M Karunanidhi

I Will Do What I Said, Says MK Alagiri On His September 5 Rally

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 2, 2018

Expelled DMK leader M K Alagiri today said he would go ahead with the proposed September 5 rally in Chennai, touted as a show of strength by his supporters.

Those Trying To Oust AIADMK Will Go Into Oblivion: O Panneerselvam

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 2, 2018

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam Saturday said the AIADMK would contest the byelections to Thiruparankundram and Thiruvarur constituencies and those dreaming of dislodging the state government would go into oblivion after the bypolls.

At Karunanidhi's Memorial Meet, Parties Band Together To Take On BJP

India News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Friday August 31, 2018

It was for the first time after Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure as Prime Minister that the BJP was taking part in a DMK event. Yet, a memorial meet for the Tamil party's patriarch M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Thursday turned into a platform for the opposition to extend efforts at uniting regional parties for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and dislodge t...

Alagiri's Climbdown: "Will Accept Stalin As Leader If DMK Takes Me Back"

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday August 30, 2018

MK Alagiri, expelled DMK leader and former union minister, effected a complete climb-down today saying that he would accept younger brother MK Stalin as his leader if he was taken back by the party. "We are ready to join the DMK... It is obvious that I accept him (Stalin) as my leader," MK Alagiri, 67, told reporters today.

M Karunanidhi's Wife Dayalu Ammal Discharged From Chennai Hospital

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 29, 2018

Dayalu Ammal, wife of late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, who was admitted to the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai, was discharged today, sources said.

M Karunanidhi's Wife Dayalu Ammal Hospitalised: Report

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 29, 2018

Dayalu Ammal, wife of late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, has been admitted to Apollo Hospital in Chennai, sources said.

Nitish Kumar To Attend M Karunanidhi's Memorial Service

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday August 28, 2018

Two days after being elected president of the DMK, MK Stalin will host a memorial meeting for his late father M Karunanidhi in Chennai. Earlier, the buzz was over Amit Shah attending - he is finally not. Now the buzz is over Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar confirming attendance.

MK Stalin, DMK's New Boss, Is All Set For "Huge Responsibility"

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Tuesday August 28, 2018

MK Stalin, who began his political career as a teen, today took charge of the DMK, the party that his father M Karunanidhi helmed for 49 years. As Mr Karunanidhi's health started deteriorating about a year ago, Mr Stalin led the party till his father's death three weeks ago.

248 People Died Of "Shock" Over M Karunanidhi's Death: DMK

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 28, 2018

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.

Will Teach Modi Government A Lesson: MK Stalin After Taking Charge Of DMK

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday August 28, 2018

MK Stalin stepped into his father M Karunanidhi's shoes today, formally taking over as the chief of the DMK, with a call to arms for his partymen. "My dream is to oppose who give a religious colour to everything. It is not my dream but Tamil Nadu's dream... We will teach a lesson to the Narendra Modi government," said the new party chief.

DMK Meet Highlights: MK Stalin Elected As DMK President

Tamil Nadu News | Tuesday August 28, 2018

MK Stalin was elected as the DMK president unopposed at the party''s general council meeting held in Chennai today. Mr Stalin becomes the second president of one of the oldest political parties in the country, a post held by his late father and five-time Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for 49 years.

"Thalapathy" Stalin Becomes DMK Boss Amid Threats From Brother Alagiri

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Tuesday August 28, 2018

MK Stalin today took charge as the official boss of Tamil Nadu's opposition DMK, one of the state's two main parties.

Nitin Gadkari To Represent BJP At Memorial Meet For M Karunanidhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 27, 2018

The BJP said today Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and its national secretary Muralidhar Rao would represent the party at a memorial meeting for DMK supremo M Karunanidhi, setting at rest speculation over its president Amit Shah's participation at the August 30 event.

MK Stalin, M Karunanidhi's Chosen Heir, All Set To Become DMK Boss

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Tuesday August 28, 2018

The decks are clear for MK Stalin's elevation as the DMK President. He will officially become the boss of the party today. The chosen political heir of M Karunanidhi, his father and party chief, Mr Stalin has been managing the party for more than a year as his 94-year-old father faded out of public life due to failing health. DMK loyalists say he e...

Face Consequences If You Don't Take Me Back, MK Alagiri Warns DMK

Tamil Nadu News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday August 27, 2018

Ahead of M.K. Stalin's election as the DMK President, late leader M Karunanidhi's son M.K. Alagiri on Monday warned the party of "consequences" if it did not take him back into it.