Jeddah: Karnataka Noble Trophy -2014 cricket tournament held

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December 13, 2014

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 officially inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Vice President - Jeddah Cricket Association. Delivering his chief guests speech, Mr. Khan appreciated the organizing committee for supporting the noble cause through sports activities in KSA which will also spread positive awareness among the community on social development of our society. He also assures to extend full support to both the organizations from Karnataka State in future and remembers his routes and relations with Karnataka State.

President of the Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah Mr. Roshan Rodrigues welcomed the chief guest, sponsors, well wishers, all participating teams, cricket loving audience and all the organizing committee members. Mr. Roshan emphasize the importance of promoting cricket in Saudi Arabia and said this would play vital role in bridging the strong Indo – Saudi relation and appealed all the playing teams to enjoy the cricket matches with real sport spirit.

Managing Committee Team leader Mr. Mohammed Mansoor has introduced both the Organizations as top NGOs of Karnataka striving to help poor and needy persons back home in India and in KSA and also highlighted the activities & objectives of both the organizations & presented the prime objective of KNT trophy as a Joint endeavor of Karnataka NRI Forum and Jamiyyatul Falah Jeddah.

Vice President of Jamiyyatul Falah Jeddah Mr. Mohammed Rafeeq while speaking said this is the first occasion where two major organizations of Karnataka working together for the noble cause and wished good luck to all the participating teams.

KNT Managing committee thanked all the sponsors for coming forward to help in organizing this tournament successful including Al Saeed Group of Industries, Center Point, NATCO Saudi Arabia, Intermodal Services of SA, Binzagar, Pepsi Saudi Arabia, iMas, Golden Travel, RF Developers, Teamwork International Freight Est, AWS Movers, SSQ Company, Bariz Global Co, Master Trading Contracting & Rental Services, Budget Rent a Car, ESG & Partners Co, Village Restaurant, Mehfil Restaurant, Hakkami Comupters, C Systems, Comaco, Rabia Tea, Salman Group Al Raja Press, Super Max, Hashir Trading, Ayon Est, M A Alawi Est, Al Salam Alami Est and many more well wishers.

The first round knockout matches has completed on 4th Dec, Thursday night and by 5th Dec Friday evening onwards and the following teams emerged in the first round after knocking down its opponents:

Al Max Vs Center point: Al Max won by 7 wickets.
Rising star Vs JICC: Rising Star won the match.
Abiyon Jeddah Vs Challengers: Challengers won by 5 wickets.
Basem International Vs IOE Jeddah: Basem International won by 5 wickets
Jeddah Scorpio Vs Target Guys: Target Guys won by 5 runs
ISF Karnataka Vs MSC Shipping: ISF Karnataka won by 112 runs.
IOE Reliance Vs Dazzel Super King: Dazzel Super King won by 39 runs.
Deccan Knights Vs ATS: ATS won by 48 runs.
ISF Karnataka has set the new record of 186 runs for 3 in eight over match with the amazing batting performance by Amir who scored individually 90 with 13 sixes and 2 boundaries which was widely appreciated by all the cricket loving spectators.
The second round Quarter Finals will be played in between following teams on 11th Dec Thursday night:
Al Max Vs Challengers: 8.00 pm to 9.30pm
Rising Star Vs Basem International: 9.30pm to 11.00pm
Target Guys Vs Dazzel Super King: 11.00pm to 12.30am
ISF Karnataka Vs ATS: 12.30am to 2.00am
The winners of Second Round Quarter Finals will fight for Semi Finals on Friday 12th Dec as per following schedule:
First Semi Final: 2.00pm to 3.30pm
Second Semi Final: 3.45pm to 5.15pm
Finals will be played on 12th Dec 2014 by 5.45pm to 7.15pm

Colorful inaugural program was started with recitation of Holy Quran by Shaikh Saoud, IT Coordinator KNRI Forum while Niaz Ahmed, press secretary of the forum anchored the program. Syed Nasir Khursheed proposed the vote of thanks on behalf of Karnataka Noble Trophy Managing Committee  to Chief Guest, well wishers, sponsors, all the playing teams, audience and he also expressed deep sense of appreciation for excellent team work performed by members of both KNRI Forum and JF Jeddah on organizing this spectacular event especially  by Shaikh Saoud, Sabu chandran, Arshad Hussain, Nawaz Sharief, Harsha, Yeshwant, Mohammed Saheb, Imtiaz Ahmed, Rajesh Kumar, Atish Ahmed, Fahim, Ashfaq and Farooq have played major role in organizing this tournament with ground and pitch preparation. Habeeb Rahman was the match referee for all the matches and professional umpiring was done by Arshad, Sharief, Nawaz and Haseeb while Giant Score Board was controlled by Shaikh Saoud, Samir Kazi, Iqbal Mirza and Ansar Shaikh. All cricket lovers enjoyed live commentary by well known commentator and former radio announcer of Sri Lanka Radio MMM Naushad, Shaikh Saoud, Abdul Khader and Saif.

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Agencies
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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News Network
June 17,2020

Doha: Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF) once again set an example that no caste, creed, language and religion comes as hurdle for their humanitarian services and helped to perform last rites of Ramesh who committed suicide in Doha-Qatar.

45-year-old Ramesh son of K. Nagan hailing from Panikulam, Thrissur district in Kerala, who was working as a tailor committed suicide in his house at Ruwias in Qatar on 30th May 2020.

On hearing this news, some of his friends in Kearla informed Mr. Shihab who is also from Thrissur and a member of QISF and the same was brought to the notice of QISF humanitarian team head Mr. Abdul Latheef Madikeri and Basheer Ahmed of Tamil Nadu.

Immediately, the QISF team intervened and contacted the family members of the deceased in India and discussed the matter and consequences of sending the body back home to India in this pandemic COVID 19 situation.

Considering the prevailing situation, the family members gave the consent to bury the body in Qatar itself.

QISF team collected the required documents from the family of the deceased and managed to clear all the necessary formalities from the police department, Health Department, Embassy of India and Hamad Medical Corporation.

Finally, the body of the deceased was buried in Qatar on 7th June 2020 and the copies of all the relevant documents have been handed over to the family members.

The family members of the deceased thanked and applauded the leaders and all the members of QISF for their effective and on time humanitarian service rendered even in this pandemic crisis and having no bias.

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May 2,2020

Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club (KSCC) organized Blood Donation Camp at Latifa Hospital, Oud Mehta Dubai on April 23rd, 2020 in association with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and with support from Community Development Authority (CDA) Government of Dubai.

Blood Donation Drive started in the morning at 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Around 48 people participated in this drive and donated blood to support the Dubai Blood Bank.

A potential shortage of blood for transfusions has been occurred due to a significant reduction in voluntary blood donations during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The current pandemic, health services are now running with shortages of blood availability. To support the DHA Blood Bank KSCC taken initiative to ensure that blood donations continued and are safe for both the donor and the recipient.

After taking safety precaution and safe distance during the blood donation donors feeling happy and honored to participate and donate blood at this pandemic situation. Club Manager Mr. Mohammad Shafi was also present during this event.

KSCC appreciated all the blood donors and be grateful to Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Community Development Authority (CDA), and Government of Dubai for their association for this event. They also thanked the volunteers and supporters.

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