Karnataka NRIs celebrate Rajyotsava in Jeddah

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December 8, 2017

Jeddah: Expatriates from high-tech Indian state of Karnataka in Saudi Arabia recently celebrated Karnataka Rajyotsava Day to commemorate the 62nd formation day of their state. The event was organized by Karnataka Non-Resident Indians (KNRI) Forum at Al Bakhira Banquet Hall, Harazath at Jeddah under the patronage of NRIs’ Forum Karnataka (Govt of Karnataka).

Consul for Community welfare, Culture, Press and Information Mr Moin Akhtar attended the event as Chief Guest, while President of the forum Mohammed Saifuddin presided over the event, large number of Kannadigas along with other dignitaries and community leaders attended the event. Dais was shared by President Mohammed Saifuddin, General Secretary Yashwant Amin, past President Mohammed Mansoor and Treasurer Aijaz Ahmed with chief guest Mr. Moin Akhtar.

Addressing to the audience Mr. Moin Akhtar said the efforts of the forum in helping the needy and underprivileged sections of society back home in Karnataka should be appreciated. Audience applauded him when he spoke Kannada language and light Urdu shayeri.

Video presentation was displayed to the audience on digital LED screen and was appreciated, in which history of Karnataka and achievements of KNRI Forum were highlighted. Dr K Muralidhara member secretary NRI Forum Karnataka message was displayed in which he wished the forum all the success for the program. Yashwant Amin General Secretary of the forum briefed about the presentation.

In this presentation KNRI Forum revealed the special features of each districts in Karnataka, aims and objectives of the forum, achievements and future goals & objectives for coming years. He requested audience to come forward and strengthen the forum to work more effectively to help needy people back home and & KSA. He requested to   visit the website www.knriforumjeddah.com   for more information.

Saoud Shaikh, Sabu Chandran and Dadapeer Hayath were appreciated and applauded for their hard work to prepare video presentation.

Forum President Mohammed Saifuddin Sami in his speech welcomed all the dignitaries, guests and attendees to the Rajyotsava Day. He informed audience that Dr. Arathi Krishna Dy Chairman of NRIs Forum Karnataka Bangalore who had agreed to attend our event as chief guest, could not make out due to official engagements in Bengaluru. But she had sent her Video message and  best wishes to the KNRI Forum and all the Kannadigas and assured that  her Department’s aims is to support and work for the well-being of the Kannadigas who are working across the world.

He thanked Chief Minister Siddharamaya and Dr. Arathi Krishna for their continuous support through NRI Forum Karnataka for not only sponsoring the event but also helping to resolve issues related to education of the KNRIs students.  

He stated that NRIs  forum Karnataka  is associated with ministry of external affairs and a great initiative has been taken by government of Karnataka by issuing NRK cards for Kannadigas, NRK cards are helpful for obtaining facilities provided by government for KNRIs, it is very simple to enrol names by visiting website www.nriforumkarnataka.org

He thanked the consul general and the consulate staff for their tremendous support to the forum, he said my sincere thanks to executive committee and sponsors as organising this huge event was not possible without support and day night hard work of our executive committee and off course financial support of the sponsors.

A famous Bollywood Playback singer Mr. Mohammed Salamat enthralled the audience by performing all-time Hindi hits as well as new songs. He sang his title song of hum dil diya chuke sanam and his new release movie song – the forest – o mere mahiya, crowd applauded with huge claps and enjoyed new Bollywood song.

Mr salamat was thankful for KNRIs forum and its president for inviting him for this event, he thanked the people of Jeddah for their love and affection on him.

As a token of appreciation memento was presented to Mohammed Salamat as he entertained our audience second time in our event.

Prominent Jeddah singers, Mohammed Kaleem who was Cultural team in charge, Mirza Younus Baig, Hidyath, Ashmita, Sangeeta, Rajiv, Asha and joint cultural secretary Altaf Almelkar entertained the audience with old and new Hindi and Kannada songs.

