Washington: The US government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.
Attorney General Eric Holder named the dead US citizens in a letter to members of Congress a day before President Barack Obama is expected to promise more transparency on national security issues in a speech on counterterrorism.
A White House official said Obama would lay out in his speech why the use of drones is "necessary, legal and just."
His speech would coincide with the signing of new presidential policy guidance setting out standards for US drone strikes, the official said....
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06:48 AM, May 23, 2013
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday said the government was taking forward its plans to set up anti-terror agency National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and a note is being sent to the cabinet on the issue. ...
04:35 AM, Mar 12, 2013
BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Monday said his party was not opposed to the setting up of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) but it was against giving police powers to the proposed anti-terror hub. ...
12:58 AM, Feb 26, 2013
How valid is the resistance to NCTC and how can states that are objecting be won over? ...
09:52 PM, Feb 25, 2013
There is no end to the controversy surrounding the Centre's proposed move to push for the creation of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) following the Hyderabad blasts. The Bharatiya Janata Party has charged the Congress with politicising the issue of terrorism. ...
11:52 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday said the twin blasts in Hyderabad could be a "reaction" to the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Mumbai attack convict Ajmal Kasab. Shinde said the government was apprehending some sort of reaction from terror groups following execution of the lone surviving Pakistani gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attack and Afzal and it had been issuing alerts in this regard....
07:25 AM, Feb 25, 2013
The big question after the Hyderabad blasts is whether the time has come for political parties to bury their differences and set up the National Counter Terrorism Centre. ...
02:00 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Innocent Pakistanis have been victims of terrorism, the United States said on Thursday adding that the menace poses a greater threat to the country as a whole. ...
01:44 AM, Feb 22, 2013
New Delhi: In a move apparently aimed at mollifying states, the Home Ministry has proposed to take out the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) from the ambit of the Intelligence Bureau, a sticky point over which the anti -terror body has been stuck. The proposal may come up at the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The proposal to take out the...
05:45 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Bangalore: The Centre was addressing two issues over which some states have opposed the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and the row would be resolved, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday. A majority of state chief ministers had accepted NCTC and some other chief ministers have reservations over two issues saying it would infringe upon the states' powers, he told reporters here. "Some chief ministers have flagged...
08:29 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday again advocated the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) saying the risk for the country is increasing each day as the project is getting delayed. He said, "Given the gravity of the situation, everyday we delay NCTC, we increase our risk." The Home Minister further said that the threat perception continued to be high in the country. "The threat perception of terrorism...
06:09 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: The deadlock persists on the Centre's ambitious National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) with Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi, J Jayalalithaa and Naveen Patnaik continuing their opposition and questioning its rationale. While Mamata rejected the need of an anti-terror body outright, Modi questioned the Centre's ability to tackle terrorism. The government is facing opposition from all the states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and even its...
02:11 PM, May 05, 2012
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah could have tweeted live proceedings of the chief ministers' conference meet in New Delhi on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) on Saturday but the fear of being asked to leave the venue has prevented him from doing so. The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister on Saturday posted on Twitter: "NCTC meeting today. Would have live tweeted the proceedings but I'd probably...
12:02 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Ministers Jayalalithaa, Naveen Patnaik, Prakash Singh Badal and Nitish Kumar reached Delhi early on Saturday morning for the meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). The leaders were headed to Vigyan Bhawan for the meeting. Sources said that almost all chief ministers, including Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi and Akhilesh Yadav, were demanding rollback of the NCTC. Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata...
10:06 AM, May 05, 2012
Chief Ministers of ten states, including that of West Bengal, will be meeting the Prime Minister on Saturday over the proposed counter-terrorism agency. ...
09:20 AM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram's pet project, the NCTC or the National Counter Terrorism Centre agency, was conceived after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Originally meant to be commissioned on March 1, it hit the pause button after fierce opposition from a group of CMs who wrote to the Prime Minister. What the NCTC is all about The NCTC, to be located within the Intelligence Bureau, will carry out counter-terror...
08:20 AM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: The stage is set for a renewed Centre-state conflict over the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chairs a meeting on Saturday with chief ministers of ten states, including that of West Bengal, over the contentious issue in a bid to break the deadlock over it. Nearly three months after the Union Home Ministry notified setting up of the NCTC, its fate is...
07:27 AM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Setting the tone for the upcoming Chief Ministers' meeting on NCTC, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday discounted the fears of states that it would encroach upon their rights as he underlined that fighting terror was a shared responsibility between the Centre and states. He also questioned the opposition to the amendment to the BSF Act, saying it gave no extra power to the para military force but...
08:51 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: Faced with frequent incidents of abduction, the Centre on Monday said if the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) comes into existence, it would help in the long run to deal with hostage situations in a better way. Home Minister P Chidambaram said he was not sure whether NCTC would come up or not and if it comes up, then the proposed anti-terror body should be allowed to...
05:44 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Indore: Stating that the proposed National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) would provide states with more powers to deal with terrorism, Union Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh said on Saturday that his ministry was hopeful that a consensus on the NCTC bill would emerge at the meeting of state chief ministers with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on May 5. They (state chief ministers) have some reservations. They want the 'Standing...
04:34 PM, Apr 21, 2012
