
Opposition CMs Narendra Modi, Naveen Patnaik and Jayalalithaa, in a royal snub to the Centre, held a parallel meet after accusing the Centre of trying to destroy the federal structure. ...

11:58 PM, Apr 16, 2012

Narendra Modi, Naveen Patnaik and Jayalalithaa held a parallel meet after criticising the Centre at the internal security conference. ...

09:39 PM, Apr 16, 2012

New Delhi: Opposition chief ministers Narendra Modi, Naveen Patnaik and Jayalalithaa on Monday, in a royal snub to the Centre, held a parallel meet in New Delhi after accusing the Centre of trying to destroy the federal structure. United by their opposition to the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the RPF Act and the BSF Act, arguing that they meddled with the states' powers, Modi and Patnaik met Jayalalithaa...

06:20 PM, Apr 16, 2012

New Delhi: Opposing amendments to the BSF Act, some state Chief Ministers on Monday demanded that discussions on the issue should be deferred and taken up along with the National Counter Terrorism Centre on May 5 as it also disturbs the federal structure of the country. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said since the proposed amendments to the BSF Act 1968 were against the laid down principles of a federal...

03:52 PM, Apr 16, 2012

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday slammed the Centre and said that the government was making repeated efforts to interfere with the powers of the state governments. "Constant attempts to reduce states to the level of glorified municipal corporation heavily dependent on the Centre for funds," Jayalalithaa said, addressing the Chief Ministers' meeting on internal security in the national capital. Following is the full text of...

12:50 PM, Apr 16, 2012

New Delhi: The tenuous Centre-states relations came under more strain at the Chief Ministers' meeting on internal security in New Delhi on Monday. The Union Government faced flak from some non-Congress chief ministers for trying to step in on the domain of the state governments. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and her Gujarat counterpart led the states' charge that the Centre was bent on usurping the powers of the...

12:42 PM, Apr 16, 2012

New Delhi: Slamming the Centre for recent controversies with the Army, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said tensions between the civil and military wings are bound to adversely impact the internal security of the country. Speaking at the Chief Ministers' Conference on internal security, Modi said, "It is unfortunate that the present Union Government has failed to instill faith and confidence about our defence preparedness in the common...

11:35 AM, Apr 16, 2012

New Delhi: At a time when Left-wing extremism is reasserting itself, the Chief Ministers will meet the top two of the UPA government. After a series of letters on a host of issues it is now time for some straight talk across the table with states accusing the Centre of overlooking federal dharma. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had said, "This is another example of Centre's overreach." Setting the tone...

09:52 PM, Apr 15, 2012

New Delhi: The Government on Monday unveiled a blueprint for guaranteeing internal and external security and economic and livelihood security as it expressed confidence that it will steer the country back to the high growth trajectory of 8 to 9 per cent. With the government's image taking a knock on account of a number of scams, President Pratibha Patil listed a number of measures and said together these have the...

12:04 PM, Mar 12, 2012

UK Bansal, Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, said that the explosive device was kept in a briefcase. He said that the blast was well planned and of high intensity. ...

11:28 AM, Sep 07, 2011

Sagarika Ghose examines issues of internal security and terrorism. ...

11:59 PM, Aug 11, 2011

Patna: Six Maoist rebels were killed on Saturday in a gun battle in Bihar, a top state police official said. Neelmani, director general of police in Bihar, said the police has arrested one Maoist rebel as well. The Maoist movement, which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described as the country's biggest security threat, is active in the country's largely poor, rural areas, and its violence in India's mineral-rich areas has...

08:22 AM, Feb 27, 2011

New Delhi: The meeting on internal security in New Delhi on Tuesday witnessed a political slanging match. When Home Minister P Chidambaram cited the Pune and Varanasi blasts to make the point that prior intelligence warnings given by the Centre were not heeded, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hit back saying the biggest threat to internal security was corruption itself, hinting at the numerous scams that have taken...

02:03 PM, Feb 01, 2011

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01:50 PM, Feb 01, 2011

New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram at the internal security meet on Tuesday expressed his concern over security situation in the country but called for strong measures to counter the challenge. "We live in troubled neighborhood, as a result we are facing terror, inflow of refugees. We have to face everything within given resources," said the Home Minister. But he pointed out that India is not an isolated case and...

11:12 AM, Feb 01, 2011