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All Stories for Velupillai Prabhakaran
LTTE leader Prabhakaran's name to be reported to Office of Missing Persons: Sri Lankan officials
• 9 years agoSome Tamil nationalist hardliners had always doubted govt's version of story and believe that Prabhakaran may still be alive having escaped the final battle zone in 2009.
LTTE leader Prabhakaran's deputy was a RAW agent: Positioned to eliminate him, reveals new book
Ians • 9 years agoA Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader who was once a deputy to its supreme leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent, recruited as early as 1989, a new book says.
No country has ended terrorism in three years, says Rajapaksa
Fp Archives • 12 years agoInaugurating the China-aided express highway to the Colombo international airport, Rajapaksa said that he was able to end a 30-year campaign of terrorism in just three years.
A journalist's review: Despite factual problems Madras Cafe is worth a watch
Fp Archives • 12 years agoMadras Cafe comes as a great relief to someone who dreads Hindi movies.
Madras HC dismisses PIL seeking to file FIR against Narayanasamy
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to direct police to register an FIR against Union Minister V Narayanasamy for his alleged remarks against slain LTTE Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and 'Naam Tamilar' party president Seeman
Prabhakaran's son photo morphed: Sri Lankan envoy
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe pictures are part of a film, "No Fire Zone", which seeks to document the rights abuses during the final phase of Sri Lanka's war when the military crushed the Tamil Tigers in May 2009.
Jaya seeks economic embargo against Sri Lanka over 'war crime'
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe chief minister said the killing of the 12-year-old son of the former LTTE chief in Sri Lanka was "unforgivable".
Channel 4 fallout: Sri Lankan Airlines's Chennai office attacked
Fp Archives • 13 years agoPolice said nobody was injured in the incident which comes close on the heels of a little-known pro-Tamil group attacking the Bank of Ceylon branch here recently, injuring two persons.
Man who armed LTTE finally talks - on Rajiv murder, Prabhakaran, TN politicians
Jagannathan • 14 years agoFor the first time in years, there is a voice from inside the LTTE that is willing to speak, Kumaran Pathmanathan former head of the arms procurement department. Firstpost partner, VK Sashikumar makes him answer questions, we've asked for years.
Don't support US-backed resolution on Lanka: Swamy to govt
Fp Archives • 13 years agoSubramanian Swamy said India should not act under US pressure to back the resolution. The slain LTTE chief himself used hundreds of kids as shields in his fight, and the US is killing civilians in drone attacks in Pakistan.