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Riyadh: KWAR hosts Karavali Sports Day-2017

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April 7, 2017

Riyadh: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted its annual sports event on March 31 at Istrah Manak ground in Riyadh. More than 250 members attended the special event, which is a feather in KWAR’s cap, conducted in a well-organized manner which brought the best out of KWAR executive committee members and specially the Sports Committee headed by Mr. Iqbal Tanzimi, Mr.Jayakar Poojary, Mr.Salman Noor and Mr.Anoop Shetty and ably supported by Mr.Prasanna Rao, Mr. Suresh Raj & Mr. Prakash Shetty, keeping with the KWAR tradition of ‘unity is our strength’.

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The gates were opened by 9 a.m. and a special Karavali flavored breakfast was served to all the gathered members. At 10 a.m.the games began and the President Santhosh Shetty welcomed all the members and thanked them for their active participation even though it was Friday being a week end.

As a well laid out plan, the players were selected into 4 teams without any prejudice. The Captains of Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow respectively were Mr. Rafi Ali, Former President Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Vice President Mr. Muzaffer Ali and Mr. Yathiraj Malpe. Teams were given a well-orchestrated marchpast by our ever agile and energetic Mr. Umesh Shetty and the marchpast was a treat to watch as even women and children joined to have the best of the day.

All the participants were given oath to perform to their best of ability and obey the rules and regulations in a very fair and sporting manner. Some of the Prominent members who attended the sports day including KWAR Former Presidents Mr. Royston Prabhu and Mr. Rajesh Kumar, BARSA President Mr. Santhosh Shetty, Konkan Ghar President Mr. Eric D'sa, MASA Dammam representative Mr. Nagaraj Bajal, Jamaiyytul Falah President Mr. Muzaffer Ali, and KWAR Gen. Secretary Mr. Shashidhar Haridas.

There were three individual games, shot put, coconut game and breaking the pot. The team games were traditional Tire Race Relay (8players in each team) and the Relay Race (8 players in each team), Kabaddi, Volleyball and Tug of War.

The following were the winners in Individual games as well as team games:

1. Shot-put Gold -Deepak (Team Green) Silver-Arjun (Team Blue) Bronze - Nagaraj (Team Blue)
2. Pot Breaking Gold - Zahid (Team Red)
3. Coconut game Gold - Jagadish (Team Red)
4. Relay Race Gold - Team Green Silver - Team Blue Bronze - Team Red
5. Tire Relay Race Gold - Team Green Silver - Team blue Bronze - Team Red
6. Volley Ball Gold - Team Green Silver - Team blue
7. Kabaddi Gold - Team Blue Silver - Team Green
8. Tug of War Gold - Team Yellow Silver - Team Green
Team Green was the Overall Champions with 140 points and the Runners up were Team Blue with 97 points. All the players were awarded medals and the champions Team Green was awarded the winners trophy.

Games for the women and Children were conducted simultaneously in the adjacent ground under the able leadership of Dr. Vanishree and well supported by Mrs.Nazia Nazir, Mrs. Smitha Haridas, Mrs. Babita Jayakar and Mrs. Rajeshwari Yathiraj. There were 12 games for children and 5 individual games as well as 8 team games for ladies.

The teams Red, Blue, Green, yellow played with great spirit. Team Red captained by Mrs. Nazia Nazir was declared Champions and the Runners-up were Blue Team Lead by Mrs. Rajeshwari Yathiraj, and 2nd runners-up were Green team lead by Mrs. Jamila Abdul Aziz. Individual gold winners were Dr.Vanishree, Mrs. Rakshita, Mrs. Mala, Mrs. Anita, and Mrs. Babita for Shot put/100 m race/sack race/cycle tire race & Pot breaking respectively. It was great pleasure to watch KWAR women and children in great sporting action. All the winners were awarded trophy’s and medals.

Delicious lunch was served to all the members gathered which was arranged by our Mr. Prakash Shetty and Coffee/Juices from Al Dawa Co., Snacks from Al-Kabeer Co., were served throughout the day as well as fruit juices from NADEC.

The gates were well managed by Mr. Victor, Mr. Nelson D’Souza and Mr. Mahesh Hegde. KWAR managed to collect some amount of donation for a KIDNEY patient it was the quick action by Mr. Victor, Mr. Nelson and Mr. Irfan were able to do that.

The sports event was sponsored by NADEC, Al-Kabeer & Al-Dawa Company. President Santhosh Shetty Thanked all the members, participants in sport events, sponsors and the special invitees also the “KWAR BLOOD DONORS” for the success of the SPORTS EVENT. He also thanked KWAR women’s wing for their overwhelming support for the grand success of Karavali Sports Day 2017.

KWAR President requested all the members and guests to keep a note in their Calendars for the upcoming Mega Event of KWAR, “KARAVALI PARBA 2017” on the 11th of May, 2017. The daylong event ended with the recitation of national anthem “Jana gana mana...”

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August 6,2020

Dubai, Aug 6: Non-resident Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dewakara Alva passed away on Thursday August 6. He was 63.

Alva, who hailed from Mangaluru, was the director of Federal Insurance Brokers LLC, Dubai and was residing in Dubai for around four decades. He was reportedly suffering from health problems for last few months. 

He was a patron of Tulu and Kannada language and culture in United Arab Emirates. He was a member of various NRI organizations including UAE Tulu Koota and UAE Bunts

Alva is survived by wife Saritha, daughter Powshali, and son Manal.

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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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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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