NRI Digest

Doha, Apr 3: Stage is all set for the first ever annual day celebration of Bunts Qatar on April 5 at Al Jazeera Academy. Padma Bhushan Dr.B.M.Hegde will be the chief guest of the celebration while Chidanand Naik, General Manager of Pallonji Qatar, Sarvotham Shetty, President UAE Bunts, K.D.Shetty, Chairman, Bhavani Shipping lines will be the guests of honour. The organization will felicitate Dr B

Doha, Apr 1: The fourth invitational cricket tournament of Karnataka Sangha Qatar, ‘Karnataka Cup 2013’ concluded with the Qatari Diar lifting the glittering cup beating Al Miftah by 11 runs. The event was held at old Ideal School Grounds on Thursday. Former Indian all rounder and coach of Hyderabad team Mr Sunil Joshi was the guest of honour , who was brought to the venue in an elaborate

Dubai, Apr 1: The fifth anniversary celebration of Mogaveers’ UAE concluded at Crown Plaza Hotel, Al Muteena, Deira, Dubai on Friday. The day-long was inaugurated by Dr. G. Shankar, President of G. Shankar Family Trust, Ambalapady. M.K. Lokesh, Ambassador of India to U.A.E was the chief guest. H.E. Lokesh in his speech praised the Mangalorean women and said that they are not just beautiful but are

Abu Dhabi, Mar 31: Emirates India Fraternity Forum, Delhi Chapter conducted a ‘stress management programme’ at Indian Islamic Centre, Abu Dhabi recently. Key note address on stress management was delivered by Zubair Auragabad. Conclusion was given by Arif Hyderabad. NRIs including professionals, businessmen from various part of India attended the programme. The objective of this programme was to

Kuwait, Mar 28: Indian Muslim Association (IMA) - Kuwait organized a 'Family Desert Picnic 2013' at Wafra on the outskirts of the city. The theme of the event was ‘‘O my Lord! Increase me in Knowledge (Qur’an: Taha-114)" which was apparent in all the activities throughout the picnic. Spacious premises with separate tents for men and women and many small tents for basic amenities in a desert

Abu Dhabi, Mar 25: The Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) has announced that enrollment of expatriate students in public schools in Abu Dhabi for the 2013-2014 academic year began on Sunday, March 24, and would continue till Thursday, March 28. Mohammad Salem Al Dhaheri, Adec's Executive Director of School Operations, said that Adec seeks to provide all students across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Riyadh, Mar 24: The Dakshina Karnataka Muslim Okkoota(DKMO) - Riyadh conducted its fourth annual general body meeting recently at the Conference Hall of the East Ramad Hotel. Over 200 members, who represented most of the taluks of South Karnataka, attended the meeting. The meeting started with the recitation of some verses of the holy Quran by Mohammed Musliar. The programme was compered by Haneef

Jubail, Mar 22: The first ever joint division ‘E’ and ‘L’ annual conference of Toastmasters (TM) was held recently at Royal Commission Fanateer Conference Hall, Al Jubail, KSA. Organised on the theme ‘exceeding excellence’ the conference was chaired by Toastmasters leader Shameer Ahmed Kudroli. The special attraction of the event was key note address and workshop by USA based TM Lancer Millar

Dubai, Mar 21: Prashanth Acharya has been unanimously elected as the President of Vishwakarma Sewa Samithi, Dubai, UAE, during the Annual General Body meeting of the organization held recently. The organization has been doing community service since last nine years. Meanwhile Prathibha Shodhan has been elected as the vice-president, Upendra Kundove as the General Secretary, Harishchandra Acharya

Sharjah, Mar 21: Karnataka Sangha Sharjah (KSS) is all set to celebrate its 11th annual day. Addressing a news conference, President of the Sangha Satish Poojary said that the annual day celebration will be held on May 31 at Ewan Hotel, near Lulua Beach, Sharjah. The event will be graced by guests from both India as well as UAE. He said that on this day KSS will confer the prestigious Mayura Award