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UAE Bunts gear up for 43rd annual family get-together

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May 1, 2017

Dubai: UAE Bunts are all set for the mega event of their 43rd Annual Family Get-together to be held on May 19, 2017 at Amal Ball Room of JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai at 10:30am.

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The cultural celebrations are expected to be attended by over 1500 members from all over UAE and Gulf. UAE level Group Dance Competition for Children & Adults will be organized.

The other special attraction of the day is "PORLUDA SAMSAARA" for which the auditions are already been conducted and 7 couples have been selected for the final show which will be a very attractive event of the day on May19. The winning family will be awarded PORLUDA SAMSAARA title and offered loads of prizes along with the stay in a five star resort.

The Event will be compered by very popular emerging young Bunt talent Mr. Saiheel Rai from Mangalore followed by Nishan Rai a famous young singer who was the finalist of Kannada Sa Re Ga Ma Pa will be with us. Live Orchestra by Bunt singers.

The Chief Guest of the day will be Hon.Justice Santhosh Hegde, Former Judge of Supreme Court of India, former Solicitor General of India and Former Lokayukta of Karnataka State along with Bollywood Celebrity Guest Ms. Pooja Hedge from Mumbai. The programme presided by Padmashree Dr. B R Shetty, Patron, UAE Bunts.

On this auspicious occasion, the Guest of Honour Hon.Justice Santhosh Hegde will be honoured with “Bunta Vibhooshana” special award for his selfless service to the society. Hon. Justice Santhosh Hedge was born on June 16, 1940 in Nitte village of Karkala in Udupi district, he is the son of former Supreme Court judge Late K S Hegde and Late Meenakshi Hegde and brother of N Vinay Hegde, the Chancellor of Nitte University. After his early education at St Aloysius School in Mangalore and Madras Christian College, Hegde completed his BSc from Central College, Bangalore and went on to have a degree in Law from Government Law College, Bangalore, now known as University Law College.
A highly disciplined man, Justice Hegde, as the Lokayukta of Karnataka, has proved a nightmare to the corrupt officials and bureaucrats. Determined to root out corruption from the society, he strongly believes that this can be achieved if the younger generation makes up its mind. He has been oft and again giving a clarion call to the students to raise voice against corruption. During his tenure, several skeletons have rolled down the cupboards of various government departments in various parts of the state and several officers trapped for possessing disproportionate wealth. But the dangerous tentacles of this evil called corruption is continuing to spread far and wide and it is only determined efforts on the part of the society that can crack down this menace.

Pooja Hegde Born and brought up in Mumbai, former beauty pageant contestant Pooja was crowned as the second runner-up at Miss Universe India 2010. She continued to work in TV commercials like Lays with Ranbir Kapoor, Zoya jewellery, Hero Maestro with Ranbir Kapoor etc. Her latest TVC was opposite Varun Dhawan for Maaza. Pooja made her acting debut in Mysskin. Tamil superhero film Mugamoodi (2012), opposite Jiiva and Narain. She then featured in the Telugu film Oka Laila Kosam (2014), opposite Naga Chaitanya. She also starred in Mukunda (2014), opposite Varun Tej. After being discovered by Ashutosh Gowariker’s wife in an advertisement, Pooja went ahead to sign onto feature as the lead actress in Gowariker’s Mohenjo Daro opposite Hrithik Rohsan. Her next project is a Telugu film titled – DJ, opposite Allu Arjun. The film is directed by Harish Shanker and is all set to release on the 23rd of June.

During the programme UAE Bunts are privileged to honour Bunts students who have achieved marks 90% and above in 10th and 12th, Bunts students excelled in the field of sports and other achievements like Sheikh Hamdan Awards/Sharjah Awards during the year 2016/2017. Details to be emailed to Jyothika Shetty [email protected] and Dr.Indu Shetty [email protected] as soon as possible.

All are co-cordially invited.

