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M Karunanidhi

The appointment of former judges to other constitutional posts has long been a matter of debate in India

Updated On: 13 Feb 2023 | 1:20 PM IST

Palaniswami also accused the DMK government of failing to fulfil any of the 2021 assembly election promises

Updated On: 11 Feb 2023 | 10:22 AM IST

Unveiling former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President late M. Karunanidhi's bronze statue at the Omandurar Government Estate, Naidu said it is "Team India"

Updated On: 28 May 2022 | 10:33 PM IST

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu unveiled a statue of Dravidian stalwart and five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the late M Karunanidhi, in the presence of the latter's son and state CM M K Stalin

Updated On: 28 May 2022 | 7:43 PM IST

Making a statement in the state Assembly, Stalin, Karunanidhi's son, listed out the various pro-people initiatives of his late father in various sectors, including women empowerment and social welfare

Updated On: 26 Apr 2022 | 12:37 PM IST

Ruling party's mouthpiece 'Murasoli' in its edition today carried a well-known slogan of Karunanidhi against foisting Hindi on people and captioned the write-up as 'Warning to the Union government"

Updated On: 10 Apr 2022 | 7:48 PM IST

A Rs 39-crore memorial for late DMK president and former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will be constructed at the Marina on Kamarajar Salai, chief minister M K Stalin announced on Tuesday

Updated On: 24 Aug 2021 | 4:41 PM IST

Book review of Karunanidhi: A Life

Updated On: 08 Apr 2021 | 11:59 PM IST

Tamil Nadu goes in for single-phase Assembly polls on Tuesday and it will be for the first time in history that the state goes to vote in the absence of star leaders J Jayalalitha and M Karunanidhi.Polling across 234 assembly constituencies in 38 districts of the state will begin at 7 am. A total of 3,998 candidates are in the poll fray. In view of COVID-19, the number of polling stations has been increased to 88,937.As many as 74,162 personnel from Tamil Nadu Local & Armed Reserve (AR) Police, 8,010 personnel from Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP) and 23, 200 personnel from the CAPF have been deployed for the elections, according to the Tamil Nadu Police.34,130 non-police personnel have also been deployed, including Home Guard, Forest Guard, Retired Police and ex-CAPF along with 6,350 police personnel and 12,411 Home Guard from other states.The state had in the past witnessed fierce electoral battles between M Karunanidhi of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and J Jayalalitha ..

Updated On: 06 Apr 2021 | 6:32 AM IST

Tamil Nadu is known for politics of welfare: Many like to call it winning elections by offering freebies

Updated On: 19 Mar 2021 | 11:27 PM IST

Earlier, the ordinary people had no access to Tamil Nadu politics' stalwarts. This is changing now, and therefore, Rahul Gandhi's recent visit to the state was a change for the people

Updated On: 06 Feb 2021 | 12:06 AM IST

PM Modi invited the 93-year-old Karunanidhi to stay at his Delhi residence: M K Stalin

Updated On: 04 Dec 2019 | 7:18 PM IST

DMK, which is now led by M K Stalin, has been talking against the Centre on various issues in recent months

Updated On: 04 Dec 2019 | 7:18 PM IST

It will be located alongside a refurbished statue of DMK founder and late chief minister C N Annadurai at the party headquarters

Updated On: 15 Nov 2018 | 2:30 PM IST

DMK announcced announced a solatium of Rs 200,000 for the deceased families

Updated On: 28 Aug 2018 | 4:48 PM IST

In his passing away, Karunanidhi might leave crores of his cadres in distress, yet unlike his bête noir J. Jayalalithaa, he would not leave his party directionless

Updated On: 09 Aug 2018 | 12:43 PM IST

With Karunanidhi suffering from ailments for the last two years, Stalin was appointed the DMK Working President and the Opposition leader in the Assembly

Updated On: 09 Aug 2018 | 12:35 AM IST

Karunanidhi's body was draped in the national tri-colour with his trademark black glasses, yellow shawl, white shirt and dhothi on

Updated On: 08 Aug 2018 | 5:58 PM IST

Few politicians could claim to leave behind a political legacy as brilliant as M Karunanidhi, and that is even more impressive if you consider his origins

Updated On: 08 Aug 2018 | 5:08 PM IST

DMK Mumbai unit incharge R Palaniswamy said the unit invited Karunanidhi

Updated On: 08 Aug 2018 | 4:26 PM IST