
The Home Minister strongly defended NCTC, which he said would be an important pillar of the country's security infrastructure. ...

07:08 PM, May 05, 2012

New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday strongly defended his pet project, the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), which he said would be an important pillar of the country's security infrastructure. In a bid to dispel fears of some chief ministers that the proposed anti-terror intelligence hub would infringe on their policing domain, the Home Minister stressed that countering terrorism "is a shared responsibility" of central and state governments....

05:59 PM, May 05, 2012

New Delhi: For the last few months, reservation for minority communities, particularly Muslims, is a subject of fierce political debate in India. The approval of 4.5 percent sub-quota in government jobs and educational institutions for minorities was presumably to improve their economic and educational backwardness. However, as the data on the enrolment of Muslims in elementary schools shows, reservation in jobs and in higher educational institutions cannot be the only...

02:54 PM, Apr 17, 2012

New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Monday opposed the creation of a National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), claiming that it encroaches upon the federal nature of India and erodes the powers of the states. "We must not forget that the police and law and order are the state subjects under our constitution. Any direct entry into those areas by the union government through such devices as...

03:12 PM, Apr 16, 2012

New Delhi: Strengthening of counter terror capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Maoist violence, police reforms and capacity building will be high on agenda at the Chief Ministers conference on internal security to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday. The day-long conference will also deliberate on how India is being affected due to its troubled neighbourhood and its obvious consequences in the country like cross border terrorism, covert support...

01:21 AM, Apr 16, 2012

Meeting focuses on chalking out the new security architecture. ...

09:51 AM, Feb 07, 2010

Leaders are enraged by Chief Minister Azad’s statement but are they entitled to the Special Security Group. ...

11:04 AM, Feb 11, 2007

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set an ambitious target for the economy: 9 per cent growth in five years. ...

01:19 PM, Dec 09, 2006

PM Manmohan Singh said he was prepared to discuss all issues including the question of autonomy with the people of J&K. ...

08:51 PM, Sep 24, 2006

An internal security and farmers suicide was the twin focus in Nainital where the two-day Congress CMs conclave got underway. ...

07:46 PM, Sep 23, 2006

Don’t target a community, says Congress president’s in speech at party CMs conclave. ...

01:39 PM, Sep 23, 2006

The Congress Chief Ministers are meeting in Nainital to discuss farmer suicides, price rise and internal security. ...

08:06 AM, Sep 23, 2006