NRI Digest

London: Hon MP for Croydon North and Shadow Local Government Minister Steve Reed launched the campaign for Dr Neeraj Patil from Bangalore Street located in Putney constituency of London. Dr Neeraj Patil an NRI from Karnataka, Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine and a Former Mayor of The London Borough of Lambeth has been chosen by the Labour Party as the candidate for Putney in the

Riyadh: ‘Sneha Sammilana-2017’ was held last week at Exit 18 in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The gala was organized by Talapady Youth Forum (TYF) Riyadh on account of its 9th annual establishment day. The get-together was kicked off with the recitation of Quran followed by its formal inauguration by Moosa Talapady, President of the program, social & religious leader in Riyadh. TYF is a non

Riyadh: Khidmah Foundation Riyadh Unit (KF) hosted a unique 4th Annual Family get together Event at AL Rushd Resorts, Riyadh on 4th May 2017. Mr. Shahbaz Hajika was the master of the ceremony for the event. Janab Abdul Gafoor Shaikh Basrur briefed in his presentation goals and achievements of our activities back home so far. A detailed projection for the year 2017-18 was also presented. A record

Riyadh: Bajpe Surrounding Minorities Ithihaad (BSMI) Riyadh, conducted its annual event BSMI family get-together on 27th April 2017, at Al Rushd Resort in Riyadh, KSA. BSMI Advisor Br. Sayyed Bawa Bankal started the program by welcoming all the guest to the dais. Mr. Abdulazeez Bankal - President BSMI Riyadh, Mr. Abdul Hameed Sullia - Treasurer DKSC Central Committee, Mr. Iqbal Darbar -Branch

Al-Khobar: The Dammam unit of Jam’iyyatul Falah conducted its 29th Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM) in Marhaba Restaurant at Al-Khobar. The master of the ceremony Ameen Shaik opened the meeting with Islamic Greetings and invited the Chief Guest Mr. Abdul Waris and other distinguished guests (Dr. Zaheer Baig - Scientist at KFUPM, Ex-Ameer Mohammed Farook and Abbas Uchil, Excom JF Riyadh)

Abu Dhabi: Bearys Welfare Forum’s (BWF), Abu Dhabi, a popular charity oriented and community service organization, and a social group of the Beary community conducted its 6th general body meeting on 14th April-2017 at Abu Dhabi. Mohamed Ali Uchil, the president of BWF presided over the meeting. At the outset, Moidin Hanzal conducted Quran recitation. Mohammed Rafeeq Krishnapur, Vice President, BWF

Finals of Al Turki T20 Cricket tournament organized by Eastern Province Cricket Association (EPCA) which is affiliated to Saudi Cricket Center (SCC) is played between two best teams of eastern region Eastern Arabia and KLV Al Khodari Khan 11 CC Saudi Cricket Centre is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Saudi Arabia. SCC is Saudi Arabia's representative at the International

Sohar: Sohar Premier League 2017, a week long, hard tennis ball cricket tournament was held at sohar, Oman last week with the finals played on the 5th of May 2017. Mangalore United emerged victorious beating Shamal Plastics - MFS in the finals by 24 runs. Exceptional team work from Mangalore United players and some brilliant individual batting and bowling performances led them to the victory. "We

Abu Dhbai: U T Khader, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Karnataka, interacted with a bunch of NRIs from Mangaluru in Abu Dhabi during his recent UAE visit. The interaction was held in the house of Siddik Uchil of Bearys Welfare Forum-Abu Dhabi. BWF general secretary Abdullah Madmoole, Rafique Krishnapura, Siddik Kaup, Majid, Nawaz, Saleem P, Akbar B, Abdul Mujib, Majid, Rashid Bijai, Ravoof

Dubai: UAE Bunts are all set for the mega event of their 43rd Annual Family Get-together to be held on May 19, 2017 at Amal Ball Room of JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai at 10:30am. The cultural celebrations are expected to be attended by over 1500 members from all over UAE and Gulf. UAE level Group Dance Competition for Children & Adults will be organized. The other special attraction of the day is