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Tamil Nadu's DMK Battles Governor RN Ravi Over Assent For Bills, Again
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Wednesday reserved the Kalaignar University Bill - passed by the Assembly in April - for President Droupadi Murmu's consideration, re-opening a fierce dispute between the DMK and himself over gubernatorial assent.
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Patient's Son Walks After Stabbing Chennai Doctor, People Shout "He Cut Him"
A young man who stabbed a doctor multiple times at a Chennai hospital threw away the knife and calmly walked to the exit when people shouted "he cut him up" and security personnel grabbed him.
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"2-Tier Security, Fit Cops, A Gun": Demands After Chennai Doctor Stabbed
A knife attack on an oncologist at Chennai's Kalaignar Centenary Hospital Wednesday - the doctor was stabbed seven times by the son of a patient and is in critical condition - has sparked furious protests from his colleagues.
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Chennai Doctor Stabbed 7 Times By Son Of Woman Who Has Cancer
A government doctor was stabbed seven times in Chennai Wednesday morning by a young man - whose mother was being treated for cancer by the same doctor - who posed as an employee of the Kalaignar Centenary Hospital.
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MK Stalin's Big Test In First Tamil Nadu Polls Since Father Karunanidhi's Death
Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, 68, faces his first Tamil Nadu election since his father and iconic politician M Karunanidhi - popular to his supporters as "Kalaignar" - died in 2018. But it is by no means his first solo outing - he led the DMK to a sweep in national elections just a year later in 2019.
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"Kalaignar Lives On": MK Stalin's "Save Tamil" Note Amid Anti-Hindi Stir
MK Stalin, the DMK chief, today said the centre's decision to revise the controversial clause in the draft education policy that required children in southern states to compulsorily learn Hindi, showed party founder M Karunanidhi, fondly called Kalaignar, was still living.
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DMK To Unveil Life-Size Statue Of M Karunanidhi Next Month
A statue of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi will be unveiled next month, the party announced today. National leaders of various political parties are expected to attend the function to unveil the life-size statue on December 16.
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Proposal To Give Fresh Security Clearance To Kalaignar TV Being Examined
A fresh security clearance proposal for DMK-backed Kalaignar TV is being examined by the Home Ministry following a recommendation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, officials said Monday.
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"Will Not Be Cowed Down," Says MK Stalin As Succession War Brews In DMK
Embroiled in a succession war with his estranged brother MK Alagiri, DMK working president MK Stalin today said he would "not be cowed down" by any flutter and vowed to overcome any challenges emanating from within or outside the party.
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Karunanidhi Responsible For Chief Ministers Unfurling National Flag
Late DMK President M Karunanidhi was responsible for state Chief Ministers unfurling the national flag on the occasion of Independence Day.
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Karunanidhi Dictated The Line On His Casket To Son Stalin 3 Decades Ago
The wooden casket with golden handles which carried the body of veteran politician M Karunanidhi has an epitaph he dictated to his son MK Stalin three decades ago.
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Karunanidhi Buried At Chennai's Marina Beach, Next To Mentor Annadurai
M Karunanidhi, a towering figure in Tamil Nadu politics, was given a state funeral and buried at Chennai's Marina Beach on Wednesday, in the presence of the country's top politicians. A massive crowd followed the DMK patriarch's casket from Rajaji Hall, where leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi had paid tribute to him earlier in the day....
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"Can I Call You Appa One Last Time": A Son's Moving Poem For Karunanidhi
MK Stalin has written a moving poem for his father M Karunanidhi, who he, like the rest of Tamil Nadu, had referred to him as Kalaignar, or scholar, for most of his life. In a hand-written poem, Mr Stalin wrote the poem as a tribute to his father, "For once, shall I call you father, my leader?"
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Opinion: Karunanidhi Remembered By Mani Shankar Aiyar
A great voice has been stilled. For over 50 years, Kalaignar Karunanidhi carried the Dravidian Movement on his strong shoulders.
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"Will Never Forget This Day": Rajinikanth In Tribute To Karunanidhi
The death of "Kalaignar" M Karunanidhi would remain a "black day" in his life, actor-politician Rajinikanth said today. "I will never forget this day in my lifetime," said the 67-year-old, whose fans credit him with contributing to a huge DMK victory in 1996 with a comment that was a snub to AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa.
