ...
02:33 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Bangalore: Former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three fellow space scientists against whom Government has taken damning action in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal were "thrown out like garbage", said Prof CNR Rao, Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. Mincing no words, an angry Rao while putting his weight behind Nair also slammed V Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, for his stand...
01:32 AM, Jan 29, 2012
New Delhi: Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair, who stepped down as the chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology-Patna, on Saturday said that it was a matter of prestige for him and that he was morally bound to leave all government positions. "More than being hurt, it is a matter of prestige for me. I am morally bound to leave all government positions," he said....
05:41 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: In the eye of a storm, former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair has stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT-Patna. Nair, who has been barred from holding any government post for his alleged role in the controversial Antirx-Devas deal, was in Patna on Friday to bid farewell to his colleagues. "I went there to say farewell. Though I have not got a copy of...
12:59 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Bangalore: The ISRO row escalated on Thursday with former chairman G Madhavan Nair rubbishing allegations of a scam in the scrapped controversial Antrix-Devas deal while space agency chief K Radhakrishnan defended the decision to bar four scientists from any re-employment. For the second consecutive day Nair, who is among the four scientists barred from government jobs, was unsparing in his criticism of Radhakrishnan and accused him of taking "deliberate action"...
08:10 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Was Dr Madhavan Nair guilty of any wrongdoing? I'm neither informed nor qualified enough to comment on that. But should a man who took India ...
11:24 PM, Jan 25, 2012
A bus driver ran amok in Pune on Wednesday morning, killing nine people and injuring 27. ...
10:30 PM, Jan 25, 2012
The former ISRO chairman has lashed out at the PMO for barring him from holding government posts over Antrix-Devas S-band spectrum deal. ...
10:10 PM, Jan 25, 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: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Wednesday said that the office stands by the order of banning former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G Madhavan Nair from government jobs. There was a committee set up under former CVC Pratyush Sinha and the committee has given the report on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal. On the basis of this report the government has taken the decision of banning Madhavan...
12:51 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair has accused current Chief K Radhakrishnan of a witch hunt. ...
12:36 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: Taking action in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, the government has barred former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other eminent space scientists from holding any government jobs. The action comes in the wake of the controversial deal in which a private company was allotted scarce S band spectrum by ISRO allegedly in violation of rules. Nair, is the recipient of the Padma Vibhushan. He is the chairman...
10:14 AM, Jan 25, 2012
