S-band Deal

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...

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...

The government has refused to budge from its decision to blacklist one of India's most eminent scientists, G Madhavan Nair, from government jobs. When Mr Nair was Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, a deal was signed with a company named Devas that would have cost the government huge losses.

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.

There was chaos in the Rajya Sabha today as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took a question on the ISRO-Devas deal. Seeking to clear the air on the controversy over the allocation of S-Band spectrum, the Prime Minister said the deal to allocate transponder frequency on two satellites to the Indian arm of a US firm never came to his office for approva...

The controversial S-Band deal between Indian Space Research Organisation's commercial wing Antrix and Devas Multimedia has been cancelled. The decision to terminate the contract was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minis...

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...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today strongly rejected any suggestions that his office continued talks with Devas on its controversial deal with Antrix for lease of S-Band spectrum after the Space Commission decided to scrap it.     "There have been no backroom talks... There has been no effort in the PMO to dilute in any way the...

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...

India's highest decision-making body on space policy, the Space Commission, met in New Delhi today and decided to restructure Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) commercial arm, Antrix. A special committee will also decide on a new full-time chairman for Antrix, who will be separate from the ISRO chairman.This decision comes as a governme...

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has said that the Cabinet was not aware of the details of a deal struck in 2005 that allowed a private company access to a whopping amount of premier S-band spectrum for a paltry amount. The deal has embarrassed the government, particularly since the contract has not been cancelled eve...

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)  Yesterday, ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan said the deal is in the p...

Here's the official note by ISRO explaining S-Band deal:Background Note on Agreement between M/s. ANTRIX Corporation and M/s DEVAS Multimedia Pvt. Ltd regarding lease of space segment capacity in SBand spectrum on ISRO's Satellites GSAT-6 and GSAT-6A Background ISRO has a constellation of geo-stationary satellites which provide various services to ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The government has refused to budge from its decision to blacklist one of India's most eminent scientists, G Madhavan Nair, from government jobs. When Mr Nair was Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, a deal was signed with a company named Devas that would have cost the government huge losses.

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.

There was chaos in the Rajya Sabha today as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took a question on the ISRO-Devas deal. Seeking to clear the air on the controversy over the allocation of S-Band spectrum, the Prime Minister said the deal to allocate transponder frequency on two satellites to the Indian arm of a US firm never came to his office for approva...

The controversial S-Band deal between Indian Space Research Organisation's commercial wing Antrix and Devas Multimedia has been cancelled. The decision to terminate the contract was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minis...

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...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today strongly rejected any suggestions that his office continued talks with Devas on its controversial deal with Antrix for lease of S-Band spectrum after the Space Commission decided to scrap it.     "There have been no backroom talks... There has been no effort in the PMO to dilute in any way the...

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...

India's highest decision-making body on space policy, the Space Commission, met in New Delhi today and decided to restructure Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) commercial arm, Antrix. A special committee will also decide on a new full-time chairman for Antrix, who will be separate from the ISRO chairman.This decision comes as a governme...

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has said that the Cabinet was not aware of the details of a deal struck in 2005 that allowed a private company access to a whopping amount of premier S-band spectrum for a paltry amount. The deal has embarrassed the government, particularly since the contract has not been cancelled eve...

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)  Yesterday, ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan said the deal is in the p...

Here's the official note by ISRO explaining S-Band deal:Background Note on Agreement between M/s. ANTRIX Corporation and M/s DEVAS Multimedia Pvt. Ltd regarding lease of space segment capacity in SBand spectrum on ISRO's Satellites GSAT-6 and GSAT-6A Background ISRO has a constellation of geo-stationary satellites which provide various services to ...

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...

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...