The central government extended for five more years the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a terror group that was behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The ban has been extended under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, a notification issued by the Union Home ministry stated.
India had banned the LTTE after the assassination of Gandhi in 1991. The ban on the group was last extended for five years in 2014.