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The Centre has extended the ban by two years on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), declaring it as an unlawful association.
The notification to this effect was issued on Wednesday, a Home Ministry release said on Thursday.
The LTTE, also known as Tamil Tigers, is a militant group that has waged a violent campaign against the Sri Lankan government since the 1970s in order to create a separate Tamil state in the northern and eastern part of the island nation.
The group-led by V Prabhakaran has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by several countries including the United States.
The LTTE was involved in the assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991.
