It was at a public rally in March 1995 in Thiruvananthapuram that K. Karunakaran made the famous one-liner that described the murky world of politics. "I was stabbed from the front and from behind."

HYDERABAD - Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was forcibly given intravenous fluids (IV) at a hospital here but his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) claimed he was continuing his fast for the eighth day Friday, demanding relief for farmers who lost their crops in recent rains.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - A large crowd gathered at the Congress headquarters here Friday to bid farewell to four-time Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran, with party president Sonia Gandhi also paying her last respects to the veteran leader who died at the age of 92 a day earlier.