23:37
A 42-year-old Muslim woman has won the Democratic nomination to run unopposed for a House seat in Michigan, bringing her closer to becoming the first female from the minority community to be elected to the United States Congress, according to a media report.Rashida Tlaib, a former state...
23:06
A Class 8 Dalit student attempted suicide in Punjab's Jalandhar after he was allegedly tricked into drinking urine by his classmates and his teacher slapped him for complaining about it, police said today.The teacher, Shriki Sharma, has been booked yesterday for allegedly assaulting and using...
22:08
Leader of the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, who stepped aside as finance minister in May to undergo a kidney transplant, is likely to attend the House tomorrow to participate in the election for the Deputy Chairman's post, sources said.This will be the Jaitley's first appearance in the Parliament...
21:34
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chief R S Sharma, who had engaged in a verbal duel with the Twitterati over potential misuse of Aadhaar, today said that no information was 'discovered' about him on account of sharing of Aadhaar number but conceded that social media was not a suitable forum...
20:57
Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre and several senior Army officials today paid homage to four soldiers who were killed in a gunbattle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.Bhamre, Vice Chief of the Army Lt Gen Devraj Anbu and other senior Army officials laid wreath at the...
20:42
A day after announcing special trains for its computer-based exam, the railways said today that two more trains would run between Bihar's Muzaffarpur city and Secunderabad in Telangana.Nearly 48 lakh candidates will appear for the first set of the computer-based tests for 66,502 vacancies of...
20:38
Four terrorists were killed by security forces in an encounter in the forests of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir today, officials said.A soldier was also injured, they said.Security forces had launched a search operation in the Ladoora forests in Rafiabad area on Monday following...
19:17
Karunanidhi was accorded a state funeral. Jawans from the three services -- army, navy and airforce -- gave the 21-gun salute as the lid of the coffin was closed and lowered into the grave.
19:15
The coffin holding Karunanidhi's body is lowered to the ground. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Slogans like 'Kalaignar pugazh vazhga vazhgavey' (long live the glory of Karunanidhi) rent the air as tri-service personnel lifted the glass casket containing the mortal remains and walked up to the...
19:04
Karunanidhi laid to rest. A 21-gun salute later, the coffin is lowered to the ground. Not a dry eye among his family. Even Alagiri, who was cast out of the fold by this father, weeping copiously.
18:57
The tricolour has been removed from Karunanidhi's body and handed over to Stalin. After which the body is moved from the cortege to the coffin, where an emotional family says its final farewells. Stalin weeping in front of his father's body, as Kanimozhi gently touches her father's cheeks and...
18:38
Finally, the family now paying their respects: Karunandihi's wife Dayaluammal, Stalin, Alagiri, Kanimozhi, Selvi, offering flowers at the feet of Karunanidhi, in a final goodbye.
18:33
All the VVIPs now paying tribute before the body of Karunanidhi draped in a tricolour. The hauntingly beautiful Last Post is being played.
18:26
Karunanidhi will be accorded a state funeral but there will be no religious ceremony as the DMK patriarch was an atheist. The family putting up a united face in a time of grief. Remains to be seen whether the siblings will accept Stalin's leadership in the absence of the patriarch. Deve Gowda in...
18:21
At Marina Beach where M Karunanidhi will be buried, MK Stalin personally goes up and meets the gathered dignitaries seated under a canopy. Every VVIP with the exception of PM Modi, who paid their tributes to the DMK patriarch at Rajaji Hall, are here. There's Rahul Gandhi, Chandrababu Naidu,...
18:20
At Marina Beach where M Karunanidhi will be buried, MK Stalin personally goes up and meets the gathered dignitaries seated under a canopy. Every VVIP with the exception of PM Modi, who paid their tributes to the DMK patriarch at Rajaji Hall, are here. There's Rahul Gandhi, Chandrababu Naidu,...
18:10
Bihar's social welfare minister Manju Verma, who resigned today over the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home scandal says she resigned because media and opposition had created a furore. But I have full faith in the CBI and the judiciary. I am sure the truth will be out and my husband will come out...
18:02
In other news, an absconding accused in the 2002 Ghatkopar blast incident in Mumbai was today arrested by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad, an official said.ATS officials nabbed Yahya Abdul Rehman Shaikh (45) from Aurangabad in Maharashtra and handed him over to the Maharashtra police, said a...
