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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)

Dravidian giant passes away

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

8 Aug 2018 1:55 AM IST

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...

8 Aug 2018 2:22 AM IST

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...

8 Aug 2018 12:25 AM IST

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 9:34 PM IST

Do not give room for untoward incidents. Maintain peace, said Stalin in a statement, Hand over anti socials to police, they may attempt to tarnish DMK. (Photo: AFP)

Stalin urges DMK workers to maintain peace, show military discipline

MK Stalin, son of Late Karunanidhi, put out an appeal to DMK cadre and followers to maintain discipline.

7 Aug 2018 8:59 PM IST

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 8:26 PM IST

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 6:56 PM IST

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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 6:46 PM IST

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 6:55 PM IST

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 6:53 PM IST

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 4:51 PM IST

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 7:09 PM IST