NRI Digest

Mangalorean born Entrepreneur Dr. Gen Devid Frank Fernandes Thottam a Philanthropist-cum-Producer of South Indian Movies living in UAE is being recently honoured with Hon. Ambassador Lt. Gen. Commander Middle East Chancellor by U.N. in the Philippines. Frank’s Journey of life: 1951 born hardworking 10th standard pass student, Frank Fernandes left his small home town Thottam in the year 1967

Dubai, Sept 17: The Bearys Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), Mangaluru is all set to form its UAE chapter on 19th October, 2018, at Pearl Creek Hotel, Deira, Dubai. BCCI President Hajee S M Rasheed will preside over the function. U T Khader, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, B M Farookh, MLC, Thumbay Moidin, NRI entrepreneur, Abdul Latheef, Mohammed Mansoor and other dignitaries

Dammam: The Karnataka unit of the India Fraternity Forum, in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia felicitated and honored Hajj volunteers who took part in 2018 Hajj, at Royal Dine Restaurant, Jubail. The ceremony was inaugurated by welcoming the Hajj volunteers and guests by IFF Eastern province Karnataka chapter President, Attavalla Uchilla followed by recitation of Quran by Mr. Hudaifa. The

Dammam: Indian Social Forum Karnataka (ISF) State Eastern Province conducted community welfare activities workshop for the volunteers to deal with Indian community welfare cases in Saudi Arabia on September 7, 2018 at Rose Restaurant Auditorium, Dammam. The aim of the workshop was to brief Indian Social Welfare activities and train ISF volunteer to how effectively they can get involved in the

Abu Dhabi, Sep 8: The Konkani Cultural Organization (KCO) of Abu Dhabi is all set to entertain the Konkani community of UAE with this year’s spectacular entertainment programme ‘Fiesta 2018’. The mega event with high quality entertainment will be held on November 9 at the Abu Dhabi Country club, from 5 pm onwards. The organisers, Konkani Cultural Organization (KCO), under the leadership of Michael

Nicosia (Cyprus), Sept 3: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday praised the Indian community in Cyprus for strengthening people-to-people relations between the two nations. Addressing the Indian Community here, the president said, "India is proud of its diaspora and their achievements. They are true cultural ambassadors of India and will deepen our ties with Cyprus." Kovind arrived in Cyprus on

Dubai, Sept 1: ‘Vishwa Tulu Sammelana 2018’ a two day World Tulu Cultural Convention is scheduled to be held in Dubai on November 23 and 24, 2018. Padma Vibhushan Awardee Dr D Veerendra Hegde, Dharmadhikari of Shree Kshetra Dharmastala has consented to be the chief guest and will be inaugurating the programme along with Padmashree Dr B R Shetty, Patron of Tuluvas in Dubai, Rev. Fr. Peter Paul

Makkah: India Fraternity Forum deployed 250 volunteers under eleven captains to serve Hajis, who gathered in Arafat as part of haj performance on 20th August 2018. This year 1,999,496 pilgrims arrived the kingdom of Saudi Arabia for performing haj, which included 1,758,722 foreign pilgrims and 2,40,747 domestic pilgrims. Mount Arafat is approximately 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Makkah and the

Riyadh: The celebration of the 72th Independence Day was organized on August 15th by the Central Committee of the Indian Social Forum Riyadh at the Al Mas Resturant Hall in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. People from different Indian states and religions were present on the occasion which itself was a living example for unity in diversity. The program was inaugurated with the unity song. TT

Muscat, Aug 17: The Oman based youth group ‘Biruva Javaner Muscat’ celebrated the first ever ‘Aatid Onji Dina’ (A day of Aati) with a full day programme on 10 August 2018 at Barka Farm House, Muscat. A large number of expatriate Mangalureans flocked to the venue to celebrate the month of ‘Aati’ and the place reverberated with the aura of Tulu heritage. The venue, the entrance arch and stage were