17:51
Heart-rendering slogans like 'Kalaignar pugazh vazhga vazhgavey' (long live the glory of Karunanidhi) rent the air as tri-service personnel lifted the glass casket containing the mortal remains and walked up to the decked up military hearse. Sobbing family members, including the late leader's...
17:14
Twenty-one people have been injured in the fire that broke out at a refinery of Bharat Petroleum in Mahul, Chembur, after explosions this afternoon, a Fire Brigade official said. One person is said to be critical. The plant at Mahul road of Mumbai caught fire at around 3 pm, the official said....
17:06
Long live Karunanidhi, chants ring out as the gun carriage with the DMK patriarch's s body is being taken for burial to Marina beach. Mixed emotions from the crowd lining the 2-kilometre road to Marina beach, some weeping, others singing and playing music in celebration of the life that...
16:55
Several chief ministers and political leaders paid tribute to late DMK chief M Karunanidhi at the Rajaji Hall in Chennai today. Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and senior party leader...
16:52
Bihar Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma, embroiled in Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal, hands over resignation to CM Nitish Kumar.
16:35
The Editors Guild of India today decried all attempts by the government to interfere with the independence of the media, taking strong note of senior journalists of two TV channels quitting and frequent instances of broadcast signals being blocked of programmes seen to be critical of the ruling...
16:20
That's the gun carriage with Karunanidhi's body being taken to Marina beach.
16:13
NC chief Farooq Abdullah, flanked by NCP leaders Praful Patel and Sharad Pawar.
16:11
NCP chief Sharad Pawar at Rajaji Hall, moments earlier.
16:09
The vehicle of AIADMK minister D Jayakumar who was heading to Rajaji Hall was accosted by DMK supporters, who banged on the vehicle refusing to allow it to pass. The DMK cadre were upset after MK Stalin addressed them in the wake of the stampede at Rajaji Hall blaming the AIADMK government for...
16:03
The last journey of M Karunanidhi from Rajaji Hall to his final resting place next to his mentor Annadurai at Marina Beach, has just begun. Draped in the tricolour wearing his iconic black spectacles, the glass coffin is being carried by the army to the gun carriage. Karunanidhi was an...
15:53
Rumors are flying around in this northern Indian city, home to the Tibetan government-in-exile, that the 14th Dalai Lama is suffering from terminal cancer.With Tibetan exiles deeply worried about the 83-year-old religious leader, the Indian government of Prime...
15:40
Jammu & Kashmir: Security forces apprehended a terrorist identified as Abdul Majid Shah in Awantipora, yesterday. Arms and ammunition and other incriminating material were recovered from him. Case registered under Arms Act at Awantipora police station, further probe underway.
15:28
In other news, reports of an explosion followed by a fire at Mahul, Chembur, at the Bharat Petroleum plant. Residents say the blast shook windows of buildings kilometres away. Fire tenders at the spot.Details awaited.Image: Smoke rises from the BPCL plant in Mahul, Chembur. The picture was...
15:18
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor P Sathasivam, and Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala paid tribute to the DMK Chief Karunanidhi.
15:08
Even as preparations are underway for a state funeral of M Karunanidhi at Marina beach in Chennai, reports coming that two people have died and 33 injured in the scuffle and stampede outside Rajaji Hall in Chennai. The funeral procession of Karunanidhi will start at 4 pm today and he will be laid...
14:55
Chennai: Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao paid tribute to M Karunanidhi at Rajaji Hall.
14:38
Moments before Rahul Gandhi's arrival, that's Akhilesh Yadav and Tejaswi Yadav at Rajaji Hall.
14:32
Congress president Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Karunanidhi at Rajaji Hall. Placing a large wreath of yellow flowers, he spoke briefly to Stalin, likely words of consolation. Rahul arrived in Chennai at least two hours ago but could not reach Rajaji Hall after the security breach that led to a...
14:20
A DMK supporter breaches security and climbs into the balcony at Rajaji Hall. Calm has been restored now, but it's still pretty much push-and-shove for even the VVIPs arriving to pay their respects to Karunanidhi. RJD's Tejaswi Yadav and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav have just paid tribute. TN governor...
14:14
A close-up of Karunanidhi's casket with the words, 'A person who continued to work without rest, now takes rest'.
14:13
DMK Acting President MK Stalin addressing the rank and file at Rajaji Hall to calm frayed nerves and ostensibly to appeal for peace. I am requesting you as a worker and brother of the DMK to please keep the peace. The cortege has to move from Rajaji Hall to Marina beach at 4 pm, so please keep...
