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  "Cannot Support Iran War In Good Conscience": Top Trump Official Resigns

  Joseph Kent, the head of the United States' National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned from his position over the US-Israel war against Iran.

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  Why Is BJP "Sitting On" Crucial Files On National Security: P Chidambaram

  Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Wednesday accused the ruling BJP of making India vulnerable to terrorist attacks by "sitting on" two key initiatives of the previous UPA government -- the anti-terror hub National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID).

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  P Chidambaram Asks PM To Give Status Of Security Architecture Post 26/11

  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.

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  Name And Shame Countries Which Support Terror: S Jaishankar

  India today said that countries which support terrorism must be named and shamed, asserting the need for united efforts to combat terror.

• 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:

• Cannot move ahead with NCTC without consensus from all states: highlights

  Home Minister addresses media on NCTC:

• 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.

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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.

• 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...