NRI Digest

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

Jubail: After The huge success in Saudi premier League (SPL) Season-1, 2017 The SPL organizing committee is back in action with SPL season-2 for the year 2018. Last year it was first time in the history of Saudi Arabia a bidding cricket tournament is initiated in Al-Jubail KSA. This year the season-2 with 8 franchises and the tournament will be played under the sponsorship of White Stone & Al

Dammam, Aug 13: More than 1200 India Fraternity Forum (IFF) volunteers from all over Saudi Arabia are ready to serve the Hajjis especially in Arafa and Mina. On this sacred occasion, Dammam IFF team will send 200 volunteers Said Mr. Imthiyaz, IFF Eastern Province Regional President during a training program conducted in Badr Al Rabie Auditorium on August 10. Imthiyaz said the Dammam IFF volunteers

Washington, Aug 8: In the year 2017, more than 21,000 Indians who were supposed to leave the country at the end of their permissible limits overstayed their visas, as per the latest official report. While the percentage of Indians overstaying and not leaving the US after the expiry of their visas is not very high compared to some other nations, but in sheer number India ranks among the top 10