Jayalalithaa On Nctc

• Chief ministers' conference on internal security in Delhi: 10 developments

  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...

• 'Home Ministry wants to belittle states, treat them like pawns on chess board', says Jayalalithaa

  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.

• No one has approached us as yet, says Jayalalithaa on presidential polls

  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...

• Top ten developments at Chief Ministers' meet on internal security

  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.

• Jayalalithaa, Modi, Patnaik slam government's overtures on anti-terror body (NCTC)

  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...

• Modi, Jayalalithaa, Patnaik slam Centre, as states snub PM's overture

  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.

• Non-Congress chief ministers meet separately on sidelines of internal security conference

  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.

• Centre invites Jayalalithaa to May 5 anti-terror body meet

  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.

• Jayalalithaa's letter to Prime Minister on anti-terror body

  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.

• Can't force anti-terror body upon us: Jayalalithaa to PM

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has once again written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the contentious issue of the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre. In the strongly-worded letter, she has asked the PM to keep the National Counter Terrorism Centre in abeyance and has urged him to convene a meeting of chief ministers of variou...

• NCTC: Centre cannot proceed without consulting states, Jayalalithaa

  Sticking to her guns, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the Centre cannot proceed on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) without consulting Chief Ministers. "We don't think anything will proceed without consultations with the Chief Ministers and we will continue to press for what we feel is our legitimiate right...

• Jayalalithaa-Naveen Patnaik take on Centre over proposed amendment to Railway Protection Force

  After the launch of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) was put on hold due to protests by non-Congress ruled states, Chief Ministers of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Odisha have trained their guns at the Centre again opposing the proposed amendment to the Railway Protection Force or RPF Act.

• Jayalalithaa and Naveen Patnaik versus Centre again

  Naveen Patnaik, chief minister of Odisha, has written to the Prime Minister once again accusing the Centre of trespassing on state turf. This time around, Mr Patnaik has objected to an amendment to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Act, which, if enacted, would violate the principles of federalism, he claims.

• Like Mamata, Jayalalithaa sends PM angry letter about anti-terror agency

  After West Bengal Chief Minister wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, saying all governments should have been consulted, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has also sent an angry letter to the PM about the anti-terror agency.