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Jeddah: Roshan Rodrigues re-elected president of KNRI Forum

[email protected] (Media Release)
June 7, 2016

Jeddah: The 8th Annual general body meeting of the Karnataka Non Resident Indian Forum was held at The Village Restaurant Karnataka in Jeddah on the 27th of May 2016.

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The president Roshan Rodrigues in his welcome address reiterated the vision, mission and objectives of the forum and the achievements in the last two years.

Syed Haseebuddin, treasurer of the forum, made a presentation on the finances of the forum for the last accounting year. He also informed the members of the renewal of the certificate by the Government of the State of Karnataka.

Aijaz Ahmed, General Secretary of the forum, made a presentation of the activities undertaken in the last year (2015-16). Highlights of the activities being money collected for the flood victims of Chennai, Karnataka Nobel Trophy cricket tournament organized jointly with Jamiath ul Falah, celebration of the State annual day and other activities in the service of the community.

Two members of the committee, Ilyas Momin and Shaikh Soud conducted the election to elect the new executive committee. Roshan Rodrigues was elected president unanimously for a record third term.

The newly nominated team is as follows: Roshan Rodriguez – president, Habib Rahaman – vice President, Mukarram Khan – Vice President , Yashwanth Amin – General Secretary, Syed Haseebuddin – Treasurer, Manzour Ahmed – Joint Treasurer, Mohammed Saheb – Joint Secretary, Nasir J Shahsaheb – Meeting Coordinator, Sabu Chandran – Sports Secretary, Shaikh Saoud – Sport Secretary, Mohammed Saif – Cultural Secretary, Mohammed Kaleem – Cultural Secretary, Syed Shakeel Ahmed – Joint Cultural Secretary, Mohammed Salem Khaleefa – Press Secretary, Peter Mascarenhas - Membership Coordinator, Dadapeer Hayath – IT Coordinator

Executive Committee Members : Sayed Nasir Khursheed, Krish Jangal, Niaz Ahmed, Aijaz Ahmed, Mohammed Mansoor, Arif Shimoga, Mohammed Ilyas Momin, Dr. Ashfaque Maniyar, Faizee Razak Sheikh.

Five new life members were elected as Executive Committee Members and they are Dr. Firoz Mulla, Mohboob Ali Khan, Suresh Babu, Syed Kowsain Pasha, Altaf Almelker.

Roshan expressed his happiness and gratitude to all the members and said, you have unanimously elected me for the third term, in doing so, you have reposed your faith in me. It is the faith and trust which you have put on me, now I have to put my full energy and dedication and will fight to achieve one of the crucial tasks of the forum which is close to my heart to get permission for our NRI students to appear in the CET examination and get benefited.
Newly elected General Secretary of the forum Yashwanth Amin delivered vote of thanks in which he expressed deep sense of appreciation towards all the members for attending this event and making it successful.

Niaz Ahmed compered the program which ended with the rendition of the national anthem.

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Tahir ahmad
 - 
Wednesday, 22 Jun 2016

Deyr sir aslam aluminum

Arun
 - 
Friday, 10 Jun 2016

Congratulations Roshan and Entire Team . We are proud of you. We wish you All The Best.

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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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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
April 19,2020

Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) Chaiman Dr Sam Pitroda held video conference with senior IOC office bearers across Middle Eastern countries on 14th April 2020 to review the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among Indians residing in the region. Almost all speakers appreciated the efforts initiated and  implemented by  respective governments to contain spread of the deadly virus as well as measures taken towards welfare of the people affected by the lockdown. 

IOC Presidents, Mohammed Mansour - Bahrain, Abdullah Manjeri - Saudi Arabia, Dr J Ratan kunar - Oman and Girish kumar - Qatar, highlighted the quality treatment of patients and finacial aid provided by governments and other authorities. Bahrain IOC president Mansour , also  apprised about the 'Food for Needy' drive in Association with KHK Heroes foundation, initiated by HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and quality treatments as well as financial aid to local and expat residents.

Anura Mathai, IOC  Global Event Coordinator, spoke about certain problems of Indians in the UAE. IOC Middle East Convener, Mansoor Palloor, emphasised and requested IOC Chairman to urge Indian government to arrange immediate repatriation of indians stranded in Gulf countries. AICC Secretary, Himanshu Vyas, IOC Secretary Dr Arathi Krishna, Dr Arshi Malik (Abha), Mohiuddin Sirajudeen (Jeddah), Advocate Joseph Palathara (Dammam) Prasad Kodru, Jayati Maitra Ziyad Ahmed (Qatar) and Khursheed Alam (Gen Secretary- Bahrain) also apprised the participants about various issues relevant to the pandemic and suggested further initiatives to be undertaken. 

Dr Sam Pitroda briefed about sustained and consolidated efforts by all IOC members  during this unprecedented situation facing the world and assured that he would convey IOC  concerns to the government and try his best to ensure all possible help is made available to all needy Indians.

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