There is also the fact that Rajinikanth is neither a Tamil nor a South Indian. MGR --born in Sri Lanka -- was a Malayalee hailing from Kerala. He grew up in Tamil Nadu and was active in politics for ...

December 24: Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran known popularly as MGR ruled Tamil movidom for three decades until becoming Chief Minister of India's Tamil Nadu State in 1977. MGR served as chief minister ...

Late actor MGR aka MG Ramachandran was a favorite actor for many, and he was the first Tamil actor to become a Chief Minister. He had won the hearts of his fans through his winning performances and ...

As Tamil Nadu gears up for the 2026 assembly elections, the highly charged atmosphere in the state is marked more by quiet mobilisation and narrative positioning than by loud campaign rhetoric - for ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to have capitalised well on his visit to Malaysia to woo Tamil Nadu voters. As the assembly elections in the South Indian state are around the corner, PM Modi left ...

"There cannot be another MGR, but Tamil Nadu needs a leader, there is a vacancy, that's why I am entering politics," said Rajinikanth as he unveiled a statue of Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MG ...

Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 27 (ANI): Invoking the legacy of veteran leaders MG Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MGR ...

Party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami paid floral tributes to the statue of MGR at the party headquarters here and cut a 107 kg cake to mark the 107th birth anniversary of the late leader and ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced establishing a chair in the name of Bharat Ratna MGR (AIADMK founder and former chief minister M. G. Ramachandran) at the International Institute ...