NRI Digest

Jeddah: The first season of Karnataka Noble Trophy (KNT) Cricket Tournament with the slogan “Cricket for noble cause” jointly organized by Karnataka NRI Forum and Jamiyyatul Falah Jeddah, got off to a colorful start at the Sharbatli Ground, Baghdadiya here recently. The tennis ball limited over knockout series tournament participated by sixteen reputed cricket teams from Jeddah, has been

Dubai: The India Cultural Society, an NRI wing of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), arranged a reception to party’s national advisor Ilyas Thumbay recently in Al Musalla Tower, Bur Dubai. Speaking on the occasion Ilyas Thumbay said that marginalization of Muslims and other backward and downtrodden (Ahinda) communities and anti-constitutional policies of political parties are the main

Doha: In a one sided encounter QALCO trounced HANAN XI by 131 runs to lift the 26th C.D.C. Cricket Tournament 2014 trophy. Construction Development Co. (CDC) have been the strongest sponsor of the Qatar Veteran’s Cricket League, sponsoring a tournament every year since the start of the League tournaments in 1988. At the prize distribution ceremony the chief guest was Mr. Sanjiv Jain, Business

Al-Khobar, Dec 2: The Social Democratic Party of India supremo A Saeed has said that here was a need of new political movement in India to uphold the country’s sovereignty of the country and its values. Delivering the key note address on the occasion of Leadership Meet organized by Indian Social Forum (ISF) at Rafah Hospital Auditorium here recently, he said that the people in India have lost

Dammam: The Khobar United emerged champions at the Karkala super cup 2014 knock-out cricket tournament organized by the Karkalla Association Saudi Arabia (KASA) under the sponsorship of Al Jazeera Ambitions Factory & SAB Gen con Est. The tournament which began at SABSA ground Al Raka at Dammam on November 14 attracted 14 teams from Riyadh, Dammam Al-Khobar and Jubail regions. The teams were

Abu Dhabi, Nov 28: The Islamic Cultural Centre, a community service organization based in Abu Dhabi conducted a blood donation camp on the occasion of 43rd UAE National day celebration on Friday from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. near Al-Noor Hospital, Musaffah Abu Dhabi, in coordination with Abu Dhabi Blood Bank. A large number of NRIs participated in the camp. The program was aimed to spreading greater

Riyadh: The Riyadh unit of Jamiyyatul Falah organized ‘JF Winter Festival-2014’ an annual get-together at Al Roshd Resort, here on November 20. The programme began with the recitation of verses from holy Quran. Akhtar Shaikh, former Ameer of JF NRCC welcomed the guests and briefed about the activities of JF in Indian and Riyadh. Mohammed Abu Shaban spoke about ‘Unity among Muslim Ummah’ Parvez Ali

Riyadh: The fifth annual general body meeting of Al-Madrastul Badriya (AMB) Riyadh, held on November 13, at its one of the active members, Shareef’s residence at Batha, here. Mansoor Deera was unanimously elected as President for the year 2014-15. M.M Ali presided over the function. The outgoing president Mohammed from 4th Block Krishnapura, thanked all its members for their supports in conducting

Washington, Nov 19: Indian-American student Neha Gupta has won the 2014 International Children's Peace Prize Award for her exceptional work to raise money for underprivileged children around the world. Netherlands King Willem-Alexander, former archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai presented Gupta with her award during a ceremony at The

Doha: Peace Trophy-2014, the first Kabaddi tournament South Kanara Muslim Welfare Association (SKMWA), Qatar, will begin on Friday, the 21st November, 2014 at Al Jazeera Academy Abu Hamour, Doha, Qatar. Six teams are expected to participate in this tournament including host team SKMWA Qatar. The other teams are Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC), Karnataka Sangha Qatar (KSQ), Tulu koota Qatar, Karnataka