NRI Digest

Jeddah, Apr 27: Jamiyyatul Falah, a Mangalore based NGO, conducted limited over tape ball knockout series of cricket tournament at Bagdadiya flood light ground, Jeddah, recently. The event was inaugurated with the recitation of verses of Holy Quran by Mohammed Iqbal. Opening bowl by Shaikh Nadeem (co-sponsor of the tournament) from MSC Shipping Co, was played by Shabih Ahmed Kazi (founder member

Jubail, Apr 22: The first ever cricket tournament of Hidaya Foundation, Jubail unit, started on Wednesday, April 17, at Dywidag flood light ground. The tournament was inaugurated by Ismail, the president of HF, Jubail unit. As many as 24 teams are participating in this three week long tournament. The inaugural match was played between Coastaldigest.com and SR Engineering. Coastaldigest.com team

Dubai, Apr 21: Nama Tuluveru UAE's 'Friendly Community Cricket 2013', a spectacular event professionally organised for the first time with 12 Mangalorean community teams was successfully held on Friday, April 19 at Al Jaber Grounds, Dubai on two grounds simultaneously from 7 am to 7 pm. It was a gloomy weather with lot of breeze, cool for all the teams to start with a few drops of rain keeping the

Aljubail, Apr 20: Jam’iyyatul Falah, Jubail Unit, organised its biggest event, ‘JF Mega Fest 2013’ at Marafiq beach camp, Aljubail recently. The event was also part of the silver jubilee year celebration of Jamiyyatul Falah. The programme began with a recitation of verses from holy Quran. Mr. U Fayaz ahmed addressed the gathering with a welcome speech for the morning session. Mr. Mohammed Farook

Riyadh, Apr 18: Hisham Shaikh, captain of IISR Riyadh cricket team, has been selected for Saudi Cricket team Under -19 to tour Malaysia for the ICC 2014 world cup qualifying tournament from May 1 to 12. Mangalore based Hisham scored dashing 120 runs in the selection match recently held at Jeddah. He scored three centuries in the 2013 season with the batting average of 89 runs. He has been selected

Doha, Apr 16: The sixth annual day of ATS was celebrated with the active participation of staff and members from various community associations recently at Al Jazeera Academy. The annual day celebrations were inaugurated formally by lighting the lamp after a traditional welcome was accorded. As per the annual tradition, awards were presented to 13 best employees of the year. Addressing the

Dammam, Apr 16: The 11th annual general body meeting of Darul Irshad Saudi Arabia (DISA), Dammam Unit was held at Rose restaurant Auditorium Dammam on April 11, 2013. The programme began with Qirat by Aboobacker Misbahi, the receiver of DISA Jubail Unit, and continued with dua by DISA Dammam Unit receiver Farooq Madani. Ishaq Haji Mederabettu DISA President, Sheikh Balkunje President of DISA

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