Isro Spectrum Deal

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  India To Pay Big For Scrapping ISRO Satellite, Spectrum Deal: 10 Facts

  India has lost a major case in international arbitration involving spectrum and satellites and may have to pay up to a billion dollars in damages. Today's verdict from the International Tribunal at the Hague could further the perception of India as an unreliable recipient of foreign investment, one who is prone to abrupt policy changes.

• Nair writes to PM's office, demands fresh probe into 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.

• ISRO row: There were lapses, but action demoralising, says space scientist to NDTV

  Eminent scientist Roddam Narasimha, the senior-most member of the Space Commission, who resigned yesterday to protest the blacklisting of former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G Madhavan Nair and three others in connection with the Antrix-Devas spectrum deal, has said that there may have been procedural lapses but barring...

• Ex-ISRO chief Nair misled the nation, says Prime Minister's Office

  The report released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) indicting its former chief G Madhavan Nair has sparked off a war of words between him and the government. After Mr Nair called the government's report "one-sided", that found "serious procedural lapses" in the Antrix-Devas deal, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) today hit back say...

• ISRO report indicts ex-chief Nair, finds lapses in 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...

• Am I worse than terrorist, asks 'banned' ex-ISRO chief Nair

  One of India's best-known scientists, G Madhavan Nair, who also headed the Indian Space Research Organization or ISRO, has been blacklisted for government jobs. The government's decision is based on Mr Nair's alleged role in allotting valuable and scarce S-band spectrum to a private company named Devas.

• Devas threatens legal action if deal with Antrix is annulled

  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...

• Scrap Devas deal: Space Commission to cabinet

  The Space Commission has recommended to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) that the controversial S-Band spectrum deal between ISRO's commercial arm Antrix and private firm Devas Multimedia be immediately annulled.The Space Commission made this recommendation in a note to the CCS, saying priority is required to be given to the country's strate...

• S-band deal: Review committee loaded with conflict of interest

  After an embarrassing disclosure over valuable S-Band spectrum being virtually gifted to a private company by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the government has set up a review committee to examine the deal. (Read: In official note, ISRO explains S-Band deal)Because ISRO reports directly to the Prime Minister's Office, the controvers...

• Controversial S-band deal to be cancelled soon, says ISRO

  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 chief warned Prime Minister's Office on spectrum deal: Sources

  The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has denied reports that a private company has been allotted a whopping 60 MHz of spectrum on lease for barely Rs 600 crore through a deal with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), which reports directly to the Prime Minister.  However, sources have told NDTV that the then ISRO Chairman Dr K Radhakris...

• Now, reports of another spectrum scam

  The 2G spectrum scam which has pushed the government to the brink of disaster could soon be eclipsed by another spectrum scam.The Opposition is beginning to target the government over another inquiry by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) which is studying whether S-band spectrum was given at throwaway prices to a company named Devas in 2005....