Abu Dhabi: BWF’s iftar meet attracts hundreds of NRIs from across UAE

CD Network
June 19, 2017

Abu Dhabi: The Bearys Welfare Forum (BWF) - Abu Dhbai, an organization of NRIs in the UAE known for its philanthropic and charitable works, recently organized an ‘Iftar’ get-together at the India Social and Cultural Centre, wherein nearly 700 NRIs from across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Fujairah took part.

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Abdul Salam Uppinangadi, delivered a lecture on Ramadan. Shaikh Twaka Ahmed Musliar Al Azhari, Khazi of Dakshina Kannada performed dua.

After iftar and magrib prayers, a formal stage programme was held. President Mohammed Ali Uchil, president of BWF, after welcoming the guests put forward the charitable causes initiated by BWF targeting Mangaluru, and appealed for generous help from members to conduct these successfully.

He thanked all those who donated for various causes which helped many under-privileged people to live a dignified life in the society. He expressed his gratitude to the Chief Guest of the day- Twaka Ahmed Musliar Al Azhari, Khazi of Dakshina Kannada, KS Mohammed Masood, President, Muslim Central Committee, DK and Udupi, Padmashree Dr B R Shetty, Chairman & MD, NMC Group, Sudheer Shetty President, UAE Exchange Global operations, Dr Shanawaj of Universal Hospital, Fakruddin Bhat, Adia and other donors for their constant support from the beginning of BWF.

He thanked BWF-executive committee members for their hard work, dedication and effort to organize this function and bring in to its complete success and spirit. “It’s an incredible achievement for BWF, which managed to accomplish so many tasks to its utmost goal set, and God willing all of its project will be a complete success.”

Abdulla Madumoole, G.Secretary, BWF, briefed about the activities of the BWF such as marriages of 100 poor girls, and appealed for generous help from members to conduct these successfully. He highlighted BWF projects like distribution of wheel chairs, and empathized on the BWF pilot project – Shouchalaya, a unique project, through which BWF constructed 135 toilets in various parts of twin districts. BWF plan to construct another 100 toilets for the poor in the society irrespective of caste and religion in the various parts of the twin districts.

He highlighted BWF projects like distribution of wheel chairs, and empathized on the BWF pilot project – Shouchalaya, a unique project to construct 100 toilets for the poor in the society irrespective of caste and religion in the various parts of the twin districts. He requested donors to support our forth coming office project in Mangalore to coordinate the BWF charity works.

Dr B R Shetty conveyed his Ramadan wishes to all and praised BWF for arranging the huge gathering of community members and for its charitable work. He addressed the gathering with highly advisable words and declared his full support for all BWF Charity projects.

Mohammed Masood also lauded BWF for the community service and selfless work towards the common people and under-privileged.

Imran Ahmed, co-coordinator of BWF delivered the vote of thanks. The programme was coordinated by Mohamed Siddik (Kaup- Treasurer BWF), and  Siddik Uchil along with Abdul Majeed A.G.  Mohd Kallapu Abdul Rauf,Vice President,Hamza Khader and Hameeed Gurupur-G.Secretary,  Basheer Bajpe along with ,Mujeeb Uchil, Abdul Salim and Nazeer Ubar took care of the floor management and managed the event with a professional touch. Nawaz Uchil , Haneef Ullal,  Mohideen Handel, Majeed Athoor, Irfan Ahmed, Rasheed Bijai, Rasheed V.K, Altaf takreer, Basheer Uchil,Abbobakkar Ubar, Imran along with other BWF youth volunteers  were instrumental in the success of program.

Rafeeq Krishnapur, vice president along with Jaleel Gurpur, compered the programme. The program started with the recitation of the holy Quran by Aitham Hameed and translation by Jaleel Gurpur. Rafeeq Krishnapur, Vice President along with Jaleel Gurpur, compered the programme. The program started with the recitation of the holy Quran by Aitham Hameed and translation by Jaleel Gurpur.

Mohammed Asif, Mohammed Akram, Altaf, Suhail Kudroli, Althaf Ahmed, Younus, Saleem and Nayeem baiji of Sahebaan Abu Dhabi, Sarvothama Shetty, Jayaram Alva and Sundar Shetty of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha, Moidin Kutty Kakkinge, KIC, Nasir of KNRI Forum, Basheer B.M., KKMA, Altaf Farangipet, Badruddin Henthar and other office Bearers of Darulnoor- M.E.Moolur, Dr.Kaup Mohammed and Latheef Mulki of BCF, Mohammed Hakim and Kabeer of KCF, Abdul Khader and Hanif Arimoole of KIC were present among others.

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Comments

Asif Ahmed
 - 
Monday, 19 Jun 2017

Masha Allah,great function,great people.team BWF-your concern for
community is highly laudable.

Shaan Mohamed
 - 
Monday, 19 Jun 2017

amazing Iftar,keep it up

kumar
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Monday, 19 Jun 2017

Nice work by BWF. May God bless you. Everyone should support BWF for their noble work.

Kareem Adgas
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Monday, 19 Jun 2017

congrats beary forum,nice and super Iftar

Muniyandi
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Monday, 19 Jun 2017

Being a Hindu ,i enjoyed this Iftar very much.Their hospitality,arrangements ,food all are super.

Brotherly atmosphere

H. K
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Monday, 19 Jun 2017

Why aren't there any women participating in the programme?

Salam b
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Tuesday, 20 Jun 2017

Nice program, it is always a pleasure to attend BWF Iftar
Their charity projects are amazing,their honesty is commendable
Congrats team of Beary Forum
Proud to be a Beary

Ifam K.
 - 
Tuesday, 20 Jun 2017

Masha Allah,thanks BWF guys for arranging a beautiful Iftar evening

Kudos!

