G. Shankar

The G Shankar Family Trust, a noted philanthropist organization led by industrialist and fishermen community leader, G Shankar and Manipal Group of Institutions (Medical Group), have entered into a new agreement to provide medical concessions for poor patients undergoing treatment for major diseases at the Manipal Group Hospitals.

The new evidence of soil piping at Upputhura near Elappara in Idukki following the landslides on Tuesday has put scientists of the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) and Hazard Vulnerability Risk Assessment Cell on alert.

A 38-year-old driver-cum-owner of a mini-goods truck succumbed to the injuries he sustained after 40 huge glass panes he was ferrying in his vehicle crashed on him when he was unloading them.

A career guidance programme will be organized jointly by the Manipal University, G Shankar Family Trust and Mogaveera Youth Association on Monday.

The death toll in the Sulwadi temple prasadam poisoning case could have been much higher had it not been for timely services rendered by private hospitals in Mysuru, Abhiram G Shankar, deputy commissioner, revealed.

A 36-year-old advocate filed a complaint against 10 persons, including staff of a car showroom off MG Road and CEO of the car manufacturer in New Delhi, accusing them of trying to deliver her a brand new SUV that was dented and refusing to replace

A massive fishkill has been reported at Muktapur Lake, situated on the outskirts of Hyderabad, in Bhoodhan Pochampally mandal of Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district. The lake, connected to the highly polluted Musi river, has witnessed the death of fish worth 25 lakh over the past few days. The fishkill is believed to have been triggered by spraying herbicide using drones to eliminate water hyacinth. Incidentally, fish from water bodies in the area are supplied to Hyderabad.

Hombelaku, the rehabilitation centre for the chronic psychiatrically ill persons, under Kasturba Medical College, Manipal was formally inaugurated here on Thursday by Udupi businessman and philanthropist, G Shankar.

G Shankar Family Trust has donated a hearse valued at Rs 20 lakh to Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC).This is the first such hearse in Udupi.

Justice K G Shankar of the AP High Court on Friday gave permission to Koneru Rajendra Prasad, the main accused in the Emmar scam case, to go to Dubai.

U B Pavanaja, editor of Vishva Kannada, and secretary, Karavali Wikimedians User Group, has partnered with the Dr G Shankar Government Women's First Grade College and PG Study Centre, Ajjarkadu, and launched a research project on the effectiveness of Wikipedia as a platform of learning.

The suburban police on Sunday arrested five persons for smuggling rectified spirit from Madhya Pradesh and seized a lorry with 12,845 litres of spirit worth more than Rs 40 lakh. About Rs 1.5 lakh in cash was also seized.

Unlike other state governments, the Karnataka government has not come forward to take up the national health insurance schemes mooted by the Union government, which are a boon to the economically poor, observed Mallikarjun Kharge, Union minister for labour and employment.

The woes of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL) on account of the innumerable loans it borrowed from various lenders continued to pile up.

Mysuru district collector Abhiram G Shankar on Monday said the entire district will not be under complete lockdown, it will be imposed only in areas where Covid-19 cases are increasing.

City-based Habitat Technology Group has bagged two prestigious national awards for design instituted by HUDCO under the union ministry of housing and urban affairs in cost-effective building technique and green building categories for 2021-22.

The Manipal School of Architecture and Planning celebrated Founder's Day by sharing views on `Inspired by Life,' one of the two maxims on the Manipal logo, at the AC seminar hall, MIT on Saturday.