S.S. Palanimanickam to receive DMK’s M.K. Stalin Award
The Hindu
DMK to institute award in honor of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for his 'Dravidan Model' government.
The DMK has decided to institute an award in the name of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to honour him for running a ‘Dravidan Model’ government “that had drawn the attention of the country”. The first award will go to former DMK MP and Union Minister S.S. Palanimanickam. It was late DMK leader M. Karunanidhi who started giving awards in 1985, and the party subsequently instituted awards in the name of Periyar, Anna, Karunanidhi, Bharathidasan, and K. Anbazhagan. The party, now celebrating its 75th year, has announced an award in the name of Mr. Stalin.
The nature enthusiasts who gathered at the Ramadevarabetta vulture sanctuary on the morning of September 14 were one lucky batch. What awaited the group was a glorious view of the only pair of critically endangered long-billed vultures in the sanctuary, perched about 3,000 feet high on the crevice of a monolith that’s characteristic of Ramanagara.