Nctc Protest

• 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.

• 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.

• Mamata scores again, says PM agreed to put anti-terror hub on hold

  Mamata Banerjee met with the Prime Minister this evening to formally register her protest against the new anti-terror agency that is meant to become operational from March 1. Ms Banerjee said the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC "will disturb the federal structure."

• Prime Minister writes to seven Chief Ministers who objected to new anti-terror body

  In an attempt to dismantle the confrontation between seven chief ministers and the Centre, the Prime Minister has sent letters today assuring state governments that their concerns about the new anti-terror agency are being addressed.

• Counter-terror body: Chief ministers step up pressure; Sibal says 'need dialogue, not strident statements'

  The clamour against the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) seems to be intensifying with chief ministers opposing the new counter-terror body taking round two of their protest to the Prime Minister.

• Mamata absent at Chidambaram's function: Second snub to UPA in two days?

  Two days and two snubs for the Centre, courtesy key ally Trinamool Congress. A day after she took on the Centre and lodged her protest against Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's pet project on a new counter terror body - the National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC, Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee did not attend a function in her state that was i...

• 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).