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No traffic on Tirusulam flyover. (Photo: DC)

Total shutdown hits normal life

Even other transport modes like omni buses, cab, auto and taxi services were not in service giving immense inconvenience...

9 Aug 2018 5:42 AM IST

Vijayendra Saraswathi

Kanchi seer condoles death of M Karunanidhi

Karunanidhi was often supportive of the mutt, Ganesan said in a statement.

9 Aug 2018 2:26 AM IST

DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi at a public function once on his tryst with destiny and sharing a platform with superstar Rajinikanth.

Yama can't take away my life, only Tamil cause can: M Karunanidhi

â€œOnly if such a life-giving situation for the cause of Tamil comes, I may part with my life, but not give it to...

9 Aug 2018 2:24 AM IST

V.S. Boys Higher Secondary School in Tiruvarur where former chief minister M.Karunanidhi studied from class VI.

M Karunanidhi showed fighting spirit right from school days

The government school was handed over to a private management now it is called as V.S. Boys Higher Secondary School.

9 Aug 2018 2:22 AM IST

DMK leader MK Stalin breaks down after Madras High Courts verdict to allow the burial of his father and former chief minister M Karunanidhi at Marina beach, in Chennai on Wednesday (Photo: DC)

MK Stalin breaks down on Madras High Court verdict

A. Raja tried to support him from one side while DMK senior Durai Murugan offered his chest to rest the sobbing face of...

9 Aug 2018 2:09 AM IST

DMK cadres and Kalaignar fans fill up all roads as Karunanidhis cortage reaches Anna Square in Chennai on Wednesday evening.

Million people march for M Karunanidhi on his funeral

Grieving DMK cadres were spread out all along the route of the cortege from the Rajaji Hall to the Marina Beach memorial...

9 Aug 2018 2:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays his last respects to DMK chief M Karunanidhi at Rajaji Hall, in Chennai on Wednesday. (Photo: DC)

PM Modi leads VIP mourners

Before leaving the venue, Modi greeted the teaming crowd of mourners with folded hands.

9 Aug 2018 2:00 AM IST

Supporters, in large numbers, arrive to pay their last respects to DMK chief M. Karunanidhi at Rajaji Hall in Chennai on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Man who never rested, finally rests

Million people accompanied Karunanidhi's final journey to Marina Beach where he was laid to rest.

9 Aug 2018 12:58 AM IST

The countrys high and mighty descended on the city to pay their last respects to the Thalaivar. (Photo: AFP)

Dravidian doyen M Karunanidhi laid to rest at Marina, lakhs bid adieu

Karunanidhi was buried with full military honours with soldiers giving him a gun salute and buglars sounding the last...

8 Aug 2018 8:52 PM IST

The golden casket in which the mortal remains of Karunanidhi would be laid to rest will have the engraving in Tamil, Oivu edukamal uzhaithavan, idho oivu eduthu kondu irukiran, meaning One who worked hard without taking rest, is resting in peace here. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

One who worked hard without rest, rests in peace here, reads...

Lines written on coffin were penned by Karunanidhi himself three decades ago and were also referred to in letter written...

8 Aug 2018 3:06 PM IST

Karunanidhi achieved fame as a scriptwriter in the early 1950s before dominating the political scene in the state of Tamil Nadu for nearly five decades. (Photo: PTI)

M Karunanidhi: A cricket lover who adored Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni...

The scriptwriter-turned-politician was a voracious leader and a legendary writer, known for his love for theatre and...

8 Aug 2018 2:52 PM IST

Several people have suffered injuries in the stampede that happened when the police were allowing them to enter the Rajaji Hall in batches. (Photo: AP)

2 dead in stampede near Rajaji Hall where late Karunanidhi lay in...

MK Stalin said, 'Those who are in power are trying to create chaos, but you have all shown the strength of the cadres.'

8 Aug 2018 2:40 PM IST