NRI Digest

Nottingham, Apr 16: Mangalorean United Konkani Association (MUKA) elected Mr. John Peter Fernandes as its President for the year 2013-2015, at the General Body Meeting held at Bramcote Memorial Hall, Nottingham. Outgoing President Stany Sequeira thanked all the members for their support and assistance during his term and requested the members to work hard with same zeal towards the community and

Dubai, Apr 16: Kannada Koota UAE organized ‘Sangeetha Saurabha’ recently at JSS International School, Al-Barsha. The event witnessed outstanding response. The programme which began with ‘Ganesha Vandana’ by ‘Brahmara’ group of Bangalore went on to see some spectacular dance performances like the ‘Dashavataram’, fusion dance, ‘Jaya Bharatha Jananiya Thanujathe’ etc. Standup comedian and Kannada

Dubai, Apr 16: Padmashaali UAE, under the leadership of Ravi B. Shettigar, successfully concluded their second year's blood donation campaign at Sheikha Latifa Hospital, Dubai with record number of donors. The campaign which was conducted recently started at 9 am and concluded at 11 am with majority of the Padmashaali members enthusiastically coming in large numbers for this great cause. President

Dubai, Apr 15: Nama Tuluveru UAE has scheduled a ‘friendly community cricket 2013’ on April 19 at Al Jaber Grounds, Deira (Opp. Al Baraha Hospital) from 7 am to 7 pm. Over 12 teams from various communit organizations of Karnataka in UAE will take part in the event. This unique event will have participation of minimum 12 teams who will play against each other as per the fixtures in 4 pool matches

Abu Dhabi, Apr 14: Emirates India Fraternity Forum (EIFF) and Sheikh Khalifah Medical City, Abu Dhabi jointly organised a blood donation camp on April 7 in commemoration of World Health Day on the premises of Abu Dhabi Blood Bank, Khaldiya, Abu Dhabi to support the noble cause with the theme ‘Blood Pressure Silent Killer’. The Programme started with qirath by Abdul Rasheed, followed by inaugural

Abu Dhabi, Apr 10: Bearys Welfare Forum, a well-known, charity oriented and community service organization of NRI Bearys celebrated Millad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) and conducted its general body meeting followed by a joint meeting of newly formed BWF-executive committee and BWF-Youth Wing. Mohamed Ali Uchil, the President of BWF presided over the meeting. Abdul Rauf

Doha, Apr 10: Barwa Bank has extended its support to the Toastmasters event, Toastmasters Annual Conference, Qatar (TAC-Q) to be held on April 19, 2013. In a press release, Toastmaster Saquib Raza Khan said that Barwa Bank that has been awarded and recognized as the Best Domestic Corporate bank as well as the bank for the Best Branding has confirmed their contribution and cooperation in conducting

Jeddah, Apr 8: The local unit of Jamiyyatul Falah (JF) and Karnataka NRI Forum (KNRIF) jointly organised a felicitation programme for Udupi-Chikmagalur MP K Jayaprakash Hegde and Mangalore MLA U T Khader, who visited Saudi Arabia through the maiden Mangalore-Dammam flight. Coastdigest.com chairman Mohammed Asif was also present. The programme at Jeddah Trident Hotel on April 5, commenced with

Jubail, Apr 6: Mrs Zubair Bajpe bagged master chef title at the salad making competition organized as part of Coastaldigest.com Gala held at Ar-Razi Beach Camp, Jubial, in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Along with the title the winner was given a gold coin. As many as 25 kitchen enthusiasts from different parts of Saudi Arabia took part in the competition. Salad items including were displayed on the

Kuwait, Apr 6: Buntara Sangha Kuwait 2002 organized ‘Bunts Meet’ recently at Friends Auditorium, Salmiya. It was a fun filled program with the interactions of Bunts families at Kuwait. The programme was inaugurated by tiny tots of the organization by lighting the lamp. Several games, quizzes were organized for all the age groups. The whole program was ably organized by the Organizing committee