Dances were presented by the children of Indian schools and were choreographed by Mali Roy and Radha Suresh, these dedicated choreographers were presented mementos as token of appreciation for their hard work.

Siham Mohd Saif, Mohammed Adnan Sayeed, Nitha Naveen D’souza, Priyala cardosa, Rachita ravindra shetty, Saba Noor Shaikh, Fathima hibha and Arshiya anjilath   who had obtained 10 CGPA points in Class X examinations were felicitated on the occasion.

Dr. Ashfaq Maniyar while presenting mementos to the students said that brilliant and outstanding students are the leaders of tomorrow in different fields, recognizing and encouraging the meritorious students is our moral responsibility.

On behalf of KNRI Forum Dadapeer Hayath conducted the raffle draw and 12 gifts were given to lucky winners. Jet Airways sponsored two tickets as bumper prize, Jeddah Bangalore Jeddah air tickets  were received by lucky winners Razi momin and Lancy vincent Dsouza.

Quiz program was conducted by Sabu chandran with interesting questions and was applauded by the audience, poetic and humorous anchoring was done by Dr Firoz Mulla and Syed Nasir Khursheed with flavours of Kannada Urdu and English.

Krish Jangal, Manzour Ahmed, Ilyas Momin, Mohammed Arifullah, Syed Kowsain Pasha, Rajesh Kumar, Mahboob Ali Khan, Saleem Khaleefa, Mukkaram Khan and Jalal Baig welcomed the guests.

Registration desk for attendees was handled by Peter Mascarenhas, Mohammed Saheb, Habeeb Rahaman, Faizee Razak Shaikh, Nazeer Ahmed, Asif Momin, Tanveer Ahmed and M R Shareef.

Vote of thanks was delivered by Event Manager Shaikh Saud, he expressed his deep sense of appreciation to Chief Guest Mr Moin Akhtar for sparing time with us and to audience who spared valuable time from their busy schedule to attend the event and remained focused till the end of the function.

On behalf of the Forum, he expressed sincere gratitude to all the sponsors of the event, starting with main sponsor NRIs Forum Karnataka Bangalore, he said we are sincerely  thankful to our beloved chief Minister Shri Sidharamayyaji and Dr. Arathi Krishna for their continuous support and being golden sponsor of the event.

He appreciated and thanked other sponsors such as Intermodal Services, Zafiro fine dining, Jet Airways, Dastar Restaurant, Saggaf Hospital Ajmal real estate Bangalore, Brooq Trading, Splash, Golden Travels, Hassan Ghazawi hospital, Al Berry foods, Al Kabeer foods Ziyaraah dot com, Vishwanath Karkera, Al Asaasiya, Village Restaurant, Premier food, Shahi Rasoi Restaurant, Luminous contracting company, Global Alliances, Kwality Ice Cream, RF Developers, Al Rayan Hospital, AB Industries, London Dairy, IMAS, Hussain Manzur contracting Est.,  Mr. Manzur, Mr. Liyakat Belvai, Valiora Events, Bariz Global, C System, Hashim Mubarak, Horizon Properties, MS Beverages, NBCC(Popcorn),  Master Trading Contracting Est, and  Binzagar for their valuable support.

Snacks, juices, and delicious dinner were served to all attendees and complimentary gifts were distributed among all the audiences, function concluded with national anthem.

 

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Suresh
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Friday, 8 Dec 2017

Good work team. Well done

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March 11,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 11: The move by rebel ruling Congress MLAs in Madhya Pradesh to trigger the crisis for the party's government in the state appears to have been in the making for at least close to a month as Karnataka BJP leaders were sounded about hosting them in Bengaluru in advance, sources said.

They also indicated that the 19 rebel MLAs would stay in the city for at least two weeks till an alternative government takes charge in Madhya Pradesh.

