National Counter Terror Centre

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  'Need to bring web agencies onboard for security measures'

  Reddy raised the issue of foreign web-based firms not cooperating with security agencies in monitoring anti-national activities of terror outfits.

• For anti-terror hub, NCTC, a revamp to win states over

  Days after the twin blasts in Hyderabad killed 16 people and injured more than 100, the government is determined to revive the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), which was abandoned last year after unequivocal criticism by state governments. To coalesce support, the government has re-diagrammed the anti-terror hub, stripping i...

• NCTC 2.0: Big changes to anti-terror agency

  Home Minister P Chidambaram's pet project, the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), is set to take-off again after being grounded and scuttled by as many as seven non-Congress chief ministers. Senior member of the Congress party and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had also objected to the NCTC. The main opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

• NCTC meet ends without consensus; India needs anti-terror body, says Chidambaram

  The government's ambitious National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC as it is now known will not be operationalized anytime soon. At least that is what emerged after some tough talk and more than six hours of intense deliberations at a crucial meeting in the national capital today, attended by chief ministers of states.

• Read Jayalalithaa's full speech at NCTC meeting

  Full speech made by Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) meeting:

• 10 big facts on Centre vs state over NCTC, new anti-terror agency

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram met with the chief ministers of all states in the hope of finding consensus on the new National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC, described by some chief ministers as an attack on federalism.

• Key UPA allies want wider consultations on anti-terror body

  Days ahead of the chief ministers meet on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), key UPA allies, like Trinamool Congress and DMK, have demanded wider consultations on the issue saying the move could infringe upon rights of states to deal with law and order problem. The demand comes ahead of the meeting of chief ministers on the issue with Centre...

• NCTC would help to deal with hostage situation: Chidambaram

  Faced with frequent incidents of abduction, the Centre today said if the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) comes into existence, it would help in the long run to deal with hostage situations in a better way.

• 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.

• PM reaches out to chief ministers at internal security meet; Mamata Banerjee skips event

  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.

• Chief Ministers attend internal security meet; PM reaches out to states

  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 message to Chief Ministers at a meeting he is chairing in the capital today.

• Mamata Banerjee won't attend internal security meeting tomorrow

  Trinamool Congress chief and UPA ally Mamata Banerjee will not attend a crucial meeting of chief ministers convened by the Home Ministry on Monday to discuss internal security issues. The West Bengal Chief Minister, however, is expected to attend the May 5 meeting on the controversial National Counter Terror Centre (NCTC) issue.

• Jayalalithaa opposes health national commission bill

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has expressed her "vehement objection" to the National Commission for Human Resource for Health (NCHRH) Bill, 2011, saying it "undermines" the powers of the State governments. The Bill, now referred to the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare by the Rajya Sabha, effectively puts the leadership and...

• 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.