States Oppose National Counter Terrorism Centre

• 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...

• 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.

• Regret some states still harbour mistrust, says Chidambaram

  A day after the meeting of chief ministers on internal security, where several of them strongly opposed the Centre's proposal to set up the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Home Minister P Chidambaram today lamented the "mistrust" harboured by some states. "There is trust deficit among states... Some states harbor mistrust towards the Cent...

• 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.

• Will Mamata vote against the government today? Unlikely, say sources

  Mamata Banerjee's commitment to her fight against the National Counter Terrorism Centre could be tested tomorrow in Parliament. The head of the Trinamool Congress has field-marshalled a group of ten chief ministers who have opposed the centre's new anti-terror agency on the grounds that it erodes the autonomy of state governments.

• Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Bihar oppose anti-terror body in high-level meet

  Amid escalating row over the Centre's proposal for National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), top Home Ministry officials will try to allay apprehensions about the anti-terror body at a crucial meeting of chief secretaries and police chiefs of all states here today.

• NCTC row: 'Disappointed' Naveen Patnaik writes to PM again, asks for chief ministers' meeting

  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has once again taken the row over the National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In a fresh letter written to Dr Singh, his third so far, Mr Patnaik has rejected the Home Secretary's meeting with state police chiefs and heads of anti-terror agencies. He has instead asked him to c...

• 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.