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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicM Karunanidhi

Topic: M Karunanidhi

Commander to CEO: How Stalin has shaped DMK into a machine permanently in poll mode

As Stalin completes 7 years as DMK president, analysts say he runs the party much as he runs the govt—through review meetings, reports, grievance cells and structured monitoring.

Tamil people do not bow in shame, nor lower their head in defeat: M Karunanidhi on Tamil pride

On 15 September 1986, the DMK stalwart delivered a stirring address in Chennai, weaving poetry with politics, defending Tamil cultural heritage while reflecting on electoral defeats with unwavering pride.

Court grants bail to YouTuber arrested for ‘derogatory remarks’ against Karunanidhi

Social influencer & NTK member ‘Sattai’ Durai Murugan was arrested for making ‘derogatory remarks’ against Karunanidhi while campaigning for NTK candidate for Vikravandi bypoll.

Same circle of leaders, different approach — how Stalin made father Karunanidhi’s DMK his own

MK Stalin inherited his father M Karunanidhi's political legacy, but adopted a different style of leadership and governance to face the changing scenario in Tamil Nadu and India.

74 years, 3 generations, 1 ideology: Inside DMK’s ‘first family’ at the heart of TN BJP’s ‘corruption exposé’

BJP’s purported exposé — ‘DMK Files’ — claims 13 members of DMK have assets totalling Rs 1.34 lakh crore. Five of these, it says, are members of ‘DMK first family’.

Stalin is no Karunanidhi, but this is how he’s rebranding his image in Tamil Nadu politics

Most events Stalin has participated in over the last few months have been choreographed down to the minutest detail.

Negotiator recalls how Kannada film star Rajkumar was freed from Veerappan’s custody

Eighteen years after 'Dr' Rajkumar was abducted by forest brigand Veerappan, nine suspects were set free Tuesday.

Karunanidhi’s Marina beach burial despite AIADMK objection, and shelter-home horrors

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Technically, the national flag shouldn’t fly at half-mast everywhere for Karunanidhi

The Flag Code of India doesn’t officially allow for this honour to be given to a former state CM. But the code has long been flexible.

Politics over Karunanidhi’s burial & why Rahul Gandhi liked Gadkari’s query on job data

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.