ED summons TASMAC MD, top officials in investigation into ₹1,000-crore liquor scam

Enforcement Directorate officials conducting a raid at Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation headquarters in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday (April 24, 2025) summoned top officials in the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) including its Managing Director and IAS officer S. Visakan in the alleged ₹1,000 crore…

‘Scarcity of brides’ hits Old Mysore region

About a month ago, residents of Maduvanahalli in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar district witnessed the bizarre sight of a youth perched on the higher reaches of a metal structure supporting the overhead high-tension cables passing through the village. Notwithstanding the cries of his mother and pleas by other villagers, who had gathered beneath, cautioning him…

Startup Summit-25 | Healthcare industry is in need of technology intervention at all levels: experts

Panellists at the session on ‘Healthtech Innovations: Revolutionising Healthcare in Tamil Nadu’ held at the summit on Thursday. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Healthcare industry requires technology intervention at all levels — from patient care to maintaining hospital records and even a hospital’s functioning. The opportunities are many for the passionate. Often a personal…