NRI Digest

Kuwait: Kuwait Canara Welfare Association (KCWA) held its general body meeting on March 20, at the Indian Community School, Amman Branch, Salmiya, Kuwait. The main agenda of the meeting was the election of the new executive committee for the period 2015 – 2017. The meeting commenced with the moderator Deepak Andrade welcoming KCWA’s spiritual director Rev. Fr Noel D’Almeida and visiting priest Rev

Dammam: The Karnataka Chapter of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, held a Captains’ Meet ahead of ‘Social Forum Cup -2015’ cricket tournament at Cookxon Auditorium, Jubail, recently. Sherief Addur, State Committee President, explained about the noble cause for which the tournament is being held. Another guest Wasim Sadiq, Central Committee President, also was present “We can’t

Doha: Qalco emerged as Champions in Division I defeating Asian Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the 10th IBQ Masters cricket tournament-2015. This is Qalco’s 4th consecutive victory in the finals. At the finals prize distribution ceremony Andrew Ball, Head of Retail Banking was the chief guest and Ms. Mariam Abou Haider, Corporate Communications Manager of IBQ was the guest of honor. Winning the toss

Jubail: The SASP lifted the Al Falah Saudi Champions Trophy-2015 after defeating in the United Tech in the final match of 12 over knockout cricket tournament at Al-Falah Cricket Ground, here. SASP won the toss and elected to bat first. Chasing a target of 107 runs, United Tech were all out at 54. Commitment, responsible batting and good bowling of SASP team resulted in a huge victory. SASP

Riyadh: The Seven Star team won the Amaco Winter Cricket tournament organized by the New Star and sponsored by Amaco Jubail, at Riyadh. The Seven Star defeated Eagle Riyadh in nail biting finish. After winning the toss Eagle Riyadh managed to score only 73 runs in 10 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. Chasing a small total, Seven Star started slowly and lost two early wickets in early overs. In the

Al Ain: A convention on ‘Present Indian Political Scenario and Alternative Politics’ was conducted by Indian Cultural Society, Karnataka Chapter, recently at Top Five Auditorium, Al Ain, UAE. Delivering the keynote address, Elyas Muhammad Thumbe, Member of National Working Committee of Social Democratic Party of India, said that even after 67 years of independence the situation of backward classes

Dubai: The Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF), Dubai zone, hosted a professionals’ meet with the central theme, ‘Discover Yourself’ at Markaz Ssaquafathi SSunniyya Al-Islamiyya-Dubai, UAE, recently. Special guest, Dr B M Muhsin, joint director of Markaz Ihram, who spoke on the topic ‘Discover Yourself’, said that self-knowledge is the best knowledge. Ashraf Adyar, Director, KCF Dubai Zone

Abu Dhabi: Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF) UAE National Committee has selected Karnataka’s senior scholar and Darul Irshad Educational Centre founder M Abdul Hameed Musliyar for the ‘Tajul Ulama’ award instituted in honour of Taajul Ulama. M Abdul Hameed Musliyar, well known as Mani Usthad, has been known for his tireless service to the educational sphere having set up an educational

Jubai: The 19th annual general body meeting of Dakhshina Karnataka Sunni Centre (DKSC), Al- Jubail division, was held on Feb 20, 2015, after the Jumah prayer at Coockxon Hotel in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The meeting was presided over by DKSC Jubail unit outgoing president Ismail Kinyahas taken the gathering to the milestones of DKSC the institution paraded towards success under the leadership of

Dubai: Indian Cultural Society, Karnataka chapter - an NRI wing of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), conducted a symposium on ‘Present Indian Political Scenario and Alternative Politics’ on February 20, at Jordanian Club Dubai, UAE. Speaking on the occasion, Elyas Muhammad Thumbe, National Working Committee Member, SDPI, said that all Indian citizens should unite irrespective of cast creed