NRI Digest

Dubai, October, 27: Non Resident Indians from Mangalore and other parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts offered Eid-ul-Adha prayers at Karama Mosque, Mankool Eidgah on Friday. Many of them gathered at Ice and Spice Restaurant Karama to ‘meet and greet’ fellow community members. The meet and greet programme, which was introduced last Eid-ul-Fitr has become extremely successful among

Mina, October 27: India Fraternity Forum volunteers continued to provide their volunteer service that has been of much relief to the pilgrims streamed from Arafat and Muzdalifah to the tent city of Mina. IFF volunteers had already started their service in Mina on Dhul Hijjah 7, guiding the pilgrims to their tents while arriving from the holy city of Makkah. From the night of Dhul Hijjah 8 onwards

Dammam, October 24: India Fraternity Forum conducted a workshop for Hajj volunteers at Safa Auditorium in Dammam recently. IFF Volunteers will serve Hajjis at Mina during the days of Dhul Hajj - 9 to 12 (October 26 to 28). Volunteers of India Fraternity Forum already began serving Hajj pilgrims since the arrival of the first group of Indian Hajis in Jeddah. Volunteers were at hand to welcome

Doha, October 19: More than 50 people donated their blood in three hours during the 14th annual blood donation camp organised by Tulu Koota Qatar at Hamad Medical Corporation on October 19. Even though around 300 people attended the camp with a noble intention, only 50 of them were eligible to donate the blood after routine checkup including five ladies of the forum. A symposium highlighting the

Riyadh, October 19: A vivid and gleaming ‘Panorama get-together-2012’ was held over the last weekend at Al-Rushd Istirah (humorously known as ‘Mangalore Istirah’) in Riyadh, capital city of Saudi Arabia. The gathering comprised of huge throng mostly from Mangalore and other parts of India and foreign countries residing in different corners of the oil-rich Kingdom. Panorama (Padubidrians) Riyadh

Kuwait City, October 18: Bunts Well-wishers Kuwait gave a warm reception to former minister and JD(S) leader B. Nagaraj Shetty during his recent visit to Kuwait for the inaugural ceremony of V’ Shesh, V-Belman Creations pencil sketch art exhibition. The guest was welcomed by the members of BWWK at Eco Restaurant, Farwaniya. He was briefed about the BWWK and its activities. The members explained

Kuwait, October 18: United Mangaloreans Kuwait (UMK) is all geared up to host the fourth ‘Fun Filled Evening 2012’, on Friday, October 19 at American International School Auditorium, Maidan Hawalli, Kuwait at 5.30 pm. The objective of the group is to help the underprivileged back home in Mangalore. This year UMK will present a hilarious Konkani comedy drama “Ootre Uzwadelm…!” , written by Pradeep

Dubai, October 18: 'Mogaveera Cup-2012' - Mogaveera's Premier League - IV version match was held at Zabeel Park recently with 10 teams. The match started sharp at 8.30 am with a prayer and then the inauguration was done by Vinod Kanchan, vice-president of Mogaveers UAE, along with Soman Puthran, a guest from Bangalore. A large number of Mogaveers UAE members participated in this match. The day was

Qatar, October 16: Tulu Koota Qatar, members hailing from coastal Karnataka State recently held their Annual General Body meeting and elected Seetharam Shetty as the president for the year 2012-2014. The New Management Committee for the year 2012 - 2014 was officially announced which reads as follows: Seetharam Shetty - President Asmath Ali – Vice President Sudhir Kotian – Gen. Secretary Prakash

Dubai, October 15: ‘Nirel’ (Shadow) a full length Tulu feature film by Sandhya Creations is all set to start the shooting schedule in UAE being ready with all the star cast and crew members enthusiastically waiting to for their maiden venture being the first Tulu movie to be entirely shot in UAE with the total unit comprising of dynamic youngsters all residing in UAE. It was during the recent