Karunanidhi Burial

Top Tamil star Rajinikanth on Monday suggested that Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his entire cabinet should have attended the burial of late DMK President M Karunanidhi last week at the Marina beach.

DMK working president M K Stalin, prominent personalities and the general public on Thursday paid homage at the burial site of departed leader M Karunanidhi.

The meeting convened by Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi to discuss the current political scenario and Maratha quota stir stood cancelled as he had to attend DMK stalwart M Karunanidhi's burial in Chennai on Wednesday.

Bengal Chief Minister said she was unhappy yesterday, as the government did not allow the Marina beach burial for Karunanidhi.

DMK leader M Karunanidhi, who died on Tuesday after a long illness, will be buried at Chennai's Marina Beach, where three other former chief ministers including J Jayalalithaa have memorials.

Emotional scenes were witnessed at the iconic Rajaji Hall in Chennai where veteran politician M Karunanidhi's body is placed in a glass casket, wrapped in the national flag. His son MK Stalin broke down on hearing that the Madras High Court has allowed his father's burial at Marina Beach in the city. Mr Stalin, who was standing by his father's body...

As thousands flocked to the Rajaji Hall in Chennai for a last look at M Karunanidhi, their "Kaliagnar" who died at 94 yesterday, his party DMK and the ruling AIADMK slugged it out in court over a burial site.

M Karunanidhi, a towering figure in Tamil Nadu politics, was given a state funeral and buried at Chennai's Marina Beach on Wednesday, in the presence of the country's top politicians. A massive crowd followed the DMK patriarch's casket from Rajaji Hall, where leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi had paid tribute to him earlier in the day....

M Karunanidhi died on Tuesday in Chennai. He was 94. Actor Rajinikanth and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited his house. The Tamil Nadu government announced a seven-day mourning in his honour.

Tamil Nadu's E Palaniswami government has faced a barrage of criticism for rejecting the DMK's request for M Karunanidhi's burial next to the grave of his political mentor CN Annadurai along Marina beach. National Conference chief Omar Abdullah found the ruling AIADMK's stand petty, Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked the E Palaniswami government...

A rare midnight hearing on the DMK's petition in the Madras High Court to seek permission for the former chief minister M Karunanidhi's burial along Marina beach was inconclusive after the ruling AIADMK government sought time to get back with its stand. The high court has gave the state 7 hours to make up its mind and resumed hearing at 8 am. The T...

DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi who died in a hospital on Tuesday evening, cannot be laid to rest along the Marina beach in Chennai, the ruling AIADMK government has said, turning down requests from the DMK for permission to bury him next to the grave of his mentor and DMK founder, CN Annadurai at Chennai's "Anna Square" memorial.

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to decide where DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi will be laid to rest and will resume hearing at 8 am on whether his burial will be at Anna Square memorial along Chennai's Marina beach.

Top Tamil star Rajinikanth on Monday suggested that Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his entire cabinet should have attended the burial of late DMK President M Karunanidhi last week at the Marina beach.

DMK working president M K Stalin, prominent personalities and the general public on Thursday paid homage at the burial site of departed leader M Karunanidhi.

The meeting convened by Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi to discuss the current political scenario and Maratha quota stir stood cancelled as he had to attend DMK stalwart M Karunanidhi's burial in Chennai on Wednesday.

Bengal Chief Minister said she was unhappy yesterday, as the government did not allow the Marina beach burial for Karunanidhi.

DMK leader M Karunanidhi, who died on Tuesday after a long illness, will be buried at Chennai's Marina Beach, where three other former chief ministers including J Jayalalithaa have memorials.

Emotional scenes were witnessed at the iconic Rajaji Hall in Chennai where veteran politician M Karunanidhi's body is placed in a glass casket, wrapped in the national flag. His son MK Stalin broke down on hearing that the Madras High Court has allowed his father's burial at Marina Beach in the city. Mr Stalin, who was standing by his father's body...

As thousands flocked to the Rajaji Hall in Chennai for a last look at M Karunanidhi, their "Kaliagnar" who died at 94 yesterday, his party DMK and the ruling AIADMK slugged it out in court over a burial site.

M Karunanidhi, a towering figure in Tamil Nadu politics, was given a state funeral and buried at Chennai's Marina Beach on Wednesday, in the presence of the country's top politicians. A massive crowd followed the DMK patriarch's casket from Rajaji Hall, where leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi had paid tribute to him earlier in the day....

M Karunanidhi died on Tuesday in Chennai. He was 94. Actor Rajinikanth and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited his house. The Tamil Nadu government announced a seven-day mourning in his honour.

Tamil Nadu's E Palaniswami government has faced a barrage of criticism for rejecting the DMK's request for M Karunanidhi's burial next to the grave of his political mentor CN Annadurai along Marina beach. National Conference chief Omar Abdullah found the ruling AIADMK's stand petty, Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked the E Palaniswami government...

A rare midnight hearing on the DMK's petition in the Madras High Court to seek permission for the former chief minister M Karunanidhi's burial along Marina beach was inconclusive after the ruling AIADMK government sought time to get back with its stand. The high court has gave the state 7 hours to make up its mind and resumed hearing at 8 am. The T...

DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi who died in a hospital on Tuesday evening, cannot be laid to rest along the Marina beach in Chennai, the ruling AIADMK government has said, turning down requests from the DMK for permission to bury him next to the grave of his mentor and DMK founder, CN Annadurai at Chennai's "Anna Square" memorial.

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to decide where DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi will be laid to rest and will resume hearing at 8 am on whether his burial will be at Anna Square memorial along Chennai's Marina beach.