1. Vijayakant laid to rest
Vijayakant, the 71-year-old Tamil actor-turned-politician who breathed his last yesterday, was laid to rest with state honours, in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister at the DMDK party headquarters in Chennai this evening.
Earlier in the day, the public and eminent personalities including Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan paid homage to the mortal remains of ‘Çaptain’ Vijayakant at the Island Grounds.