A senior Karnataka BJP leader, in charge of the Madhya Pradesh legislators' stay in Bengaluru, received a communication from the party's central leaders about the move nearly 15-20 days ago, the sources involved in the development said on condition of anonymity on Tuesday.

The leader had even gone to New Delhi in the third week of February to meet BJP's central leaders in this regard, they said.

In a massive setback for the Congress, its prominent youth leader Jyotiradtya Scindia quit the party and in a coordinated rebellion on Tuesday 21 MLAs loyal to him resigned in Madhya Pradesh, pushing the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to the brink of collapse.

As many as 19 Madhya Pradesh MLAs, including six ministers, said to be loyalists of Mr Scindia who appeared set to join BJP, are camping at a resort in Bengaluru. Two of them are women, the sources said.

The MLAs on Tuesday sent their resignation letters via e-mail to Raj Bhavan in Bhopal from Bengaluru.

According to the sources, eight legislators, including an independent, have been staying in the city for about a week now. Of them two - one from Congress and the other an independent MLA - had gone back.

The six were joined by 13 legislators, who landed in the city by a chartered flight on Monday, and all of them are put up in a villa.

The senior Karnataka BJP leader, also an MLA, is looking after their stay and related arrangements on the directions of the party high command, the sources said. Their stay here may be for a couple of weeks.

"There will be a no-confidence motion, and then there will be a trust vote of the new alternative government that will be formed. So they may have to stay here for some time. They may be moved out of their current location," they said.

The Madhya Pradesh legislature session is expected to begin on March 16.

The sources also said the six legislators staying in the city since last week were shifted a couple of times within the city.

Congress in Madhya Pradesh, under the leadership of Kamal Nath, had come to power in December 2018 by ousting the BJP by a narrow margin.

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April 21,2020

Wayanad, Apr 21: Panic gripped residents of Mananthavady and Mepaddi regions of the district after several cats in the region were found dead.

A group of people approached authorities after which the Animal Husbandry Department tested samples from the carcasses and found that the cat deaths were caused by Feline Parvovirus, which does not transmit to humans.

Speaking to ANI, Dr D Ramachandran, Chief Veterinary Officer, Wayanad said that Feline Parvovirus affects cats and vaccines are available to protect cats and keep the virus at bay.

"There were incidents of cat deaths in Mananthavady and Meppadi region of Wayanad district creating panic among the local residents. The officials of the Animal Husbandry department visited the spots for epidemiological investigations. The samples were collected and sent to the State Institute of Animal Diseases, which confirmed that the deaths were due to Feline Parvovirus. There is no need to worry as this virus does not spread to humans," he said.

A cat owner in Meppadi said that within a span of two-three days, over 13 cats had died in the region.

"We are afraid of these sudden cat deaths amidst coronavirus outbreak. We have informed the Health Department and Animal Husbandry department. Officials came here and collected the samples," she said.

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January 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 8: No bandh-like situation prevailed in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, despite a nationwide strike called by trade union employees. Day-to-day activities are not disturbed, as buses and auto-rickshaws are moving as usual. 

However, in Bunder area, one of the business hubs of Mangaluru city, most of the shops today remained shut. As a result business was partially hit in the coastal city.

In other parts of Mangaluru city business firms, and market places are also open. Schools and colleges have not declared a holiday. government offices are also functioning as usually.

However, branches of many banks, excluding SBI, are closed for customers.

Members of various trade unions took out a rally and staged a protest in front of the Town Hall in Mangaluru.

Along with minimum wages, cancellation of contract labour system, no privatisation, welfare of farmers and other demands were also highlighted by the protestors. 

Slogans were also raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and anti-labour policies of his government. 

Members of AITUC, TUCC, AIUTUC, AIDYO, AIBEA, BSNLEU, INTUC, AIIEA, and associations of Anganwadi workers, mid-day meal workers, medical representatives, KSRTC employees, gram panchayat employees, and others took part in the protest.

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