For entry passes please contact the following committee members:

Dubai

Sharath Shetty / Mohnisha Shetty Mob: 050 76 77589/ 056 64 46659

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Rahul Shetty /Thrupthi Shetty Mob: 050 650 6152 / 056 548 6015

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Sanjeev Shetty / Priyanka Shetty Mob: 055 546 8569 / 050 536 2581

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Gananath Mally / Devika Mally Mob: 055 994 5044 / 055 811 2262

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Sharjah

Rakesh Hegde/ Nishitha Hegde Mob: 050 468 6515 / 055 345 8250

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Abu Dhabi

Guruparasad Shetty/Amitha Shetty Mob: 056 682 6094 / 050 503 9732

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Rajeev Shetty /Poornima Shetty Mob: 050 616 8310 / 050 4215826

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Pradeep Shetty/Naksha Shetty Mob: 050 458 2279 / 056 773 2898

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Al Ain

Dr. Pradeep C Shetty /Dr Indu Mob: 055 659 8192 / 056 259 0275

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

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Media Release
June 1,2020

Kuwait: Eid is usually a time of family get-togethers and feasts after weeks of dawn-to-dusk fasting. But this year people celebrated at home, with virus fears dampening the holiday spirit and strict restrictions in place.

Kuwait went under full curfew before the start of Ramadan leaving people to practice fasting and Ramadan rituals at home, Even Eid al-Fitr came under full lock-down period.

As situation demanded, IMA Kuwait celebrated the Eid Get-together online via video conferencing tool, All IMA members participated joyfully in Eid Milan online gathering which was scheduled immediately after Eid prayer. Members participated and congratulated each other on the eve of Eid.

The IMA president Shamvel Parviz addressed the gathering and thanked them for joining online for this unique Eid celebration which will be remembered in history. He also advised members to be aware of conditions of neighbors, friends and family and assist them if they need help in this difficult time.

Eid al-Fitr follows weeks of fasting and marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Thousands of Muslims all over Kuwait followed strict guideline and performed Eid prayer at home along with their family.

As a part of social service activities IMA also distributed ration kits before start of Ramadan and during Ramadan for needy people all over Kuwait.

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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
May 2,2020

Dubai: In response to UAE health authorities encourage blood donation campaign Anivasai Kannadigara Okkuta - U.A.E, conducted blood donation camps on April 22 at Abu Dhabi Blood Bank Khaldiya and on 23/04/2020 at Blood Transfusion and Research Centre, Sharjah.

The Abu Dhabi camp was inaugurated by Head of Department of Abu Dhabi Blood Bank, On this occasion she gave brief inputs of the benefits and features of blood donation, urged the participants to spread greater awareness about the importance of blood donation and congratulated the AKO members for their selfless social service and wished all the best for their future endeavours.

Abdul Rasheed, President of AKO presided over the function and Anivasai Kannadigara Okkuta Vice President Mr. Mohammad Nasir appreciated the effort for organizing this camp and gathering youths to be a part of this noble cause as life is precious on this earth. "Each drop of blood counts much, so kindly take it as personal compassion to help unknown who requires blood with no relatives to help him/her.

In Abu Dhabi 41 and in Sharjah 49 donors participated in this event and donated their blood. It was nice to see cheerful smiling donors doing a great community work.
Blood bank staff and AKO Organizing team enthusiastically arranged the campaign which was witnessed by many members and leaders of various community organization of Karnataka.

Anivasai Kannadigara Okkuta President briefed the participates about the ongoing social work of AKO in this current COVID-19 pandemic grim situation AKO is working on following fields: AKO Members have stepped up to support needy community during the Covid-19 pandemic have gone out of their way to comfort those struggling to deal with the challenging situation.

While thousands of people continue to #StayHome, many are in quarantine, there are those on visit visa and stuck here, others have lost jobs or face salary cuts. AKO in coordination with UAE Embassy and other social organization have been able to ensure basic necessities are fulfilled with food provisions and medical assistance to needy.

Providing counselling to bachelors and families those are on quarantine and isolation.

The organizers thanked everybody especially, UAE Health Authority, Abu Dhabi Blood Bank Khaldiya and Blood Transfusion and Research Centre, Sharjah, Management and staff as well as donors for their time and support for the good cause.

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