M Karunanidhi

"Kalaignar Lives On": MK Stalin's "Save Tamil" Note Amid Anti-Hindi Stir

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday June 3, 2019

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.

MK Stalin, Rahul Gandhi Remember M Karunanidhi On His Birth Anniversary

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Monday June 3, 2019

DMK chief MK Stalin paid tribute to party partiarch and his father M Karunanidhi on his 95th birth anniversary this morning in Chennai.

"Amazed North, United South, Astounded India": MK Stalin On DMK Poll Wins

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 2, 2019

In a veiled attack on the BJP, days after its thumping Lok Sabha poll win, DMK president MK Stalin Saturday said a situation has now emerged that warranted his party's secularism plank to be pitched in other Indian states.

Election Results 2019: A Sweet And Sour Win For DMK Chief MK Stalin

India News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Friday May 24, 2019

It's a sweet and sour victory for the DMK which has swept Tamil Nadu in the national elections. Party chief MK Stalin, who faced his first major electoral test after his father and party patriarch M Karunanidhi's death last year, proved his leadership delivering a spectacular win for the DMK-led front that is set to win 37of 38 parliamentary seats ...

Tamil Nadu Votes Thursday: All You Need To Know

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 16, 2019

Tamil Nadu votes in a national election for the first time after the death of its two iconic politicians, J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi, left a vacuum that will be hard to fill. After losing its charismatic leader Jayalalithaa, the ruling AIADMK has been struggling with infighting and a fierce power struggle. This election marks many firsts for ...

Big Change In Tamil Nadu's Politics: Prannoy Roy's Analysis

India News | NDTV News Desk | Sunday April 14, 2019

The deaths of two of the biggest icons of Dravidian politics have brought a sea change in Tamil Nadu's politics. In a span of less than three years, Tamil Nadu has lost both J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi, leaving the state in the hands of the GenNext - E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam on one side and MK Stalin on the other.

Sons, Daughters Of Tamil Nadu's Political Families Ready To Take Charge

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Sunday April 7, 2019

The generation next is literally taking over Tamil Nadu politics. After succeeding his late father M Karunanidhi, DMK Chief MK Stalin has fielded seven sons and daughters of party veterans for Lok Sabha polls, including his sister Kanimozhi and nephew Dayanidhi Maran.

4-Way Fight In Central Chennai As DMK's Dayanidhi Maran To Contest Polls

India News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Wednesday March 27, 2019

Dayanidhi Maran, former Telecom Minister and DMK member, filed his nomination for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Central Chennai constituency on Tuesday.

MK Stalin Launches Poll Campaign From Father M Karunanidhi's Birthplace

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Ria Saini (with inputs from Agencies) | Thursday March 21, 2019

A day after releasing his party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, DMK President MK Stalin on Wednesday launched his campaign from father M Karunanidhi's birthplace Tiruvarur. Addressing a rally, the DMK leader said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure will end on June 3 - which also happens to be M Karunanidhi's birth anniversary.

13 New Faces, 2 Women In DMK List For Lok Sabha Elections

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Monday March 18, 2019

The DMK released its list of candidates for 20 seats in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, earmarking four for children of leaders and two for women in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The rest of the 20 constituencies will go to the Congress and other allies.

In Tamil Nadu, A Mini Assembly Election Likely With National polls

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday March 10, 2019

Tamil Nadu's first national election after the death of two colossal figures in Dravidian politics - former Chief Ministers J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi -- is likely to be an acid test of the leadership of E Palaniswami and his rival-turned deputy O Panneerselvam and the gen-next in the DMK.

BJP Needles MK Stalin As He Skips Rahul Gandhi-For-PM At Kolkata Rally

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Sunday January 20, 2019

At a grand meeting of opposition leaders in Kolkata on Saturday, MK Stalin restrained from repeating his endorsement of Rahul Gandhi, but the BJP targeted him for doing so. Why couldn't he say so in Kolkata? the BJP asked, claiming it exposed chinks in the proposed national alliance of the opposition parties.

Bypoll In Tiruvarur, Vacant Since Karunanidhi's Death, Cancelled

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday January 7, 2019

The Election Commission or EC has cancelled the January 28 Tiruvarur bypoll, necessitated by the death of DMK leader M Karunanidhi, after political parties expressed reservation in holding the exercise in view of the ongoing relief measures following Cyclone Gaja.

Rahul Gandhi Should Be PM, Says MK Stalin At Opposition Event In Chennai

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday December 16, 2018

DMK chief MK Stalin has proposed the name of Congress president Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate for 2019. "Rahul has got the ability to defeat fascist Modi government. Let's strengthen Rahul Gandhi's hands, let's save the country," he said at an opposition event in Chennai.

M Karunanidhi's Ancestral House Damaged In Cyclone Gaja

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 21, 2018

The ancestral house of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi's family at Thirukuvalai village near Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu has suffered damage in the 'Gaja' cyclone, officials said on Tuesday.