Abu Dhabi: Bearys Welfare Forum hosts iftar get-together-2018

Shodhan Prasad
May 30, 2018

Abu Dhabi: Bearys Welfare Forum (BWF), a premier social organization in the UAE respected for its philanthropic and charitable works, organized an ‘Iftar’ get-together at the India Social and Cultural Centre, on Friday, 25th May-2018. Nearly 700 NRI brethren from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Fujairah amidst prominent personalities from all walks and fields of life attended.

Padmashree Dr. B R Shetty, Chairman , NMC Health care Group, HE Rajamurga,Councellor,Embassy of Indai,Ramesh Panicker, President ISC, Jayaram Rai ,VP-ISC,Fakruddin Bhat, Adia, Asif Bhai, Akram Bhai, Altaf Bhai, Suhail Kudroli, Althaf Ahmed, Salem  Baiji,RafeekAhmed  of Sahebaan Abu Dhabi, Ravi Rai,NMC, Salahuddin Sir ,Principal, Indian School and Sundar Shetty of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha, Tufail Mohammed of National Newspaper, Noel of KNRI Forum, and Hanif Arimoole of KIC and many other dignitaries were present.

Rafeeq Krishnapur, Vice President welcomed and compered the program. The program began with the recitation of the Holy Quran by MoideenHanzeland Kannada translation was done by V.K.Rasheed.

A highly informative religious speech in Urdu was delivered by MoulaviSaheerHudavi, a famous orator and commander in religious matters. After breaking of the fast and the evening prayers, a short program was held. All the dignitaries exchanged the  Ramadan compliments and wishes.

President Mohammed Ali Uchil welcomed the community members and the prominent guests and expressed his gratitude for accepting the invitation and for joining them for the Iftar get-together. Mohamed Ali Uchil presented the charitable causes initiated by BWF, which were successfully conducted in Mangalore, and appealed for generous help from members to conduct them successfully in future too. He also thanked all those who donated toward the various causes which helped many under-privileged people live a dignified life in society. He especially expressed his gratitude to the chief guests and other donors for their constant support from the inception of BWF.

He announced the BWF- Master project “BWF Mass Marriage” which will be held on Januray-2019 at Mangalore, and would arrange around 25 girls to be wed locked on the occasion.

He thanked BWF- Executive Committee Members for their hard work, dedication and effort in organizing this function and making it a success. “It is an incredible achievement for BWF, which has managed to accomplish so many tasks to its utmost goal set. God willing all of its projects will be a complete success.”

Abdulla Madumoole, General Secretary, BWF- put forward the charitable causes initiated by BWF, which were successfully conducted in Mangalore, especially mass marriages of 102girls from the needy poor families and appealed for generous help from members to conduct them successfully. He also thanked all those who donated toward various causes which have helped many under-privileged people to live a dignified life in society. He highlighted BWF's projects like distribution of wheel chairs, and emphasized on the BWF pilot project – Shouchalaya, a unique project, through which BWF constructed 150 toilets in various parts of the twin districts. BWF's plan is to construct another 100 toilets for the poor in society irrespective of caste and religion in the various parts of the twin districts.

Padmashree Dr B R Shetty conveyed Ramadan wishes to all and praised BWF for arranging the huge gathering of community members and for its charitable work. He addressed the gathering offering them guidance assuring full support for all BWF charity projects.

Siddik Uchil, Coordinator of BWF delivered the vote of thanks. The programme was coordinated by Imran Ahmed, Coordinator, BWF,Mohamed Siddik (Kaup- Treasurer BWF),  along with Abdul Majeed A G Mohd.Kallapu Abdul Rauf,  VicePresident BWF,Basheer Bajpe,Advisor,BWF & Jaleel Gurupur. Hamza Khader and Hameeed Gurupur- general secretary,  along with Mujeeb UCHIL,  who 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,  Imbran along with other BWF youth volunteers were instrumental in the success of the program.

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Royan
 - 
Thursday, 31 May 2018

Beautiful interfaith gathering.thanks to BWF for given us beautiful Iftar and a opportunity to  interact with a charming crowd

Ifam Ahmed
 - 
Wednesday, 30 May 2018

nice function, noble cause. keep it up bearys forum

Salam Bava
 - 
Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Always make it a point to attend the BWF function.like every time it was super.May Allah bless them to fulfill their charity work-Ameen

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May 25,2020

Ernakulam, May 25: Miscreants belonging to self-proclaimed Hindutva outfits have demolished a church set erected for the shoot of a Malayalam film at Kalady in Kerala’s Ernakulam district.

The set was erected to shoot the climax scene of the super hero film Minnal Murali, directed by Basil Joseph and starring Tovino Thomas and newcomer actor Femina.

The incident took place on Sunday. Members of the Antharashtra Hindu Parishad claimed that with the help of their sister outfit Antarashtra Bajrang Dal, they demolished the church set, erected on an island on the Periyar river in Kalady.

Hari Palode, the General Secretary of AHP, an organisation founded by Praveen Togadia, boasted on Facebook that they were not used to pleading to anyone, and decided to demolish the church set that was constructed near the Adi Sankaracharya mutt. 

“When they built such a structure in front of the Mahadeva shrine in Kalady, we said no. We had also submitted several complaints. We do not have the habit of pleading. We decided to demolish it. Our self respect must be protected at all cost,” AHP’s General Secretary Hari Palode wrote on his Facebook post along with pictures of members demolishing the set. 

The post also credited members of the Anrarashtra Bajrang Dal and its Ernakulam Division President Malayatoor Ratheesh for participating in the ‘service work’ of razing the church set. 

Mini Biju, member of Kalady Town panchayat confirmed that the film unit had indeed secured permission from the department before going ahead with the construction of the set.

“They had submitted a letter seeking permission to raise a temporary set. This was back in February before construction began. The panchayat committee had approved this request,” Mini said.

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August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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June 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 18: The Karnataka police has arrested a German national wanted for kidnapping and causing bodily harm to a person in his home country, an official said on Wednesday. The person was also found to be overstaying on an expired visa, which police said that it appeared that the visa had been tampered with to look more current.

"On receipt of credible information by the CID Interpol Division officers, the Red Corner Notice subject, the German national Alexander Bruno Wehnelt, was traced at Hulimangala village," a police official told media persons.

Hulimangala is on the outskirts of Bengaluru city.

Alexander, 55, escaped from Germany and took shelter in Bengaluru.

The Interpol Division of CBI NCB (Central Bureau of Intelligence, Narcotics Control Bureau) in New Delhi had communicated to the Interpol liaison officer in Karnataka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) about Alexander, directing extensive search measures to trace the criminal at large.

The Narcotics Control Bureau of Wiesbaden in Germany was on the hunt for Wehnelt for the crimes he committed in 2015, and have finally found him five years later.

"A special team of officers was constituted by the CID - Interpol division under the supervision of ADGP (Additional Director General of Police) B. Dayananda and the Interpol liaison officer and efforts were made to trace the subject," said the official.

On Monday, the police received credible information leading to his arrest.

"It was learnt that his visa had expired in 2016 and he tried to show a visa which was issued in December 2019 which had expired on Saturday, June 13," said the official.

Prima facie, it appeared that Alexander had tampered with his visa and the police are probing on that front as well.

He was handed over to Hebbagodi Police Station in Bengaluru Urban, for his overstay and a criminal case has been registered against him, under the Foreigners Act.

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