DMDK chief Vijayakanth, who was on ventilator after testing Covid positive, passes away
Chennai/IBNS: Actor-politician Vijayakanth on Thursday, who was on a ventilator support after testing positive for Covid-19, passed away on Thursday, media reports said.
He was 71.
Vijayakanth, who was the head of DMDK, was suffering from illness.
He was brought to hospital and kept on ventilator support following his complaints of breathing.
Earlier in November, Vijayakanth was admitted to a hospital as he was suffering from cough and throat pain.
Vijayakanth, who predominantly worked in Tamil films like 'Sagaptham', 'Madura Veeran', founded DMDK in 2005.
He was the Leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu assembly from 2011 to 2016.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
Related Articles
'Brazilian model voted as Seema, Sweety, Saraswati in Haryana': Rahul Gandhi drops 'H-bomb'
New Delhi/IBNS: Unleashing what he called his much-awaited “H-bomb,” Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday, alleged large-scale voter fraud during last year’s Haryana Assembly elections.
'You are not Sikh': Pakistan bars Indian Hindu pilgrims from entering on Guru Nanak Jayanti, sparks outrage
New Delhi/IBNS: Fourteen Indian citizens, who were part of a group of pilgrims travelling to Nankana Sahib, were denied entry into Pakistan citing they were "Hindus" and "not Sikhs", NDTV reported.
Chhattisgarh train collision kills 8; rescue ops continue in Bilaspur
At least eight people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday when a Korba passenger train rammed into a stationary freight train near the Lal Khadan area on the Bilaspur–Katni section of the South East Central Railway zone.
Rahul Gandhi stirs controversy in Bihar, claims 'army is under control of 10% of the population'
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stirred a political storm after claiming that the Indian Army is “under the control of 10 percent of the country’s population”, a reference widely interpreted as targeting so-called upper castes.
Latest News
Hormonal contraceptive pill linked to higher breast cancer risk? New study rings alarm bells
OpenAI's Sora on Android is here: Video creation will never be the same
See Varun Dhawan like never before: First look from Border 2 is pure fire!
Yunus govt bows to Islamist pressure, music and physical education axed from Bangladesh schools
