Mohammed Saifuddin Sami elected President of KNRI Forum Jeddah

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July 17, 2017

Jeddah: The 10th Annual general body meeting of the Karnataka Non Resident Indian Forum, Jeddah was held at The Village Restaurant Azizia, Arbaeen st. Jeddah on the 09th of July 2017.

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Syed Nasir Khursheed welcomed all the committee members, life members, sponsors and guests to the meeting. Highlighted KNRI activities and great achievement carried over by outgoing president Mr. Roshan Rodrigues along with committee members. Later he invited Dr. Firoz Mulla who was the Anchor for this AGBM. Anchor Dr. Firoz Mulla officially announced the start of AGBM and introduced himself to the gathering and in his introduction speech, he said it is an honor to be a part of the KNRI forum because of its services rendering to the needy kannadigas and others as well.

Out going President Roshan Rodrigues welcomed all the members to the AGBM. He had briefed the activities of the KNRI and its recognition because of the team work of EC members as a one family. Thanked all the members for giving him support

General Secretary Yashwant Amin presented the Annual Report. A power point presentation was made to highlight the achievements for the year 2016-2017. He has presented detailed information in each category, like education, medical, Labor food crisis, toilets projects back home, other causes etc. He has highlighted and applauded also for the major contributions made by the individuals’ committee members’ personal contribution besides the support of Forum. He has informed the gathering about our new project started last year which was toilets project in different places back home in Karnataka, huge appreciation had received from the local public also support had been extended financially to this project

In the absence of our Treasurer, Yashwant Amin, General Secretary presented the financial report and highlighted the receipts & payments, Income & Expenditures details for the year 2016-17. He also informed that the renewal of the certificate as per the State Government of Karnataka Society Act.

Two members of the committee, Mohammed Ilyas Momin and Dr. Ashfaque Maniyar conducted the election to elect the new executive committee. Mr. Mohammed Saifuddin Sami was elected as new President for the Year 2017-2018.

The newly nominated team is Mohammed Saifuddin Sami – president, Syed Nasir Khursheed – vice President Membership, Dadapeer Hayath – Vice President Admin , Yashwanth Amin – General Secretary, Aijaz Ahmed – Treasurer, Sayed Kowsain Pasha – Joint Treasurer, Shaikh Saoud – Joint Secretary, Altaf AlMelker – Meeting Coordinator, Sabu Chandran – Sports Secretary, Rajesh Kumar – Joint Sport Secretary, Mohammed Kaleem – Cultural Secretary, Mohboob Ali – Joint Cultural Secretary, Mohammed Salem Khaleefa – Press Secretary, Dr. Firoz Mulla, Faizee Razak Sheikh, Jalal Baig as Membership Coordinator, Suresh Babu – IT Coordinator , Tanveer Ahmed Asst. I T Coordinator.

Executive Committee Members : Roshan Rodrigues, Mukarram Khan, Mohammed Saheb, Habeeb Rahaman, Krish Jangal, Mohammed Mansoor, Mohammed Ilyas Momin, Dr. Ashfaque Maniyar, Mohammed Arifulla, M.R.Shareef, Mohammed Asif Momin, Nazir Ahmed, Peter Mascarenhas & Manzour Ahmed.

Mohammed Saifuddin expressed his happiness and gratitude. In his first speech as a President, he thanked all the members for showing confident on him and he will do all possible to take the KNRI Forum, Jeddah to higher level and assured to maintain the dignity of the forum. He recalled outgoing president Mr. Roshan Rodrigues commendable job during his tenure and requested his full support and cooperation along with all other members.

General Secretary Mr. Yashwanth Amin informed the forum that he will do his best to support the team in his second term as a secretary.

Syed Nasir Khursheed thanked members for trusting him and selecting as VP membership, he assured membership derive will be expedited with the help of all members.

Dadapeer Hayat also thanked members for unanimously selecting as a VP Admin is a honor for him to serve with more responsibilities.

