By Pradip R Sagar Published: 17th May 2015 06:00 AM -The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of Express report, which highlighted that a huge number of contractual employees in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) were posing a threat to the defence secrets in the wake of a few espionage cases coming […]
Jairam Ramesh’s pet project ‘Bio-toilet’ stands abandoned in Odisha
By Hemant Kumar Rout – BALASORE/BHADRAK Published: 14th August 2012 11:45 AM Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Jairam Rameshs’s ‘India Dream’ to free the country – the rural populace in particular – from open defecation, seems to have faced a setback with people unwilling to use DRDO made Bio-toilets raising a […]
DRDO Refuses to Divulge Information on Hi-tech Chariot
By Pradip R Sagar Published: 29th December 2014 05:59 -Indian Express NEW DELHI: The DRDO has refused to give out any information regarding making of a ‘chariot’ for a religious function. The Express, in its report on dated 23 November, had exposed that a Pune-based DRDO laboratory Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) had developed and […]
Bangalore: Ex-DRDO technical officer’s son held for killing scientist’s wife
Express Bangalore, Mar 12: Byappanahalli police arrested the alleged murderer of a home-alone woman within six hours of the crime on Monday. The victim Rajani Rajabala (60) was married to Amrit Packia Dhas, a senior scientist at DRDO. The accused Vijayan(33) is the son of Ramanirutam, a retired technical officer at Electronics and Radar Development […]
DRDO scientist suspended hours before his retirement
Express news service : New Delhi, Sat Dec 01 2012, 04:02 hrs The DRDO Friday suspended a senior scientist, Dr Arun Kumar, just three hours prior to his superannuation for alleged irregularities in recruitment. The Central Vigilance Commission had passed strictures against Kumar in August as well as asked the Defence Ministry to reconsider his […]