14:04
Villagers paid floral tributes at a portrait of the DMK patriarch at his house. Karunanidhi was born on June 3, 1924 in the village and spent his childhood in Nagapattinam. Situated in the heart of the village, his ancestral house -- a modest blue and white structure -- now houses a statue of his...
13:46
The passing away of Dravidian stalwart Muthuvel Karunanidhi has signalled the virtual end of personality-driven bi-polar politics in the state, dominated by charismatic individuals of arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK in the past five decades. While it was Karunanidhi and MGR (M G Ramachandran)...
13:31
At least 40 people have been injured in a stampede outside Rajaji Hall. They have been taken to a government hospital. The police had to resort to a lathicharge after DMK cadres broke the barricades around the casket holding Karunanidhi's mortal remains when they spotted a gap in the security. As...
13:19
Just in: Army deployed at Marina Beach to keep the peace. The Tamil Nadu government is taking no chances.
13:15
In Coimbatore, a DMK supporter gets his head tonsured as mark of respect for Karunandhi.
13:12
Complete chaos at Rajaji Hall where Karunanidhi's body is lying in state. DMK cadres come to blows with the police after they were lathi-charged when the barricades around the casket were broken. Only VVIPs are allowed inside Rajaji Hall to pay tribute to the mortal remains of DMK stalwart M...
12:55
Mamata Banerjee on paying tribute to Karunanidhi yesterday: Yesterday, I had gone to their residence to pay tributes to Karunanidhi-ji. He was the senior most leader and politician, legendary figure. So, it is a great loss. I was unhappy yesterday, as the govt did not allow the Marina beach...
12:51
A quick rewind. At the Madras High Court hearing, the DMK's s lawyer Saravanan has accused the AIADMK for showing double standards over the issue.In an interview with ANI, Sarvanan said: The AIADMK government does not have the courage to claim that it's a political decision. They are hiding...
12:36
The VVIPs in Chennai today PM Modi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor Justice (Retd) Sadhasivam,West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi...
12:25
Free for all at Rajaji Hall as barricades have been broken. Nobody is being allowed to go near Karunanidhi's casket. Lakhs waiting to catch a glimpse of their leader lying in state inside Rajaji Hall and the waiting is clearly getting to them. Emotions have been running high in Tamil Nadu ever...
12:13
Earth moving equipment arrive at Marina Beach after the Madras HC nod for the Karunanidhi's burial here. The Dravida movement leader will be buried next to his mentor, C N Annadurai or Anna as he is popularly called. Annadurai was the founder-leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and was...
11:56
In Chennai, this is what the scene outside the high court looked like as the hearing on the burial was happening.
11:55
Last night MK Stalin tweeted a moving tribute for his late father and party supremo M Karunanidhi. In a hand-written poem, Stalin wrote, For once, shall I call you father, my leader?For one last time, can I call you as my father. I've spent an entire life calling you as a leader, the post read....
11:50
This is what it looks like outside Rajaji Hall where the mortal remains of M Karunanidhi are kept. Most of the mourners are wearing the DMK colours -- red and black. VVIPs expected to arrive at Chennai are Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
11:47
After the Madras high court victory preparations for the burial have already begun at Marina Beach. Karunanidhi will be accorded a state funeral, but before that happens, the lakhs upon lakhs of DMK supporters will have to be allowed to first pay their respects. The distance between Rajaji Hall...
11:38
Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to MK Stalin and Kanimozhi after paying his respects to M Karunanidhi at Chennai's Rajaji Hall. The PM held Kanimozhi and Stalin's hand and consoled them. Kanimozhi, who is Karunannidhi's youngest child, the daughter of this third wife, Dayaluammal, looked more...
11:34
A huge win for DMK and the party's acting president and an equally huge setback and loss of face for the Tamil Nadu government. TN E Palaniswami could have played the elder statesman and been gracious enough to grant the space at Marina Beach without having it wrested by the high court....
11:22
DMK supporters outside Rajaji Hall react to the positive verdict on the HC nod for Karunanidhi's burial at Marina Beach.A division bench of the court comprising Acting Chief Justice H G Ramesh and S S Sundar passed the order on a petition filed by the DMK at a special hearing. Tamil Nadu's main...
11:19
PM Narendra Modi with Nirmala Sitharaman meets Stalin, Kanimozhi, A Raja at Rajaji Hall where DMK founder M Karunanidhi lies in state.
11:08
That's surely the picture of the day, a emotional Stalin hugged by A Raja and comforted by his step-sister and one-time rival Kanimozhi. Alagiri, who was cast aside by his father, Karunanidhi, in favour of Stalin, is together with the family, for now. In Delhi, a obituary reference is being...
