U T Khader assures to expedite efforts for Mangaluru-Riyadh direct flight

October 30, 2016

Riyadh, Oct 30: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR), a prominent charity organization of non-resident Indians from coastal Karnataka in Saudi Arabia has demanded direct flight service between Managluru and Riyadh.

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A delegation of KWAR led by its president Santhosh Shetty and PRO Parvez Ali met the food and civil supplies minister U T Khader during on the sidelines of a cultural programme in Riyadh recently and urged him to exert pressure on the airlines to launch the direct flight between two destinations.

The minister was duly reminded of the several efforts made earlier by various organizations from Karnataka. The delegation also appreciated the efforts of Mohamed Asif, the founder and CEO of Amaco group of companies and coastalidgest.com and the Mr Khader himself in this regard.

Mr Khader, who also represents Mangaluru assembly constituency, responded positively to the request and assured of his continuous efforts in future as well.

The KWAR delegation also met the Mangaluru North MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava and urged him to persuade the Air India management to temporarily change their current Mangaluru-Saudi schedules to have a convenient connection to Mangaluru.

The MLA promised the delegation that he will discuss with Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes to meet the concerned authorities.

KWAR cultural secretary Prasanna Rao, joint treasurer Nazeer Ahmed, sports secretary Iqbal Shirva, members Ashwath Rai, GK Shaikh, Aboobacker Irfan and Hameed Nazeer were also present in the delegation.

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The honorable minister also promised to arrange with state govt. authorities to form a welfare scheme to facilitate various govt facilities to NRI Kannadigas under the name of NORKA (Non residence Karnataka Affairs) with immediate effect. He is announced in the recently held Beary Guys Beary Sanghama public gathering at Riyadh.

Riyadh Mangalore flight already in the pipe line.

Ut khader sab if possible we need one small hindu temple inside the airport. it will be much better that we can pray and move towards our destination

Dear UTK
I request you to provide a prayer hall inside the airport. Due to lack of prayer hall many muslims are facing problems to pray in the airport. Prayer hall in the airport is the need of the hour. Please do the needful at the earliest.

Riyadh-Mangalore is not cost effective for airlines....that is why they don't go with this adventure...even if they initiate...cost for passengers will be more...

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Mangaluru | Family’s presence of mind during covid victim’s last rites preserves communal harmony

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June 28,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 28: The patience and presence of mind exhibited by the family members of youth covid-19 victim thwarted the attempt by a few miscreants to create communal disharmony in the coastal city today.

A 31-year-old youth from Idya in Surathkal, who was under treatment for covid-19 at designated Wenlock Hospital in the city, passed away last night.

Even though there is a Muslim graveyard under the jurisdiction of Idya mosque, it was waterlogged due to heavy rains.

Hence, the Idya mosque management had obtained permission from Mangaluru’s Bolar mosque management to bury the mortal remains of the youth in Bolar graveyard.

All necessary arrangements were made at the Bolar graveyard for the burial this morning. Meanwhile, a few residents of Bolar belonging to another community staged a protest against bringing covid-19 victim’s mortal remains to Bolar.

Mohammad Husain, general secretary of Bolar mosque, said that the family members of the departed youth exhibited their presence of mind and urged the Muslims of Bolar to preserve communal harmony.

“The Bolar mosque committee had given green signal for the burial and all arrangements were made. Meanwhile, a few people staged protest and warned us against burying the covid-19 victim’s body. When the aggrieved family members came to know this, they immediately cancelled the plan,” he said.

“The aggrieved family requested us to uphold communal amity and co-existence. They decided to bury the body in Idya itself. Then the protesters also returned,” he said.

Burial in Bolar after DC’s intervention

When the mortal remains were being taken towards Surathkal in the ambulance, the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada ordered the authorities concerned to take a U-turn and bring back mortal remains to Bolar.

The DC said it was wrong to take the mortal remains to another place after making all necessary armaments in Bolar graveyard. In order to pacify the porters it was decided to dig another grave on the other side of the graveyard, sources said.

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we know the mentality of these... they are educate but their brain is full of dumb...

if tommorow some of their family member die in COVID and we will see how they manage..

first we are all human being and we must repsect the dead person..

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Yusuffali MA donates Rs 25 crore to PM-CARES Fund to combat COVID-19

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April 3,2020

New Delhi, April 3: Chairman of Lulu Group, Yusuffali MA on Thursday contributed Rs 25 crores to the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) to combat coronavirus.

"I have humbly contributed INR 25 Crores to the PM Cares Fund to support all relief works in India's fight against the COVID-19," Yusuffali said in a tweet.

Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had created PM CARES Fund and appealed to all the countrymen to show their support for the cause.
The prime minister is the chairman of the trust and its members include the defence minister, the home minister and the finance minister.

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Biggest Single-Day Jump Of Nearly 2,800 COVID-19 Cases In Karnataka

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July 11,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karnataka on Saturday reported the biggest single-day spurt of 2,798 cases and a record 70 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections in the state to 36,216, the health department said.

The day also saw a record 880 patients getting discharged after recovery.

Out of 2,798 fresh cases, a whopping 1,533 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.

The previous biggest single-day spike was recorded on July 10 with 2,313 cases.

As of July 11 evening, cumulatively 36,216 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 613 deaths and 14,716 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.

It said out of 20,883 active cases, 20,379 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 504 are in ICU.

Out of 70 deaths reported, 23 are from Bengaluru urban, 8 from Mysuru, five from Dakshina Kannada, among others.

Most of the dead are either with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).

Out of 2,798 cases tested positive today, contacts of the majority of the cases are still under tracing.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounts for 1533 cases, followed by Dakshina Kannada 186, Udupi 90, Mysuru 83, Tumakuru 78, Dharwad 77 and Yadgir 74.

Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 16,862 infections, followed by DakshinaKannada 2,026 and Kalaburagi 2,024.

A total of 7.99 lakh samples were tested so far, out of which 20,587 were tested on Saturday alone.

So far 7.46 lakh samples have been reported as negative, and out of them 17,488 were reported negative today.

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