Naveen Patnaik On Nctc

• Centre to push for anti-terror body at Chief Ministers' meet on April 15

  The Centre will strongly push for setting up the proposed anti-terror body NCTC at the Chief Ministers' conference to be held on April 15.

• After NCTC, Naveen Patnaik asks Prime Minister to modify Mining Bill

  After opposing the establishment of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today voiced his protest against certain provisions proposed in the Mines and Mineral- Development and Regulation (MMDR)-Bill, 2011 on the ground that those would infringe into the federal rights of state governments.

• NCTC should not be under secret organisation: Naveen Patnaik

  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik joined the clamour against the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) today. At the chief ministers' meet on NCTC today in Delhi he said no democratic country has given wide ranging powers to their secret intelligence agencies and hence the NCTC should not be placed under the Intelligence Bureau (IB). He said ...

• 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...

• Patnaik seeks urgent consultations over law and order issues

  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday sought urgent consultations between the centre and the states over issues like the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) saying any delay in this regard would affect handling of law and order problems.

• 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.

• Naveen Patnaik writes to PM again, asks for meeting of all chief ministers

  Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik has written another letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, opposing the powers to be vested in the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). This is Mr Patnaik's third letter to Dr Singh on the issue.

• 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.

• Read: Naveen Patnaik's letter to PM on Railways act amendment

  A day after the Centre put on hold the launching of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today raised another issue by opposing the proposed amendment to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Act, 1957.

• 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.

• Naveen Patnaik's second letter to PM on anti-terror body

  Just three days after he wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing his opposition to the Centre's new national anti-terror body, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has shot off yet another letter to the PM over the same issue.

• Nitish, Naveen send angry letters to PM against anti-terror body

  The Centre's blueprint for a new anti-terror hub received a new vote of no-confidence today. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has explained his objections to the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), which was meant to become operational on March 1.

• Patnaik asks other states to protest anti-terror body

  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday spoke with the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and asked them to oppose the powers to be vested in the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).