M.K. Alagiri, who is also the DMK’s south zone organising secretary, said he was totally sidelined in the party by people who could not digest his growth in the organisation. M.K. Alagiri <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/i-will-accept-no-one-except-my-father-as-party-leader-mk-alagiri/article5542639.ece>made it clear</a> that he would not accept anyone except his father and party chief M. Karunanidhi as his leader. File Photo: S. James
The five-year-old Podanur-Pollachi <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/gauge-work-hit-by-fund-constraints/article5552467.ece>gauge conversion project is now hit</a> by fund constraints. The 2008 file pictures shows work going on near Valankulam, Coimbatore. File photo: M. Periasamy
This January 5, 2014 photo shows forest officials inspecting the spot at Aadasholah near Udhagamandalam, where <a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/leopard-mauls-man-near-ooty/article5548724.ece>a woman was killed by a leopard.</a> Photo: M. Sathyamoorthy