Karunanidhi Health

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Karunanidhi stood like rock to protect the DMK and braved out after hobnobbing with Vajpayee-led BJP to re-negotiate an electoral alliance with Sonia Gandhi-led Congress for the 2004 Lok Sabha polls.

Karunanidhi: The man and the politician

Karunanidhi's early moorings as a dialogue and screen-play writer for Tamil films/theatre since the early 1940s’, is by now legendary.

08 Aug 2018 2:22 AM

A stalwart of the Dravidian movement and politics, Karunanidhi found his calling at the age of 14 when he led an stir against imposition of Hindi in TN schools. (Photo: Twitter/@kalaignar89)

Dravidian giant passes away

Karunanidhi, 94, breathed his last at a hospital in Chennai after battling illness for 11 days.

08 Aug 2018 1:55 AM

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 democrat.

08 Aug 2018 12:25 AM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said, "Former Chief Minister Karunanidhi's demise is a big loss to Tamil Nadu." (Photo: File)

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.

07 Aug 2018 9:34 PM

Though Karunanidhi was himself a strong and charismatic leader, he never spoke down to his cadres and moved with them as an equal. (Photo: File)

Karunanidhi – infused democracy, created awareness on state’s rights, federalism

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

07 Aug 2018 8:26 PM

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

A man of letters, Karunanidhi delighted in the arts

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

07 Aug 2018 6:56 PM

The flood of eulogies and the outpouring of sadness that have followed Karunanidhi’s death is proof to his significance not only in Tamil Nadu but also in Indian politics. (Photo: File)

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 leader.

07 Aug 2018 6:55 PM

Karunanidhi for the last two years, he was confined to his Gopalapuram residence since he fell ill in October 2016, managing to faintly recognise people with his wide trademark smile. (Photo: Twitter/@kalaignar89)

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

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

07 Aug 2018 6:53 PM

The DMK head served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for five separate terms in the 1969–2011 period. (Photo: Twitter/@kalaignar89)

DMK Chief Karunanidhi, 5-time CM and towering Dravidian leader, dies at 94

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

07 Aug 2018 6:46 PM

A Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supporter reacts to a bulletin that was released about party president M Karunanidhi's health, in Chennai on Monday. (Photo: PTI | File)

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.

07 Aug 2018 4:51 PM

A Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supporters reacts to a bulletin that was released about party president M Karunanidhi's 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.

06 Aug 2018 7:09 PM

President Ram Nath Kovind meets DMK leaders MK Stalin and Kanimozhi at Kauvery hospital, where their father and party chief M Karunanidhi is being treated, in Chennai, on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

President Kovind visits ailing DMK chief Karunanidhi at Chennai hospital

At the hospital, the President briefly interacted with Karunanidhi's son and DMK working president M K Stalin and DMK MP Kanimozhi.

05 Aug 2018 5:59 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.

03 Aug 2018 9:12 PM

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

Hope and despair as DMK workers pray for Karunanidhi outside hospital

Proclaiming Karunanidhi as a 'medical miracle', DMK workers wish that he come back home soon.

30 Jul 2018 9:23 PM

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