Jayalalithaa Nctc

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the National Integration Council meet in the aftermath of the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, in which nearly 50 were killed and over 40,000 displaced. Following is the statement read out by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa:

Chief ministers J Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee are not attending a meeting of Chief Ministers in the Capital today, where the government is expected to attempt another hardsell of anti-terror body, the National Counter Terrorism Centre, to the states, many of which have been opposed to setting up such a hub. A new strategy to counter Naxalism w...

Triggering speculation of a possible Third Front alliance, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today shared dais with his Tamil Nadu counterpart J Jayalalithaa in the Centenary Auditorium of the Madras University in Chennai today. They also met later at Ms Jayalalithaa's residence.

The government's ambitious National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC as it is now known will not be operationalized anytime soon. At least that is what emerged after some tough talk and more than six hours of intense deliberations at a crucial meeting in the national capital today, attended by chief ministers of states.

Rejecting the National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC in its present form, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday blamed the Home Ministry for the growing distrust between the Centre and states.

Full speech made by Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) meeting:

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is in Delhi today for the meeting with the Prime Minister and Home Minister over the NCTC. When asked about whom her party would supports in the upcoming Presidential polls she made it clear that no party was seeking her support. "No one has approached us for our support as yet," she said. Even when questio...

The Centre today hosted an internal security meeting in New Delhi where it invited chief ministers of all the states to discuss the strengthening of anti-terror capabilities and intelligence, the key issue being setting up of a National Counter Terror Centre (NCTC). But the chief ministers turned up all guns blazing against the Central government.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today tried to reach out to Chief Ministers of all states on the contentious issue of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC). But at a meeting convened in New Delhi, Chief Ministers of the non-Congress states hit out at the government's methods of trying to push the idea through.

The Central government today hosted an internal security meeting in New Delhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram tried to reach out to the chief ministers saying they were united in tackling the menace of terrorism. But non-Congress Chief Ministers who have been vocal about their opposition to the Centre's proposal to s...

The Centre and State must work hand in hand on internal security as the country battles terror from across the border, Left Wing extremism and religious violence: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appeal to Chief Ministers at a meeting he is chairing in the capital today.

Naveen Patnaik described it as a courtesy call on an old family friend. But as the Odisha Chief Minister and another non-Congress CM, Gujarat's Narendra Modi, trooped in to meet J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu Bhawan seemed to draw more attention than the CMs' meet on internal security for which these leaders were in Delhi.

As part of efforts to reach out to states opposed to the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Centre on Tuesday invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for the May 5 meeting to discuss the issue.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, in a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked him to keep the National Counter Terrorism Centre in abeyance and has urged him to convene a meeting of chief ministers of various states to discuss the matter.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the National Integration Council meet in the aftermath of the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, in which nearly 50 were killed and over 40,000 displaced. Following is the statement read out by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa:

Chief ministers J Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee are not attending a meeting of Chief Ministers in the Capital today, where the government is expected to attempt another hardsell of anti-terror body, the National Counter Terrorism Centre, to the states, many of which have been opposed to setting up such a hub. A new strategy to counter Naxalism w...

Triggering speculation of a possible Third Front alliance, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today shared dais with his Tamil Nadu counterpart J Jayalalithaa in the Centenary Auditorium of the Madras University in Chennai today. They also met later at Ms Jayalalithaa's residence.

The government's ambitious National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC as it is now known will not be operationalized anytime soon. At least that is what emerged after some tough talk and more than six hours of intense deliberations at a crucial meeting in the national capital today, attended by chief ministers of states.

Rejecting the National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC in its present form, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday blamed the Home Ministry for the growing distrust between the Centre and states.

Full speech made by Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) meeting:

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is in Delhi today for the meeting with the Prime Minister and Home Minister over the NCTC. When asked about whom her party would supports in the upcoming Presidential polls she made it clear that no party was seeking her support. "No one has approached us for our support as yet," she said. Even when questio...

The Centre today hosted an internal security meeting in New Delhi where it invited chief ministers of all the states to discuss the strengthening of anti-terror capabilities and intelligence, the key issue being setting up of a National Counter Terror Centre (NCTC). But the chief ministers turned up all guns blazing against the Central government.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today tried to reach out to Chief Ministers of all states on the contentious issue of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC). But at a meeting convened in New Delhi, Chief Ministers of the non-Congress states hit out at the government's methods of trying to push the idea through.

The Central government today hosted an internal security meeting in New Delhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram tried to reach out to the chief ministers saying they were united in tackling the menace of terrorism. But non-Congress Chief Ministers who have been vocal about their opposition to the Centre's proposal to s...

The Centre and State must work hand in hand on internal security as the country battles terror from across the border, Left Wing extremism and religious violence: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appeal to Chief Ministers at a meeting he is chairing in the capital today.

Naveen Patnaik described it as a courtesy call on an old family friend. But as the Odisha Chief Minister and another non-Congress CM, Gujarat's Narendra Modi, trooped in to meet J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu Bhawan seemed to draw more attention than the CMs' meet on internal security for which these leaders were in Delhi.

As part of efforts to reach out to states opposed to the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Centre on Tuesday invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for the May 5 meeting to discuss the issue.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, in a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked him to keep the National Counter Terrorism Centre in abeyance and has urged him to convene a meeting of chief ministers of various states to discuss the matter.