Nctc Meeting

• Jayalalithaa's statement at National Integration Council Meet - full statement

  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:

• Narendra Modi calls proposed anti-terror body, NCTC, 'opportunistic'; Chidambaram hits back

  The government's hardsell of its new, diluted National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC did not impress many at a chief ministers' meet in the capital today. But it did spark a political pow-wow on the sidelines of the meeting. Narendra Modi versus P Chidambaram.

• Chhattisgarh opposes NCTC; says it violates federal structure

  Opposing the setting up of the anti-terror body NCTC in its present form, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today said it violates the federal structure of the Constitution.

• NCTC should not be given unbridled powers: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

  Voicing reservations over the full-fledged operationalization of the ambitious NCTC, Congress-ruled Karnataka today said the body should not be given "unbridled powers".

• NCTC has serious flaws: Nitish Kumar

  Holding that the revised draft order on NCTC suffers from several "serious flaws" and "arbitrary" provisions, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today asked the Centre to seek Parliament's nod through a wider debate for creating the federal anti-terror agency.

• Who stands where on proposed anti-terror body NCTC

  Chief Ministers from across the country are meeting for a conference on internal security in the national capital today. At the meeting, the government is attempting to hard sell a diluted version of the proposed anti-terror body, the National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC.

• P Chidambaram vs Narendra Modi over proposed anti-terror body, the NCTC

  Even before the Prime Minister could attempt a hardsell of the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC, in a new diluted version, at a chief ministers' meet in the capital today, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi made it clear that it was still not acceptable.

• Prime Minister addresses Chief Ministers' Conference on Internal Security: full speech

  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 will also be discussed at the one-day meet on internal security.

• 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...

• Highlights: Prime Minister addresses chief ministers conference

  Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will again try to hard sell the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC to the states at the meeting of Chief Ministers in New Delhi.

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• PM meets chief ministers today, NCTC unlikely to go through

  Chief Ministers from across the country will meet for a conference on internal security in the national capital today. The meeting, convened by the Home Ministry, will be presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and will deliberate extensively on issues like Naxal menace, infiltration from across the border, communal disturbance and how to im...

• 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.

• Meeting with Naveen Patnaik just a courtesy call, says Jayalalithaa

  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.

• Richard Loitam's death: Manipur Chief Minister urges Sadananda Gowda to expedite probe

  Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh has urged his Karnataka counterpart D V Sadananda Gowda to expedite the investigation into the mysterious death of Manipuri student Richard Loitam in a Bangalore college hostel last month. On the sidelines of the chief ministers' meeting on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in New Delhi on Friday, he asked ...