TOP 25: DMK chief Karunanidhi passes away

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President M Karunanidhi breathed his last on Tuesday in a Chennai hospital after a short illness. He was 94.

Though best known as the political rival to J Jayalalithaa, Muthuvel Karunanidhi was a man with several feathers in his cap. Karunanidhi's political career spanned eight decades. He contested 12 Assembly elections, losing none. A heavyweight of the Dravidian politics, he served the state five times as its Chief Minister.