Former Prime Minister and senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh expressed his condolence on the death of DMK President M. Karunanidhi and wrote to his son M.K Stalin saying that the country has lost a versatile genius.

Following the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, the KSRTC has suspended the service of its buses to Tamil Nadu for two days as a precautionary measure. 

Kavitha Lankesh, sister of Gauri Lankesh, said that it was not fair to exaggerate the accused arrested in Gauri Lankesh murder case as the murderers were always murderers.

The national flag will fly half-mast on Wednesday as a mark of respect to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi who died at a Chennai hospital on Tuesday, a government statement said on Tuesday.

Muthuvel Karunanidhi was one of the last links to the Dravidian movement that ushered in the rise of backward classes in politics and the end of Congress rule in Tamil Nadu five decades ago on the plank of social justice.

Municipal Administration Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said that “I am born Congressman. There is no question of going to BJP. If needed, I have the capacity of bringing 10 MLAs from BJP”.

The Supreme Court will hear on August 13 a plea for a court-monitored SIT probe into the lynching of cattle trader Qasim by cow vigilantes in Hapur in Uttar Pradesh in June.

Karnataka districts bordering Tamil Nadu have been put on high alert following the death of DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi, police said on Tuesday.