Hameed.A.K.
 - 
Wednesday, 21 Jun 2017

Masha Allah, congrats ,get going guys.May Allah bless you.
Nice to see people from all faiths and all walks of life
( BADAVA & BALLIDA)

Ali Kutty
 - 
Wednesday, 21 Jun 2017

Well prepared,super Iftar. May God reward you

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January 25,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 25: The Karnataka government would hold a Global Investors' Meet (GIM 2020) in Bengaluru from November 3-5 to showcase the southern state's ecosystem for attracting investments from the world over, an official said on Friday.

"Our Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa held the first road show on the GIM at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, being held at Davos in Switzerland and invited global firms to participate in the 3-day event for investment opportunities," additional secretary P. Ravikumar told IANS.

At a curtain-raiser on "Invest Karnataka 2020" on Thursday, the BJP Chief Minister said the theme of the GIM would be "Innovate Now. Growth Forever" as the state had one of the best natural and human resources for investing in manufacturing, services and agriculture sectors and creating jobs.

"About 100 entrepreneurs, businessmen and heads of global firms participated in the roadshow to assess the state's industrial policies, incentives, infrastructure, tax system and its ease of doing business for investment potential," Ravikumar said.

Among the participants at the event were Swiss-India parliamentary group president Niklaus-Samuel Gugger, Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi, General Electric (GE) executive William Cowan and heads of Gemini Corporation, Coca Cola, SAP Labs, Swiss Re and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

"Khosrowshahi discussed Uber's expansion plans in Bengaluru and assured the Chief Minister of investing more in the state. Cowen expressed interest in the development of healthcare, renewable energy and power distribution across the state through partnership with the state government," the official noted.

The US-based transnational firm (GE) has a large presence in Bengaluru with one its largest engineering and technology centres and two production plants.

"A Coca Cola executive told Yediyurappa that the soft beverage firm would initially invest $25 million in its plants in the state and enhance it to $200 million to benefit farmers and rural people with access to clean drinking water in their villages," Ravikumar said.

The Chief Minister also sought to know the investment or expansion plans of global firms present in the state, especially Bengaluru and assured their heads of the state support in creating hundreds of jobs and wealth.

About 100 members of the Indian delegation to the WEF, led by Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) director-general Chandrajit Bannerjee, Bharat Forge chairman Baba Kalyani, Kirloskar Systems Managing Director Vikram Kirloskar, also participated in the state's GIM roadshow.

State Industries Minister Jagdish Shettar, chief secretary T. M. Vijaya Bhaskar, additional chief secretary E.V. Ramana Reddy and industrial department principal secretary Gurav Gupta also attended the state event.

"Emiriti Lulu Group chairman M.A. Yusuf Ali discussed plans to invest $300 million (Rs 2,160 crore) in logistics, hospitality and health/wellness sectors across the state with Yediyurappa," said Ravikumar.

Ali, an NRI (non-resident Indian) migrated to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Kerala two decades ago and founded the Lulu Group at Abu Dhabi to operate a chain of hypermarkets and retail firms since 2000.

"The Chief Minister assured Ali of speedy approvals and incentives for investing in the state, with ease of doing business," the official said in an e-mail to IANS from the Swiss town.

Asserting that his proactive government would work overtime to facilitate global investments in the southern state, Yediyurappa said he was committed to create more jobs across sectors.

Dassault Systems executive Florene Verzelen told the chief minister about her company's plans to set up centres of excellence in smart manufacturing and smart cities in the southern state.

"The centres will train and equip the youth with skilled jobs in large corporations the world over," Ravikumar reiterated.

Yediyurappa apprised US aerospace behemoth Lockheed Martin executive Richard Ambrose of the ecosystem for aerospace and defence industry in the state, especially Bengaluru.

"I will soon visit Bengaluru to explore the possibilities of investing more in Karnataka and taking up research and development work," said Ambrose on the occasion.

A delegation from global automotive component maker Denso also called on the chief minister and interacted with the state delegation.

The Japanese firm has an excellence and research centre in New Delhi and a manufacturing unit at Nelamangala on the outskirts of Bengaluru.

Denso executive Hiroyuki Wakabasyi said he would visit Bengaluru soon to explore further investments in the state.

"Arcelor Mittal chairman Laxmi Mittal also met the chief minister and discussed his company's investment plans in the state," the official added.

Mittal backed out of setting up a steel plant in the state's northern region over a decade ago due to delays in acquiring land and mandatory approvals.

Drug maker Novo Nordisk chief executive Lars Fruergaard expressed readiness to work with the state government in taking up educative and awareness programmes for diabetic patients.

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday has identified eight districts from Karnataka as COVID-19 hotspots.

Districts that have reported a higher number of cases are classified as hotspots, the districts where cases have been reported as non-hotspots, and green zones where no cases have been reported.

Bangalore Urban, Mysuru, Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada, Bidar, Kalaburgi, Bagalokote and Dharwad have been identified as Covid-19 hotspots by Union Health Ministry, tweeted the state health department on Wednesday.

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July 20,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 20:  Ananthapadmanabha temple at Kudupu on the outskirts of Mangaluru will be closed for devotees on the occasion of Nagara Panchami on July 25 due to Covid-19.

Ananthapadmanabha temple at Kudupu is one of the famous temples in Dakshina Kannada dedicated to Naga (Serpent God) where Nagara Panchami is celebrated in a grand way.  The temple committee said that "Nagara Panchami will be observed on July 25. To avoid large gatherings, the entry of devotees is banned. The devotees should not visit the temple, thereby extend cooperation with the temple committee."

On the day of Nagara Panchami, no sevas, theertha and prasadam will be distributed. There will be no mass feeding as well.

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