Karunanidhi Died

The opposition DMK-Congress alliance is heading for a big win in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly. The DMK and its allies are leading in 144 seats. The ruling AIDMK which started the day with a lead on 95 seats -- is now leading in 88 seats.

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.

Karunanidhi, who was Tamil Nadu's longest-serving chief minister, died in August last year at the age of 94 after long illness.

Expelled DMK leader MK Alagiri, the older brother of party chief MK Stalin, will lead a rally in Chennai to the memorial of his father MK Karunanidhi, who died last month.

The DMK on Tuesday said as many as 248 party workers died, 'shocked' by the death of party patriarch M Karunanidhi and announced a solatium of Rs 200,000 each to their families.

Opening up on the subject publicly for the first time, DMK leader MK Stalin said today that he had pleaded with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami to allot space at the Marina beach to bury party President and his father M Karunanidhi. He added that had he not gotten permission to bury his father at the Marina beach, he too would have died.

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.

DMK leader M Karunanidhi, who died on Tuesday after a long illness, will be buried at Chennai's Marina Beach, where three other former chief ministers including J Jayalalithaa have memorials.

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's death is being mourned by several prominent celebrities on Twitter

In a departure from tradition, parliament adjourned for the day as the session started, in tribute to Tamil Nadu's iconic political leader M Karunanidhi, who died in Chennai yesterday. A five-time Chief Minister and a 13-time lawmaker, Mr Karunanidhi had never been a member of parliament.

As thousands flocked to the Rajaji Hall in Chennai for a last look at M Karunanidhi, their "Kaliagnar" who died at 94 yesterday, his party DMK and the ruling AIADMK slugged it out in court over a burial site.

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....

People queued up in large numbers early this morning at Rajaji Hall here to pay their last respects to DMK president M Karunanidhi who died yesterday after prolonged illness.

M Karunanidhi died on Tuesday in Chennai. He was 94. Actor Rajinikanth and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited his house. The Tamil Nadu government announced a seven-day mourning in his honour.

Tamil Nadu's E Palaniswami government has faced a barrage of criticism for rejecting the DMK's request for M Karunanidhi's burial next to the grave of his political mentor CN Annadurai along Marina beach. National Conference chief Omar Abdullah found the ruling AIADMK's stand petty, Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked the E Palaniswami government...

The opposition DMK-Congress alliance is heading for a big win in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly. The DMK and its allies are leading in 144 seats. The ruling AIDMK which started the day with a lead on 95 seats -- is now leading in 88 seats.

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.

Karunanidhi, who was Tamil Nadu's longest-serving chief minister, died in August last year at the age of 94 after long illness.

Expelled DMK leader MK Alagiri, the older brother of party chief MK Stalin, will lead a rally in Chennai to the memorial of his father MK Karunanidhi, who died last month.

The DMK on Tuesday said as many as 248 party workers died, 'shocked' by the death of party patriarch M Karunanidhi and announced a solatium of Rs 200,000 each to their families.

Opening up on the subject publicly for the first time, DMK leader MK Stalin said today that he had pleaded with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami to allot space at the Marina beach to bury party President and his father M Karunanidhi. He added that had he not gotten permission to bury his father at the Marina beach, he too would have died.

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.

DMK leader M Karunanidhi, who died on Tuesday after a long illness, will be buried at Chennai's Marina Beach, where three other former chief ministers including J Jayalalithaa have memorials.

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's death is being mourned by several prominent celebrities on Twitter

In a departure from tradition, parliament adjourned for the day as the session started, in tribute to Tamil Nadu's iconic political leader M Karunanidhi, who died in Chennai yesterday. A five-time Chief Minister and a 13-time lawmaker, Mr Karunanidhi had never been a member of parliament.

As thousands flocked to the Rajaji Hall in Chennai for a last look at M Karunanidhi, their "Kaliagnar" who died at 94 yesterday, his party DMK and the ruling AIADMK slugged it out in court over a burial site.

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....

People queued up in large numbers early this morning at Rajaji Hall here to pay their last respects to DMK president M Karunanidhi who died yesterday after prolonged illness.

M Karunanidhi died on Tuesday in Chennai. He was 94. Actor Rajinikanth and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited his house. The Tamil Nadu government announced a seven-day mourning in his honour.

Tamil Nadu's E Palaniswami government has faced a barrage of criticism for rejecting the DMK's request for M Karunanidhi's burial next to the grave of his political mentor CN Annadurai along Marina beach. National Conference chief Omar Abdullah found the ruling AIADMK's stand petty, Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked the E Palaniswami government...