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Karunanidhi retirement announcement takes DMK by surprise

December 6, 2009 India

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi took the state and his DMK party by surprise Saturday announcing his retirement post World Classical Tamil Conference to be held in Coimbatore in June.
Addressing a meeting organised by community organisation Arundathi Makkal Katchi, 85-year-old Karunanidhi said: “After the construction of new assembly complex, inaugurating of Anna Centenary Library [...]

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Reserve 50 percent seats for rural students in universities: Karunanidhi

September 30, 2009 India

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday urged the government to earmark 50 percent of the seats in central universities for students from rural areas.
Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony for a central university at Thiruvarur, around 300 km from here, he said: “The central government should permit 50 percent of the seats for students [...]

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World Tamil conference postponed till June 2010

September 29, 2009 India

The ninth World Tamil Conference that was scheduled for January next year has been postponed by several months, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said Tuesday.
Karunanidhi said the conference has been postponed on the request of Tamil scholars who wanted more time to prepare their papers for presentation at the summit in Coimbatore.
Before the announcement, he chaired [...]

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World Tamil Conference in Coimbatore next January

September 19, 2009 India

The ninth World Tamil Conference will be held in the textile city of Coimbatore Jan 21-24 next year, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said here Saturday.
The dates were finalised at a meeting of state ministers and senior officials chaired by Karunanidhi to discuss the sharing of responsibilities for organising the conference, overseas Tamil experts [...]

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Karunanidhi condoles YSR’s death, calls up Sonia

September 3, 2009 India

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Thursday expressed deep shock at the sudden demise of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash Wednesday and called up Congress chief Sonia Gandhi offering his condolences.
As a mark of respect to the departed Andhra Pradesh chief minister, the Tamil Nadu government has declared a state holiday Friday.
Former Tamil [...]

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Speed up rehabilitation of Sri Lankan Tamils: Karunanidhi

August 10, 2009 India

The rehabilitation of Tamils displaced by fighting in Sri Lanka should be speeded up, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said Monday.
Speaking to reporters, he said: “The rehabilitation process has started and it should be speeded up. We will inform the central government if we have any doubts on the rehabilitation process.”
He said the state [...]

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Karunanidhi’s house to be charitable hospital

July 23, 2009 India

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Thursday announced that his Gopalapuram house will be converted into a charitable hospital after his and his wife’s deaths.
Speaking at the inaugural function of Kalaignar Insurance Scheme for Life Saving Treatment, Karunanidhi said his house’s current value, according to the market rate, is Rs.8 crore (Rs.80 million).
“The hospital will [...]

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No privilege motion against two Tamil Nadu legislators

July 21, 2009 India

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Tuesday withdrew a privilege motion moved against two communist legislators who had allegedly made derogatory remarks against the state assembly speaker.
The motion was moved against Sivapunniam of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and K. Balabharathi of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
The chief minister said the charges are [...]

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Tamil Nadu interested in common school syllabus

July 16, 2009 India

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday said the state government is interested in introducing a common syllabus in schools.
“A special committee is looking into the matter,” he said in the state assembly Wednesday in response to a calling attention motion to the police attack on students Tuesday outside the state secretariat.
He said police had [...]

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Karunanidhi questions Raja over Jayalalitha allegation

July 4, 2009 India

DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has asked his party colleague and IT and Communication Minister A. Raja to respond to allegations that he pressurised a judge to give bail to two men accused in a criminal case.
“Kalignar (as Karunanidhi is referred to) has sought a clarification from Raja. He (Raja) has [...]

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