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Tamil Nadu's DMK Battles Governor RN Ravi Over Assent For Bills, Again
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Wednesday reserved the Kalaignar University Bill - passed by the Assembly in April - for President Droupadi Murmu's consideration, re-opening a fierce dispute between the DMK and himself over gubernatorial assent.
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Patient's Son Walks After Stabbing Chennai Doctor, People Shout "He Cut Him"
A young man who stabbed a doctor multiple times at a Chennai hospital threw away the knife and calmly walked to the exit when people shouted "he cut him up" and security personnel grabbed him.
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"2-Tier Security, Fit Cops, A Gun": Demands After Chennai Doctor Stabbed
A knife attack on an oncologist at Chennai's Kalaignar Centenary Hospital Wednesday - the doctor was stabbed seven times by the son of a patient and is in critical condition - has sparked furious protests from his colleagues.
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Chennai Doctor Stabbed 7 Times By Son Of Woman Who Has Cancer
A government doctor was stabbed seven times in Chennai Wednesday morning by a young man - whose mother was being treated for cancer by the same doctor - who posed as an employee of the Kalaignar Centenary Hospital.
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MK Stalin's Big Test In First Tamil Nadu Polls Since Father Karunanidhi's Death
Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, 68, faces his first Tamil Nadu election since his father and iconic politician M Karunanidhi - popular to his supporters as "Kalaignar" - died in 2018. But it is by no means his first solo outing - he led the DMK to a sweep in national elections just a year later in 2019.
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"Kalaignar Lives On": MK Stalin's "Save Tamil" Note Amid Anti-Hindi Stir
MK Stalin, the DMK chief, today said the centre's decision to revise the controversial clause in the draft education policy that required children in southern states to compulsorily learn Hindi, showed party founder M Karunanidhi, fondly called Kalaignar, was still living.
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DMK To Unveil Life-Size Statue Of M Karunanidhi Next Month
A statue of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi will be unveiled next month, the party announced today. National leaders of various political parties are expected to attend the function to unveil the life-size statue on December 16.
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Proposal To Give Fresh Security Clearance To Kalaignar TV Being Examined
A fresh security clearance proposal for DMK-backed Kalaignar TV is being examined by the Home Ministry following a recommendation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, officials said Monday.
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"Will Not Be Cowed Down," Says MK Stalin As Succession War Brews In DMK
Embroiled in a succession war with his estranged brother MK Alagiri, DMK working president MK Stalin today said he would "not be cowed down" by any flutter and vowed to overcome any challenges emanating from within or outside the party.
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Karunanidhi Responsible For Chief Ministers Unfurling National Flag
Late DMK President M Karunanidhi was responsible for state Chief Ministers unfurling the national flag on the occasion of Independence Day.
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Karunanidhi Dictated The Line On His Casket To Son Stalin 3 Decades Ago
The wooden casket with golden handles which carried the body of veteran politician M Karunanidhi has an epitaph he dictated to his son MK Stalin three decades ago.
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Karunanidhi Buried At Chennai's Marina Beach, Next To Mentor Annadurai
M Karunanidhi, a towering figure in Tamil Nadu politics, was given a state funeral and buried at Chennai's Marina Beach on Wednesday, in the presence of the country's top politicians. A massive crowd followed the DMK patriarch's casket from Rajaji Hall, where leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi had paid tribute to him earlier in the day....
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"Can I Call You Appa One Last Time": A Son's Moving Poem For Karunanidhi
MK Stalin has written a moving poem for his father M Karunanidhi, who he, like the rest of Tamil Nadu, had referred to him as Kalaignar, or scholar, for most of his life. In a hand-written poem, Mr Stalin wrote the poem as a tribute to his father, "For once, shall I call you father, my leader?"
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Opinion: Karunanidhi Remembered By Mani Shankar Aiyar
A great voice has been stilled. For over 50 years, Kalaignar Karunanidhi carried the Dravidian Movement on his strong shoulders.
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"Will Never Forget This Day": Rajinikanth In Tribute To Karunanidhi
The death of "Kalaignar" M Karunanidhi would remain a "black day" in his life, actor-politician Rajinikanth said today. "I will never forget this day in my lifetime," said the 67-year-old, whose fans credit him with contributing to a huge DMK victory in 1996 with a comment that was a snub to AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa.
