Isro Controversy

ISRO chairman S Somanath said he will no longer publish his autobiography after a controversy over some of his allegedly critical remarks about his predecessor K Sivan in the book.

Sources say the government may put forward a resolution to change the country's name later this month in the five-day special session of Parliament that starts on September 18.

A high-resolution satellite image of the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Pakistan's Balakot taken after last month's Indian air strikes has triggered a controversy as experts argue over the damage caused at the site.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has removed former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair from its Board of Directors as he was barred from holding any government post for his role in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal.

Indian Space Research Organisation has refused to share details of the progress of former space agency chief G Madhavan Nair's complaint on the action taken against him in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, saying a probe was still on in the matter.

Former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, G Madhavan Nair, has said that the Department of Space (DoS) has refused to reveal the reasons, sought by him under an RTI query, for blacklisting him and three other space scientists over the controversial Antrix-Devas deal.

Expressing reservations over the Prathyush Sinha-led committee probe into the controversial Antrix-Devas spectrum allocation row, former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair has urged the PMO for a fresh "comprehensive" enquiry into the issue.

Former Chiefs of ISRO today chose to keep mum on the findings of the two reports based on which punitive action has been taken against four space scientists on the Antrix-Devas deal.

Just a week after the government barred four scientists including former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G Madhavan Nair, from holding any official position over their alleged role in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, ISRO has now justified the move, saying there were "serious procedural lapses" in the controversial contr...

Space scientist A Bhaskaranarayana, one of the four former ISRO scientists blacklisted from government jobs on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, today said the action has left him feeling miserable and worried over his standing in society.

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 yesterday to bid farewell to his colleagues.

The space wars continue. G Madhavan Nair, the former head of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) today said, "In medieval times, you have heard of Galileo put in prison by the King. If Indian scientists are also treated like this, God save the scientific community in the country."

India's community of scientists is engulfed in controversy. The former chief of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), G Madhavan Nair, has threatened to take the government to court if it bans him from holding government jobs. Here's why.

Objecting to a government move to annul its contract with Antrix following the S-band spectrum controversy, Devas Multimedia has said it would take "strong" legal steps to protect its rights and interests.Contending that it had a legally binding agreement with ISRO's commercial arm Antrix, Devas said it expected the government to fulfill all its ob...

The government, groaning under the weight of a series of scams, has spent much of today contesting charges that it cost the country crores of rupees by allotting 60MHz of valuable S-band spectrum for Rs 600 crore to a private company named Devas.The contract has been under review since 2009, and will also be cancelled soon, said the chairman of the...

ISRO chairman S Somanath said he will no longer publish his autobiography after a controversy over some of his allegedly critical remarks about his predecessor K Sivan in the book.

Sources say the government may put forward a resolution to change the country's name later this month in the five-day special session of Parliament that starts on September 18.

A high-resolution satellite image of the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Pakistan's Balakot taken after last month's Indian air strikes has triggered a controversy as experts argue over the damage caused at the site.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has removed former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair from its Board of Directors as he was barred from holding any government post for his role in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal.

Indian Space Research Organisation has refused to share details of the progress of former space agency chief G Madhavan Nair's complaint on the action taken against him in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, saying a probe was still on in the matter.

Former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, G Madhavan Nair, has said that the Department of Space (DoS) has refused to reveal the reasons, sought by him under an RTI query, for blacklisting him and three other space scientists over the controversial Antrix-Devas deal.

Expressing reservations over the Prathyush Sinha-led committee probe into the controversial Antrix-Devas spectrum allocation row, former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair has urged the PMO for a fresh "comprehensive" enquiry into the issue.

Former Chiefs of ISRO today chose to keep mum on the findings of the two reports based on which punitive action has been taken against four space scientists on the Antrix-Devas deal.

Just a week after the government barred four scientists including former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G Madhavan Nair, from holding any official position over their alleged role in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, ISRO has now justified the move, saying there were "serious procedural lapses" in the controversial contr...

Space scientist A Bhaskaranarayana, one of the four former ISRO scientists blacklisted from government jobs on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, today said the action has left him feeling miserable and worried over his standing in society.

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 yesterday to bid farewell to his colleagues.

The space wars continue. G Madhavan Nair, the former head of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) today said, "In medieval times, you have heard of Galileo put in prison by the King. If Indian scientists are also treated like this, God save the scientific community in the country."

India's community of scientists is engulfed in controversy. The former chief of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), G Madhavan Nair, has threatened to take the government to court if it bans him from holding government jobs. Here's why.

Objecting to a government move to annul its contract with Antrix following the S-band spectrum controversy, Devas Multimedia has said it would take "strong" legal steps to protect its rights and interests.Contending that it had a legally binding agreement with ISRO's commercial arm Antrix, Devas said it expected the government to fulfill all its ob...

The government, groaning under the weight of a series of scams, has spent much of today contesting charges that it cost the country crores of rupees by allotting 60MHz of valuable S-band spectrum for Rs 600 crore to a private company named Devas.The contract has been under review since 2009, and will also be cancelled soon, said the chairman of the...