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A disciplined party with a clear chain of command enabled MK to rule as unquestioned leader but with passage of time came ambitious relatives, for whose sake he forced his party to abandon its anti-nepotism stand. (Photo: Twitter/@kalaignar89)

Farewell to the last of Tamil Nadu's titans

However frail at the end of his 94 years, he was a colossus of Dravidian values till the end and always an eternal...

7 Aug 2018 6:55 PM

DMK supporters gather outside the hospital where M Karunanidhi is being treated, in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Politicians, celebrities pay tribute to Dravidian veteran Karunanidhi

Karunanidhi died at 6.10 pm at the age of 94 at Chennai's Kauvery Hospital after a prolonged illness.

7 Aug 2018 4:04 PM

A highly imaginative Karunanidhi did not leave any opportunity to show his historical knowledge and interest in organising functions. (Photo: File/PTI)

Karunanidhi infused democracy, created awareness on state's rights,...

Kalaignar's second biggest achievement in these last 50 years is to run the DMK in a democratic manner.

7 Aug 2018 2:56 PM

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi greets DMK chief M. Karunanidhi on his 94th birthday at his Gopalapuram residence in Chennai on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

A man of letters, Karunanidhi delighted in the arts

From 'Sangam' literature to contemporary novels, he was a voracious reader and writer.

7 Aug 2018 1:26 PM

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DMK Chief Karunanidhi, 5-time CM and towering Dravidian leader, dies...

Doctors at the Kauvery Hospital kept the leader on maximum medical support but his health continued to decline.

7 Aug 2018 1:16 PM

DMK supporters gather outside the hospital where M Karunanidhi is being treated, in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Karuna reached dizzying heights, with no money, caste influence

It is a tribute to Indian democracy that someone born in the Isai Vellalar community could become country's powerful...

7 Aug 2018 1:25 PM

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supporters gather outside the hospital where DMK chief M Karunanidhi is being treated in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Muthuvel Karunanidhi, DMK's captain of 50 years returns to pavilion

The party has lost one of its most distinguished and astonishing leaders.

7 Aug 2018 1:23 PM

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supporters gather outside the hospital where DMK chief M Karunanidhi is being treated in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

DMK chief Karunanidhi's health 'extremely critical': Kauvery Hospital

The doctors clearly mentioned that despite maximum medical support, Karunanidhi's vital organs continued to deteriorate.

7 Aug 2018 11:21 AM

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supporters gather outside the hospital where DMK chief M Karunanidhi is being treated in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Karunanidhi's health declines, vitals a challenge, says Chennai...

The 94-year-old DMK patriarch has been in ICU since July 28 when he was rushed following a dip in his blood pressure.

6 Aug 2018 8:17 PM

A Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supporters reacts a bulletin was released about party president M Karunanidhis health, in Chennai on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Next 24 hours 'crucial' for Karunanidhi, supporters throng hospital

DMK chief Karunanidhi is on continuous monitoring and being treated with active medical support, the hospital added.

6 Aug 2018 1:39 PM

Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda meets DMK leaders MK Stalin and Kanimozhi in a hospital where their father and party chief M Karunanidhi, who is being treated for fever due to urinary tract infection, in Chennai, on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Deve Gowda visits DMK chief, says Karunanidhi should cross 100

'Karunanidhi was also responsible for making me Prime Minister in 1996 and I cannot forget it,' H D Deve Gowda said.

3 Aug 2018 3:42 PM

DMK treasurer MK Stalin (Photo: PTI)

I pleaded with CM for Marina burial: MK Stalin

The first delegation went and came back empty-handed.

14 Aug 2018 9:07 PM