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Sugandhraj Bekal is new president of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah

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March 28, 2016

Sharjah: Sugandhraj Bekal has been elected president of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, one of the premier associations for Kannadigas in the UAE, for the year 2016 – 2017. The elections was held during the recent annual general meeting of the Association.

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The new working committee of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah for 2016-2017 is as follows:

President - Sugandharaj Bekal
Vice-presidents - M E Muloor and Basanth Bekal
General secretary - Abdul Razak
Joint general secretary - B M Dinesh Acharya, Nityanand Bhandari,
Treasurer - Shashikant Kanangi
Joint treasurers - Anand Bailoor and Yadav Kotian
Entertainment secretary - Vishwanath Shetty
Joint entertainment secretary - Sandeep Rao
Sports secretary - Rajesh Kutthar
Joint sports secretary - Jeevan Kukian
Public relations officers - Ananth Raman and Mooli Mane

Advisory panel: Ganesh Rai, Noel D'Almeida, Sathish Poojary, Shantaram Achar, Prabhakar, Ambalthere, Satheesh Venkataramana, Praveen Kumar Shetty (Mayura Awardee), and Harish Sherigar (Mayura Awardee).

Patron: Mark Dennis D'Souza

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The annual general meeting for the year 2016 began with a welcome speech by Ananth Raman, outgoing general secretary, followed by a speech by outgoing president, Satheesh Venkataramana, who thanked all the members of the 2015 working committee for extending their support and cooperation in making 2015 a grand success. Venkataramana then extended his heartiest congratulations to the newly-elected working committee members for the year 2016.

The swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected working committee was conducted by the patron of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, Mark Dennis D'Souza, ably assisted by advisor Prabhakar Ambalthere. All the newly-elected committee members assumed responsibility by taking oath to extend their selfless service towards this esteemed Sangha.

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Prof.M.Abubake…
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Monday, 28 Mar 2016

CONGRATULATIONS.

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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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Media Release
April 16,2020

Dammam: President of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Mr.Wasim Rabbani urged immediate intervention of Indian government to help Non Residential Indians who are in trouble due to corona pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

He said in a press rease that expatriate Indians are in concern  as number of corona infected people and  deaths are increasing in danger level.

Hea said, "the Saudi health minister's statement a few days ago indicates that the situation in Saudi needs to be taken more seriously with precautionary methods. There are concerns among expatriates because the number of people infected with the coronavirus and the number of deaths reported in various provinces are increasing at an alarming rate."

"Saudi Government and Health Ministry are taking excellent precautionary measures, however, in the coming days expect to see the number of cases to increase in Saudi Arabia. The Indian government needs to take diplomatic and immediate intervention to ensure the treatment of Indian expatriates considering the number of effected people increasing", He said.

He also urged that the Embassy and the Government of India should ensure qaurantiane faculty for Indian expatriates and arrange special low cost flights to bring back expatriates who would like to return home country.

" Government of India and Indian embassy need to intervene immediately to ensure that the quarantine system is in place for Indian expatriates as the facilities in the rooms where the residents are staying together are very limited. There should also be a mechanism to organize low-cost flight services for expatriates who are ready to go home. The government system should also be able to accommodate the expatriates in special quarantine areas in hometown as soon they arrive in India", he urged.

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May 20,2020

Dubai, May 20: Dubai-based Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club’s humanitarian services in charge Naseer Karaje team have appreciated the efforts of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Mangaluru Airport director, NGOs of Mangaluru, and MLA for extending a royal welcome to second batch of repatriates from Dubai that landed at Mangaluru Airport on May 18.

There was so much of confusions when 1st batch of repatriation flight landed in Mangaluru airport on 12th May due to lack of proper arrangements and co ordination.

This time due to proper arrangements and special supervision by the DC everything was driven smoothly. It has given a confidence to all the Manglurean expats of Dubai in returning to their native places, the KSCC said.

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