NRI Digest

Dammam: Karkala Association Saudi Arabia (KASA), a charitable organization of expatriates from Coastal Karnataka, in the kingdom will be conducting an 8-over knock out cricket tournament on December 9 at SABSA ground Rakha, Dammam. 12 Asian teams from the Eastern Province (Dammam, Al Khobar, Jubail) of Saudi Arabia will be participating in the third edition of Karkala Super Cup 2016 being

Dubai: The UAE committee of Al- Qadisa Educational Academy, Kavalkatte, will be hosting a ‘Mehfile Muhabbath’ to mark the UAE National Day on December 2 at 5 p.m. at J W Marriott Hotel, Muraqabad Dubai. This was announced at a press meet here on Friday. Bolvar Bashir, President of the committee, Kotekar Faraz Sheikh, Chairman of the reception committee, Aster Basheer Bantwal, treasurer of Dubai

Kuwait: Indian Muslim Association (IMA) conducted a ’Quran for All’ campaign between November 4 and 18 this year in coordination with Ministry of Awkaf and Islamic affairs and Masjid Al Kabir, Kuwait. Several activities were held during the campaign such as inaugural session at the Grand mosque of Kuwait, daily short video series by various speakers, Friday sermons, distribution of Quran and

Dubai: Dakshina Kannada Sunni Centre (DKSC), which has around 14,000 members across Middle East is now gearing up for the valedictory ceremony of its 20th anniversary scheduled to be held from December 2 to 4. As a prelude to this a publicity meet was recently organised at Pearl Creek Hotel in Dubai recently. Taha Bafaki Thangal, honorary president, UAE national committee of DKSC performed dua in

Kuwait: Kuwait India Fraternity Forum (KIFF) Tamil Chapter conducted a "Convention for Shari'ath Protection”, which was focused on the recent burning issue in India “Uniform Civil Code" at Al-Dasmah Teachers Society, Kuwait here on Friday.A warm reception was given by KIFF to Adv. A. Mohamed Yusuff, National Executive Council member of Popular Front of India, who addressed the main topic "Uniform

Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman, the leading private medical university in the region owned and operated by Thumbay Group, conducted diabetes awareness program “Count Your Steps – To Beat Diabetes,” on Tuesday, 22nd November 2016. The event, held in observation of World Diabetes Day,was attended by popular Arab singer Ms. Diana Haddad-who engaged with hundreds of university students and

Qatar: Hannan XI emerged champions at the ‘Kundapur Trophy’ after defeating Tuskers in the final match of the tourney held at the Ideal School Ground, Qatar from November 17 to 19. The tournament was organised by Kundapur Taluk Cricketers (KTC). As many as eight teams participated. After four league matches semi finals and final were held. First semi final: Alliance Qatar scored 75. Hannan XI won

Sharjah: Around 2.31 million book lovers from within the United Arab Emirates and around the world visited the 35th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) that concluded on November 12. The SIBF hosted 1,420 publishing houses from 60 countries. Among them, Mangaluru based Shanthi Prakashana was the only publishing house from Karnataka. By exhibiting a good collection of Kannada

Dammam: Three months ago construction labourer Bhoomanandan from Telangana met with an accident during work and later succumbed to death. Indian Social Forum (ISF) successfully managed to repatriate the mortal remains to his family after three month long legal ordeal. The victim was working as painter in a construction site when the tragedy took place. He had earlier absconded from his local

Dubai: Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club, a registered social club with Community Development Authority (CDA), government of Dubai, conducted a Year of Reading program at Solico Fibre Glass LLC Dubai Labour Residence, on 4th November Friday 2016. Based on the directives of Ruler of Dubai, 2016 has been declared as the year of reading to consolidate the UAE’s position as a global capital for