Nctc Meeting

• 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.

• 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.

• Controversy over Nitish handshake with Modi

  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.

• 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.

• NCTC should not be under secret organisation: Naveen Patnaik

  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik joined the clamour against the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) today. At the chief ministers' meet on NCTC today in Delhi he said no democratic country has given wide ranging powers to their secret intelligence agencies and hence the NCTC should not be placed under the Intelligence Bureau (IB). He said ...

• Modi says NCTC reflects centre as "omnipotent ruler"

  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...

• 'Home Ministry wants to belittle states, treat them like pawns on chess board', says Jayalalithaa

  Rejecting the National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC in its present form, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday blamed the Home Ministry for the growing distrust between the Centre and states.

• Anti-terror body unacceptable, withdraw it: Mamata Banerjee

  Sticking to her stand that the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) would upset the federal structure of the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the Centre's proposal is "unacceptable" to the states. She said setting up of institutions like NCTC with the proposed powers of arrest and seizure upsets the federal structure of...

• Anti-terror body an 'important pillar' of India's security: Home Minister

  Advocating the need for setting up anti-terror hub, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said the Centre and State governments have to work together to make the country safe and secure. Addressing the Chief Ministers' conference on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), which is facing stiff opposition from non-Congress Chief Ministers...

• 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:

• Prime Minister's speech at the National Counter Terrorism Centre Meeting

  Here is the text of the speech made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the NCTC meet.

• Strong words at NCTC meet: 10 big quotes

  It was an all-out war between the states and the Centre at a crucial meeting on the new anti-terror body in the national capital on Saturday.

• NCTC not Centre vs state issue, it will strengthen our counter-terror mechanism, says PM

  Addressing the chief ministers of all states at a crucial meeting on the NCTC or National Counter Terrorism Centre, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reiterated his stand and said that the anti-terror body "is not a Centre versus state issue."