11:01
Karunanidhi's son and DMK acting President Stalin breaks down as the news comes in that they have won the case. He is being hugged by former telecom minister, A Raja.DMK cadres erupt in joy. It has been a tense few hours for the family and the party after the Tamil Nadu government refused...
10:51
Just in: The Madras High Court grants permission to the DMK to bury M Karunanidhi at Marina Beach next to Annadurai's memorial also called the the Anna Memorial.After arguments came to an end it took around 20 minutes for the judges to dictate the orders giving the green signal for the...
10:41
PM Modi at Chennai airport. He will head to Rajaji Hall directly from the airport to pay his respects to Karunanidhi.
10:40
Arguments end at the Madras High Court which is hearing a DMK plea to allot space on the Marina beach for burial of party leader M Karunanidhi. Point to note is that the family members of Karunanidhi have not approached the High Court, as Justice SS Sundar tells DMK's lawyer. The case has been...
10:33
PM Narendra Modi has just reached Chennai. Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress president Rahul Gandhi are also expected to reach Chennail for Karunanidhi's funeral. Image: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan pays last respects to former CM M Karunanidhi at Chennai's Rajaji Hall.
10:31
Rapid Action Force has been deployed outside Anna memorial at Marina beach in Chennai. Hearing in the case against denial of burial land by Tamil Nadu Govt at Marina beach for M Karunanidhi is underway at Madras High Court. The state is on high alert, with 10,000 security personnel deployed...
10:22
The Madras High Court today dismissed all pending petitions challenging burials on the Marina in Chennai as it resumed hearing on a petition by the DMK seeking allotment of space at the famous beach for laying to rest its leader M Karunanidhi. Highlights of the hearing that is happening right...
10:03
The Centre has appointed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliate Swadeshi Jagaran Manch co-convenor Swaminathan Gurumurthy and businessman Satish Kashinath Marathe to the central board of the Reserve Bank of India.The names were approved on Tuesday as per provisions of Section 8 1C of the RBI Act,...
09:48
The future of the Force India Formula One team was secured after its administrator accepted a bid backed by a consortium of investors, effectively ending Vijay Mallya's 10-year-old reign at the midfield squad. The team was put into administration ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix last...
09:35
As the hearing underway in the Madras high court over a plea to allot space on the Marina beach for burial of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, the DMK has filed a fresh affidavit justifying that there will not be any violations if the party patriarch is buried at Marina Beach.The high court has dismissed...
09:21
BK Hariprasad will be Congress candidate for the post of deputy chairman in the Rajya Sabha, news agency ANI reports quoting sources.
08:58
Actor turned politician Kamal Haasan took to Twitter and said, When Anna was alive, MGR and Karunanidhi held the fort together with him. It is only behooves the state for all three to be put to rest in the same place. It is saddening that political (cubs) who joined much after don't understand this.
08:48
Departed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi gifted his residence at upscale Gopalapuram in Chennai, in 2010 for setting up a hospital for the poor. On the eve of his 86th birthday, he donated it to Annai Anjugam Trust, (named after his mother) to run a hospital...
08:48
Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit pays last respects to former Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi at Chennai's Rajaji Hall.
08:34
Superstar Rajinikanth pays his homage to M Karunanidhi.
08:32
The Madras high court has started the hearing on the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam'splea against Tamil Nadu government's refusal to allow party patriarch Karunanidhi's burial at Marina Beach in Chennai.Hearing the plea late Tuesday night, the court directed the state government and the Chennai...
08:20
People queued up in large numbers early this morning at Rajaji Hall in Chennai to pay their last respects to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M Karunanidhi who died yesterday after prolonged illness. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam, Lok...
02:01
Two Indians, who were abducted while on a business trip to Malaysia have been rescued, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday night.R P Vaidya and K P Vaidya, who had gone to to Malaysia for business purposes, were abducted on August 3, 2018, Swaraj said.'I am happy to inform...
01:17
Hearing of DMK's plea over burial site for Karunanidhi adjourned till 8 am on Wednesday as the government sought more time to submit a reply.The government will submit its reply at 8 am on Wednesday.
00:30
Acting Chief Justice of Madras high court H G Ramesh hears Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's plea against Tamil Nadu government's refusal to allow party patriarch Karunanidhi's burial at Marina Beach in Chennai.The hearing is underway at the acting chief justice's residence. Meanwhile, advocate...
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