Bahrain Bunts give cultural glimpse at 12th annual celebration

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January 9, 2015

Manama: Bunts Bahrain celebrating their 12th anniversary at the Inter Continental Regency Bahrain gave a glimpse of their rich culture to the Bahrain Indians present on the occasion.

Continuing the traditional practice of Kumba Swagatha for welcoming the guests, the program commences with Ganapathi stuti and graceful Bharat Natyam Invocation Dance. Young Bunt boys and girls rocked the stage with hit Kannada fusion song under Ms. Harini Shetty’s choreography followed by the mythological tulu skit ‘Birdudha Bunterana Bhinkada Badku’ depicting the rich Bunts Culture. Mrs. Hema Shivakumar Shetty with assistance from Mr. Abhijeet Shetty and Ms. Harini Shetty choreographed a mesmerizing Kannada fusion touching upon all the art forms from Yakshagana to the Pili Vesha.

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The stage program involved felicitating the distinguished guests Dr. Kalidas Shetty, a renowned Food Scientist joining from USA along with United State Martial Arts Hall Of Fame recipient Mr. Cheetah Yajnesh Shetty ensuring the children of providing support in every possible way, inspiring them to pursuit their passion and excel further in life. Mr. Jayakar Shetty Indrali, General Manager, Badagabettu Co – operative Credit Society was glad to see Bahrain Bunt’s attempt towards preserving and promoting the rich culture among the future generations. Mr. Halady Srinivasa Shetty, Chairman & M.D, MMCL was impressed to see that while Bahrain had developed remarkably in over two decades of time span since he left the Kingdom, the people residing here continued to have the same warmth and bonding for their fellow beings and every person coming to this Kingdom making them feel home away from home. Recognizing the fact that the glory Bunts Bahrain had achieved was the result of consistent contribution from all the fellow members and supporters over the past 12 years, all the presidents from Mr. Rama Shetty, Mr. Uday Shetty, Mr. Krishnanda Shetty, Mr. Amarnath Rai and Mr. Pradeep Shetty present for the occasion were honoured along with the pillars of Bunts Bahrain, the platinum sponsors Mr. Shantharam Shetty, Mr. Sudhakar Shetty, Mr. Naveen D. Shetty, Mr. Prakash Shetty, Mr. Savin Shetty, Mr. Abdul Sattar and Mr. Rajiv Menon with prominent supporters Mr. Subhash Chandra Shetty, Mr. Pravin Shetty Kinnigoli, Mr. Rajendra Prabhu for the LED backlight screen and Mr. Lawrence D’Souza. Mr & Mrs. Shivakumar Shetty were specially honoured for their continuous support over these years.

The final entertainment for the year 2014 was brought with Hindi fusion dance under Mrs. Hema Shivakumar Shetty choreography with assistance from Mr. Abhijeet Shetty. Momentos were handed over to all participants, choreographers and supporters for their constant support throughout the year followed by Mr. Chetah Yajnesh Shetty’s martial arts tips and moves on self defense. Mr. Prasanna Shetty praising Mr. Sudhir Kumar Shetty & Mrs. Prathima Arun Shetty for anchoring the smooth functioning of the program in their entertainment style; thanked Mrs. Ramya Sandeep Alva, Mrs. Suma Sharath Shetty, Mrs. Anita Shekha Shetty and Ms. Vijetha Mohandas Shetty for profile reading, Mr. Karunakar for sound support , Mr. Varun Hegde for lights and Mr. Sunil Kadri for backstage along with acknowledging the contribution from each and every participant, choreographer, supporter and sponsors with special thanks to the Management & entire Support staff of InterContinental Regency Bahrain for providing their splendid venue and every possible support throughout the event. Around 500 Indians enjoyed the delicious dinner served thereafter.

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Media Release
February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

Below 6 Team names with their franchise owners and respective icon players.

BANCAA WARRIORS – RANJITH (TEAM WARRIORS RIYADH) – RAJESH AND SHAFI

YAQOOB FIGHTERS – SHAHID & YAQOOB (YAQOOB CC) – SAMEER KARNAD AND MOHSIN

GROUND STAR PHOENIX – RIZWAN & SIDDIK – AYAZ & SALEEM SHIRUR

PARAMOUNT HEROES – NASIR GM – SARFARAZ AK & MUSTAFA HASAN

AL-AMAL AFRAH PANTHERS – SHAHIM & AHNAF – DAWOOD KODI & ANIS

NAJD CHALLENGERS – AFROZ NAKWA – SHADAB KARNAD & SULTHAN

Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

Winners squad 16 players - Gifts

Highest Run Getter – Orange Cap – Special Gift

Highest Wicket Taker – Purple Cap – Special Gift

Player of the Series – Special Gift

Hat-trick Wicket taker – Special Gift

KPL Kamal Catch – Special Gift

Best Wicket Keeper – Special Gift

Best over in KPL – Special Gift

Fastest 50 in KPL – Special Gift

Fair Play Award – Special Gift

Performer of the Week (Every Week) – Special Gift

Century – Special Gift

Maiden Over – Special Gift

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P A Hameed Padubidri
February 24,2020

Riyadh, Feb 24: Indian Islahi Center, Riyadh (IICR) kicked off the propagation campaign of "Learn the Quran" national conference, which is slated to be held on March 27, 2020 at Nofa Istiraha, Exit 18, Riyadh, Kingdom Saudi Arabia. It's IICR's 20th successful program.

Kerala Legislative Assembly's opposition leader & Congress leader, Ramesh Chennitthala inaugurated the campaign that was held at Voco Hotel in Riyadh, capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ramesh was on two days visit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The objective of the campaign is to instil the keenness & to keep creating the continuous awareness amongst the community on Quran. It also enables to recite the Quran with Tajweed (science of reading the Quran) & correct form.

Aboobakker Edthanatukkara (President of IICR), Abdul Qayyum Bustani, Kunhi Kumbala, Abdullah Vallanchira, Adv. Abdul Jaleel, Naushad Ali Kozhikode, Mujeeb Ali Thodigappulam, Muhammad Kutty Kadannamanna, Fasal Rahman City Flower, Mujeeb Irumbuzhi, Jaleel Alappuzha, Arafat & others were present on the occasion.

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Media Release
June 24,2020

The Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC), Bahrain, has charted aircrafts to repatriate stranded expatriates to India. 

Boby Parayil, General Secretary, OICC National Committee, Bahrain has thanked all those who supported in this cause.

“The aircrafts were not licensed and were in crisis until the last minute. Finally, Mohammed Mansoor, president of Bahrain chapter of Indian Overseas Congress approached IOC Middle East in charge Dr Arathi Krishna, who helped get permission to operate flight to Kozhikode,” he said in a release. 

All mandatory approvals from the Foreign Ministry of Affairs and other government officials were accomplished by Dr Arathi Krishna. OICC has expressed gratitude to her for her timely support, he said. 

OICC is also grateful to former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy for doing necessary arrangements to get all the approvals for flight landing in Kerala, he added.

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