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In Kancheepuram, restrictions on construction emerge as poll issue

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
As soon as C .N. Annadurai took over the reins of the State administration way back in the late 1960s, he moved the district administration office and a few other district-level government offices from Saidapet in Madras to Kancheepuram. However, some of the head offices of important departments such as the judiciary, health and highways still function from Saidapet. Encroachments ... Unrealised promise ... ....

Petraalthan Pillaiya (1966)

Edit The Hindu 07 May 2016
Petraalthan Pillaiya was produced by K.K. Vasu under the banner of Sri Muthukumaran Pictures. It was one of the hit films of MGR, and had a theatrical run of over 100 days. It was an adaptation of Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid. The film was directed by the duo Krishnan-Panju. The film was also edited by Panju under his pseudonym S. Panjabi. The Kid was suitably altered, with changes made to suit the Tamil film audiences ... G ... M.S ... Annadurai....

Spry at 94, DMK’s ‘professor’ loves the lectern

Edit The Hindu 04 May 2016
At 94, K. Anbazhagan, fondly known as Perasiriar (Professor) in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam circles, and his party leader M. Karunanidhi, remain the torch-bearers of Dravidian ideology. Neither age nor frail health prevents him from hitting the campaign trail ... But he is undeterred. The spirit that he imbibed from DMK founder C.N. Annadurai makes him traverse the length and breadth of the State, he says.Secret of success ... As Mr ... Keywords....

`DMDK will be decimated; AIADMK to win 200 seats'

Edit The Times of India 04 May 2016
Beginning his political career as a DMK MLA under former chief minister C N Annadurai, veteran politician Panruti S Ramachandran has had stints in many political formations. He worked in AIADMK, PMK and DMDK before again rejoining AIADMK two years ago ... In a multi-cornered contest, what gives you the confidence that AIADMK will retain power? ... It is like sailing in still waters. So, each party has to rely on its own inherent strength ... ....

The vanishing tribe of ‘platform speakers’

Edit The Hindu 04 May 2016
It is something one can find only in the political culture of Dravidian parties. Till about a decade ago, as the crowd at election meetings used to patiently wait for the big leaders to arrive, ‘platform speakers’ used to hold their attention with some fiery oration interspersed with punch lines full of double entendre ... Challenge to status quo ... Later on, so did its offshoot, the AIADMK ... Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi, K ... ....

"AIADMK will get 200 seats," says Panruti Ramachandran

Edit The Times of India 03 May 2016
Beginning his political career as a DMK MLA under the regime of former Chief Minister C N Annadurai, veteran politician Panruti S Ramachandran excelled as a Minister in MGR's cabinet and stepped into the shoes of 'Black' MGR Vijaykant's DMDK, before a stint in PMK. Finally, it is home coming for the 79-year-old leader, who has been re-nominated from Alandur constituency by the AIADMK ... Q ... A ... It is like sailing in still waters ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A....

Karunanidhi betrayed Anna by aligning with Congress, says Vijayakant

Edit The Hindu 02 May 2016
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) founder-leader Vijayakant has accused Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M. Karunanidhi of having betrayed his mentor and party founder-leader C.N. Annadurai by joining hands with the Congress ... ....

Shhhh…

Edit Indian Express 02 May 2016
Captain Vijayakanth at a rally in Ottapidaram near Tuticorin. (Express Photo. Arun Janardhanan) ... Vijayakanth was late by least two hours, but the villagers had waited patiently to get a glimpse of their favourite actor-turned-politician ... 3 }); }); ... Vijayakanth may be a Telugu Naidu by origin but after C N Annadurai, M G Ramachandran (MGR) and Karunanidhi, he is probably the only leader whose vote base cuts across OBCs, Dalits and Muslims....

Sambhar Rice for Rs3, Idlis for Re1 each

Edit Indian Express 02 May 2016
It’s 12.15 on a summer afternoon in Chennai, and I’m queueing up for lunch ... I opt for the curry leaf rice (Karuvapellai Satham). I flash a Rs100 note and receive Rs95 back ... (Source ... Annadurai started the subsidised rice initiative in 1967; Karunanidhi came up with the free television scheme that many pollsters believe helped the DMK win a close election in 2006; and Jayalalithaa, too, got into populist mode with the free laptop scheme ... ....

Tamil Nadu, Kerala: What makes oldest candidates in fray most sought-after by their parties?

Edit Yahoo Daily News 01 May 2016
V S Achuthanandan, 92. M Karunanidhi, 91 ... Gogoi is 81 ... VS begins his day at 5 am ... * Along with C N Annadurai, he organised local protests against “powerful north Indian men imposing Hindi names” in 1953 ... * After the DMK parted ways with Periyar’s Dravidar Kazhagam (DK), won the elections in 1967 and Annadurai became the CM, Karunanidhi became public works minister. After Annadurai’s death in early 1969, Karunanidhi succeeded him till 1971....

What makes oldest candidates in fray in Kerala, Tamil Nadu most sought-after by their parties?

Edit Indian Express 01 May 2016
V S Achuthanandan, 92. M Karunanidhi, 91 ... Gogoi is 81 ... V S Achuthanandan ... Kolkata ... * Along with C N Annadurai, he organised local protests against “powerful north Indian men imposing Hindi names” in 1953 ... * After the DMK parted ways with Periyar’s Dravidar Kazhagam (DK), won the elections in 1967 and Annadurai became the CM, Karunanidhi became public works minister. After Annadurai’s death in early 1969, Karunanidhi succeeded him till 1971....

Where victors are crowned

Edit The Hindu 30 Apr 2016
Annadurai’s remark.“Aatukku thadium Nattukku Gavarnarum theyvai illai [A goat does not require a beard, nor a State a Governor].” This view, however, didnot come in the way of convention, and the swearing-in ceremony of the first DMK government took place at the Raj Bhavan. Annadurai’s political successors, however, have refused to be shackled by convention and shifted the ceremonies out of the Raj Bhavan....

MGR magic still spins votes from Coimbatore weavers

Edit The Times of India 30 Apr 2016
Coimbatore. Sitting in a pit loom in his 300sqft home in Sirumugai in Coimbatore district, R Venkatesan, 63, prepares to weave a handloom sari. His wife, G Revathi, is weaving a silk sari in the pit loom next to his. They're probably among the last weavers in their community of Kannada Devanga Chettiars, who live in Sirumugai and Pollachi ... "In the 1970s, Annadurai and Karunanidhi visited and had tea with them," says Kandhasamy ... ....
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