Newly joined excom members Mohammed Arifulla, M.R.Shareef, Mohammed Asif Momin, Nazir Ahmed, Tanveer Ahmed and Jalal Baig expressed their happiness being part of KNRI family, they said we feel overwhelmed due to warm welcome from senior members.

Sabu Chandran delivered vote of thanks in which he expressed deep sense of appreciation towards all the members for attending this event and making it successful and thanked everyone separately, also thanked those who helped the forum directly or indirectly.

Program concluded with entertainment, delicious dinner served by Village Restaurant and group pictures followed by national anthem.

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Media Release
July 25,2020

In a humanitarian gesture to help fellow citizens in distress, the first in the series of chartered 
flights arranged by Thumbay Group, UAE and the Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) Trust, 
Mangalore to repatriate stranded Kannadigas in the UAE took off from Ras Al Khaimah 
International Airport in the wee hours of 21st July 2020. The flight was fully occupied, with 186 passengers, all of them desperate to fly back to India for various reasons.

The initiative was conceived and implemented under the leadership of Dr. Thumbay Moideen - Founder President of Thumbay Group & Founder Patron of BCF and Dr. B K Yusuf, the 
President of BCF. The flight was organized on a purely charitable basis, with all necessary 
steps and precautions in place to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers. Thumbay Group assigned its fleet of buses to transport the passengers free of charge from their residences in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman to the airport. The organizers also provided free meals and refreshments to the passengers, in addition to PPE kits and face-shields distributed free of 
charges.

The passengers on the first flight included many elderly individuals, people with serious 
illnesses like heart-related health issues and diabetes, pregnant ladies and little children as well as people who had lost their jobs and those with expired visas. Dr. B K Yusuf – BCF President, Dr. Kaup Mohammed - BCF General Secretary, other office bearers of BCF, as well as Thumbay Group’s representatives Mr. Farhad C – Director of the Hospitality Division of 
Thumbay Group and Engr. Farwaz P. C. – COO of the Construction Division were present at 
the airport to see off the first group of passengers.

Commenting on the initiative, Dr. Thumbay Moideen said, “This joint initiative of Thumbay 
Group and BCF is to support our fellow Kannadigas desperate to fly back home. We are happy that we have been able to reach out to many of them, to help them fly home to their families. We thank the Governments of the UAE and India, and the Indian Consulate, Dubai, for their support in making this happen. In the coming days, many more stranded Kannadigas would be repatriated under this joint initiative.”
Dr. B K Yusuf thanked Dr. Thumbay Moideen and the office-bearers and members of BCF for 
their efforts to make the initiative a success.

“We are proud that this initiative has brought relief to many Kannadigas and their families today. BCF is grateful to Thumbay Group for its support and partnership for all our humanitarian programs for the support of the needy.”

Dr. Kaup Mohammed said that it was a matter of pride that the much-awaited Thumbay-BCF 
repatriation flight had been carried out successfully. “Measures have been taken to ensure the safety of the flight and its passengers throughout the journey,” he said. He also thanked all the social organizations including Bhatkal Jamath, BCCI, BWF, KCF, DKSC, Kodagu Kannadigas, 
Kannadiga Help Line, Dubai Konkans and KSS, for their support. He specially thanked Mr. 
Syed Hassan Razeen, the owner of ARISTOCRAT Travels for his support in the ticketing, 
boarding and related processes. On behalf of Milano Optics Group and Maxcare, free gift 
hampers were distributed to selected passengers.

The passengers were received at Mangalore airport under the leadership of Mr. Mumtaz Ali - patron of BCF and other distinguished personalities of Mangalore including Mr. Moidin Bava - former MLA, Mr U. T. Ifthikhar, Mr. S. M. R Rashid - President of BCCI central committee and many others. The passengers were transferred to the hotels where they had registered for the mandatory quarantine.

The second flight under this joint initiative is scheduled to take-off from Ras Al Khaimah airport to Mangalore on 24th July 2020. A few more similar repatriation flights are to soon follow, in the coming weeks.

 

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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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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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