To Dr. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director at IIT, Chennai, Dr. R K Shevgaonkar, Professor at IIT, Mumbai, Mrs. Usha Mathur, ex-Secretary to Govt. of India, Mr. Sharad Sanghi, Entrepreneur, Shri Mukka Harish Babu, Practicing Chartered Accountant, Shri Surendra Singh Sirohi, ex-Secretary to Govt. Of India, Shri Vijay S Madan, ex-Secretary to Govt. Of India, Dr. Amit […]
Vigilance chief recommends action in Rs 7,900-cr IAF project scam, even as BEL’s management hunts down whistleblowers
Yatish Yadav Apr 26, 2019 – Firstpost New Delhi: The top vigilance officer in Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has recommended action in the Rs 7,900-crore air defence scam uncovered by Firstpost, but it is learnt that the top management has launched a hunt to identify the whistle blowers in a bid to cover up the […]
Nirmala Sitaraman gave more teeth to corrupt DRDO
Latest step taken to enhance financial powers of DRDO officials without fixing the accountbility and ignoring all the .corruption complaints, right from Dr V K Sarswat to various, C C R&D, DG, like Dr K D Nayak, Dr Selvamurthy, Dr Guru Prasad, Director s like Dr.A K Saxena, Dr Lokendra Singh big Drama of Bio […]
DRDO needs a major overhaul: House Panel
DRDO needs a major overhaul: House Panel https://www.deccanherald.com/national/drdo-needs-major-overhaul-house-panel-671487.html … @deccanherald A parliamentary panel, which examined the issue of preparedness of the country’s armed forces, defence production and requirement, has taken a dim view of the functioning of Defence Research and Development Organisation and felt it needs a “major overhaul”. DRDO is the premier institution in defence […]
‘Top DRDO and Army officers wrongfully sanctioned Defence projects’
Prateek Goyal=Monday, April 2, 2018, Sakal Times Pune: PK Mehta, Director General of city-based Armament and Combat Engineering Systems (ACE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation establishment, and Major General Ajay Gupta, Director of Ahmednagar-based Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (VRDE) are facing allegations that they have misused their financial powers for sanctioning of fallacious […]
Hotelier Narang sends notice to agencies in property case
By ABHINANDAN MISHRA | New Delhi | 16 July, 2017 Sunday Guardian Notice to whistleblower raises questions about secrecy. The whistleblower in the Sanjay Narang property case in the Landour cantonment area of Mussoorie has been served a notice by Narang, raising serious questions regarding the government’s onus to maintain confidentiality of such complainants, who […]
CBI carries out searches in Rs 500-crore land scam in Delhi
The CBI today carried out searches at seven locations, including the office and residential premises of an army officer, in an alleged land fraud worth Rs 500 crore. By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: May 15, 2017 9:17 PM The […]
Shut Down Laboratories And Overhaul The DRDO, Expert Committee Tells Defence Ministry
All non-core research activity of the DRDO must stop. Sudhi Ranjan Sen Deputy Editor (News) The Huffington Post 14/03/2017 3:40 PM IST India’s premier defence research organisation, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), needs a major overhaul, some its research laboratories closed and the organisation needs to concentrate only on development of defence platforms, a […]
Files reveal links between Agusta, Embraer deals
By Ashish Singh | NEW DELHI | 18 September, 2016 – The Sunday Guardian The DRDO was not on board with the IAF over selection of the Embraer aircraft. The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) against unknown Ministry of Defence officials to probe the Embraer aircraft deal scam, in less than 12 hours after […]
Parrikar protects whistleblower and takes action against his DRDO harassers
By Pradip R Sagar | Express News Service Published: 30th May 2016 NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has been in South Block for just 18 months, but the 61-year-old has taken several strong measures. In a recent order with a far-reaching impact, Parrikar has not only given protection to a whistleblower, but has also […]