Bahrain Bunts give cultural glimpse at 12th annual celebration

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January 9, 2015

Manama: Bunts Bahrain celebrating their 12th anniversary at the Inter Continental Regency Bahrain gave a glimpse of their rich culture to the Bahrain Indians present on the occasion.

Continuing the traditional practice of Kumba Swagatha for welcoming the guests, the program commences with Ganapathi stuti and graceful Bharat Natyam Invocation Dance. Young Bunt boys and girls rocked the stage with hit Kannada fusion song under Ms. Harini Shetty’s choreography followed by the mythological tulu skit ‘Birdudha Bunterana Bhinkada Badku’ depicting the rich Bunts Culture. Mrs. Hema Shivakumar Shetty with assistance from Mr. Abhijeet Shetty and Ms. Harini Shetty choreographed a mesmerizing Kannada fusion touching upon all the art forms from Yakshagana to the Pili Vesha.

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The stage program involved felicitating the distinguished guests Dr. Kalidas Shetty, a renowned Food Scientist joining from USA along with United State Martial Arts Hall Of Fame recipient Mr. Cheetah Yajnesh Shetty ensuring the children of providing support in every possible way, inspiring them to pursuit their passion and excel further in life. Mr. Jayakar Shetty Indrali, General Manager, Badagabettu Co – operative Credit Society was glad to see Bahrain Bunt’s attempt towards preserving and promoting the rich culture among the future generations. Mr. Halady Srinivasa Shetty, Chairman & M.D, MMCL was impressed to see that while Bahrain had developed remarkably in over two decades of time span since he left the Kingdom, the people residing here continued to have the same warmth and bonding for their fellow beings and every person coming to this Kingdom making them feel home away from home. Recognizing the fact that the glory Bunts Bahrain had achieved was the result of consistent contribution from all the fellow members and supporters over the past 12 years, all the presidents from Mr. Rama Shetty, Mr. Uday Shetty, Mr. Krishnanda Shetty, Mr. Amarnath Rai and Mr. Pradeep Shetty present for the occasion were honoured along with the pillars of Bunts Bahrain, the platinum sponsors Mr. Shantharam Shetty, Mr. Sudhakar Shetty, Mr. Naveen D. Shetty, Mr. Prakash Shetty, Mr. Savin Shetty, Mr. Abdul Sattar and Mr. Rajiv Menon with prominent supporters Mr. Subhash Chandra Shetty, Mr. Pravin Shetty Kinnigoli, Mr. Rajendra Prabhu for the LED backlight screen and Mr. Lawrence D’Souza. Mr & Mrs. Shivakumar Shetty were specially honoured for their continuous support over these years.

The final entertainment for the year 2014 was brought with Hindi fusion dance under Mrs. Hema Shivakumar Shetty choreography with assistance from Mr. Abhijeet Shetty. Momentos were handed over to all participants, choreographers and supporters for their constant support throughout the year followed by Mr. Chetah Yajnesh Shetty’s martial arts tips and moves on self defense. Mr. Prasanna Shetty praising Mr. Sudhir Kumar Shetty & Mrs. Prathima Arun Shetty for anchoring the smooth functioning of the program in their entertainment style; thanked Mrs. Ramya Sandeep Alva, Mrs. Suma Sharath Shetty, Mrs. Anita Shekha Shetty and Ms. Vijetha Mohandas Shetty for profile reading, Mr. Karunakar for sound support , Mr. Varun Hegde for lights and Mr. Sunil Kadri for backstage along with acknowledging the contribution from each and every participant, choreographer, supporter and sponsors with special thanks to the Management & entire Support staff of InterContinental Regency Bahrain for providing their splendid venue and every possible support throughout the event. Around 500 Indians enjoyed the delicious dinner served thereafter.

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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
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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Media Release
February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

Below 6 Team names with their franchise owners and respective icon players.

BANCAA WARRIORS – RANJITH (TEAM WARRIORS RIYADH) – RAJESH AND SHAFI

YAQOOB FIGHTERS – SHAHID & YAQOOB (YAQOOB CC) – SAMEER KARNAD AND MOHSIN

GROUND STAR PHOENIX – RIZWAN & SIDDIK – AYAZ & SALEEM SHIRUR

PARAMOUNT HEROES – NASIR GM – SARFARAZ AK & MUSTAFA HASAN

AL-AMAL AFRAH PANTHERS – SHAHIM & AHNAF – DAWOOD KODI & ANIS

NAJD CHALLENGERS – AFROZ NAKWA – SHADAB KARNAD & SULTHAN

Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

Winners squad 16 players - Gifts

Highest Run Getter – Orange Cap – Special Gift

Highest Wicket Taker – Purple Cap – Special Gift

Player of the Series – Special Gift

Hat-trick Wicket taker – Special Gift

KPL Kamal Catch – Special Gift

Best Wicket Keeper – Special Gift

Best over in KPL – Special Gift

Fastest 50 in KPL – Special Gift

Fair Play Award – Special Gift

Performer of the Week (Every Week) – Special Gift

Century – Special Gift

Maiden Over – Special Gift

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