Modi On Nctc

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell the status of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), both of which were conceived in the wake of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks 10 years ago.

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.

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.

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.

Bihar's opposition party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, on Saturday hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, questioning his secular credentials after he warmly greeted his Gujarat counterpart, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Narendra Modi, at a meeting in New Delhi.

Accusing the Centre of behaving like "Viceroys of yore", Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the constitution of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) is a conscious strategy to cast the Centre as an "omnipresent" ruler with states portrayed as dependent vassals. Underlining that the fight against terror requires clear vision and a s...

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.

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell the status of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), both of which were conceived in the wake of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks 10 years ago.

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.

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.

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.

Bihar's opposition party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, on Saturday hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, questioning his secular credentials after he warmly greeted his Gujarat counterpart, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Narendra Modi, at a meeting in New Delhi.

Accusing the Centre of behaving like "Viceroys of yore", Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the constitution of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) is a conscious strategy to cast the Centre as an "omnipresent" ruler with states portrayed as dependent vassals. Underlining that the fight against terror requires clear vision and a s...

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.