Buntaayana 2019 marks 17th annual cultural fest of Buntara Sangha Kuwait

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November 6, 2019

Kuwait: Buntara Sangha Kuwait (BSK) celebrated its 17th annual cultural fest with grace and splendor under the leadership of Guruprasad Hegde to a grand success on October 18th, at the American United School Auditorium, Sabah Al Salem, Kuwait.

The chief guests B Vivek Shetty and Shashidhar Shetty, along with the guest artists Manju Rai Muloor and Nishan Rai walked the aisle of the auditorium to the tunes of traditional chende and the warmth of aarti reception by the BSK ladies.

The event for the day commenced with the national anthems of Kuwait and India, followed by a prayer song to Ganesha by Amith Shetty, Lohith Shetty, Rajesh Pakkala, Sandesh Shetty, Prashanth Shetty, Deepa Shetty, Reshma Shetty, Laxmi Shetty, Sushma Shetty and Anusha Shetty. Invocation dance with Natasha shloka followed by Ganeshapushpanjali choreographed by Arundhati was well received by the audience with a thunderous round of applause. BSK managing committee, former presidents along with chief guests inaugurated the program with lighting of the lamp. Guest of honorIndian Ambassador to Kuwait, K Jeeva Sagar along with BSK former presidents, managing committee, chief guests, Presidents of other south Canara associations and were part of BSK Souvenir Release for the year 2019.

BSK Vice President Rakshak Shetty welcomed the chief guests and the audience and extended his best wishes to the artists and participants of Buntaayana 2019.

BSK felicitated their members AikalaSudhakar Shetty, KanjarPattada Mane Mr.Vivek Shetty Belman and Chandrahas Shetty Kathalsarfor their selfless service, long term support and contribution to the association.BSK felicitatedthe chief guests of the program Shri. Shashidhar Shetty& Shri. B. Vivek Shetty, along with guest artists Manju Rai Muloor&Nishan Rai. Both the chief guests addressed the audience with inspirational and thoughtful words to today’s society and the historic values of Bunts culture and tradition.

Educational Excellence & Sports Awards were distributed to our achievers, KhushiPrakash Shetty, Shreenidhi B Shetty&Yash Y Alva received for their X standard educational excellence while Prachetha Shetty for her XII standard and Prapti Shetty for her outstanding performance in Inter School Sports excellence.

BSK President Guruprasad Hegde addressed the audience and highlighted BSK growth over the years, it’s role in the society and their righteouswelfare activities. He expressed his gratitude to his managing team and BSK members for their love and support. He thanked both the chief guests on gracing the occasion as well leading an exemplary role in the society and in particular among the Bunts community.

BSK also extended their gratitude to Mr.Parmananda Salian, Mr. Satisha Acharya, Mrs.Vidhushi ShanthalaSatisha, Mr. Mithun Vishwanath, Smt.Archana Sinha, Smt. Arundhati S. John and her invocation dance teamfrom Nritta Dhyana.

The Cultural event hosted by Manju Rai raised the audience cheers to his timely wit and humor. Known for his comedy timing, this young man kept the audience smiling as well was powerful in delivering a good message of leading a harmonious life and giving quality time to family. Nishan Rai, the young and dynamic sensational singer brought in melody who with his magical voice and beautiful rendition rocked the stage and entertained the audiences. The lighting and glittering sound with the interaction of these 2 guest artists with the audiences was well received. Nishan truly is a bundle of talent who not only lived to the crowd expectation but also made the crowd go full on with few joining him on stage with some dance moves. Our own BSK lil champs with their innocence and sway dance moves choreographed by cultural secretary Mrs. Shruthi Rai Pakkala was mesmerizing. Three Indian classical dances, Bharatanatyam, Kathak & Yakshagana set the stage live on fire with beautiful choreography from Ms. Prapti P Shetty, Mrs. Archana Sinha & Mrs. Manjula P Shetty respectively. The classical dance concluded with a fusion of contemporary moves and gracious synchronizing of rhythm.

The highlight of the evening "Sri Ramana Dharmanade" a historical epic was enacted by close to 70 BSK artists. The artists performance was outstanding to standing ovation on few occasions. The showcase of Rama-Sita swayamvar was so gracious and grandeur, the entrance of Ravana and his forceful dragging of Sita by dubious attempt was so powerful and dramatic, the killing of the divine bird Jatayu and his untimely death was far more emotionally enacted, the grand entrance of Hanuman with his vanarsena lifted the audience emotional mood, the background music of Jagadeesh Puttur was both melodious and foot tapping. The overall drama of close to 2 hours which started with a beautiful contemporary dance by BSK ladies was well received by the audience and finally concluded to a grand stage reception by all artists to a standing ovation and thunderous applause. “Sri Ramana Dharmanade” had scriptsby Mr.Parmananda Salian & was directed by Mr.Satisha Acharya. Choreography was by Mrs.Vidhushi Shanthala Satisha and overall led by Cultural Secretary Mrs. Shruthi Rai Pakkala.

The managing committee led by President Guruprasad Hegde has made

Buntaayana 2019 a huge success and has raised BSK benchmark in its cultural fest by far. The event was hosted by Dr.Preeti Shetty, Mrs.Shalini Vijay Shetty & Mr. Manju Rai Muloor and Program Co-ordinator Mrs. Shruthi Rai Pakkala assisted by Mr. Jayasheel Shetty. The Sanadige (Traditional deepa/lamp) was beautifully dressed and decorated by Mrs. ReetaKarunakar Shetty. The PRO team led by Mrs. Prema Shetty along with her cultural sub-committee members decorated the reception arena to the theme of diwalilatterns, lights, rangoli and temple in the foreground, the whole atmosphere was divine and so blissful.

The event concluded with vote of thanks by General Secretary Mr.Dhiraj Shetty. BSK extend its gratitude to the Management of American United School for their utmost support and beautiful venue for Buntaayana 2019. The audience were invited to a rich savory by the best catering service in Kuwait, Oriental Restaurant.

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Embattled tycoon B R Shetty now holds employees responsible for NMC fraud

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April 30,2020

Newsroom, Apr 30: Beleaguered billionaire B R Shetty, who went into hiding after after a multi-billion fraud at UAE-based NMC Health came to light, has now put the blame on his companies employees.

The former chairman of the Abu Dhabi headquartered hospital operator said, investigations he commissioned found following things:

1. The fraudulent creation and operating of bank accounts in my name including many fraudulent transfers that I neither authorised, consented to, or had any knowledge of.

2. The fraudulent creation of loans, personal guarantees, cheques and bank transfers in my name, and using my forged signature, that I neither authorised, consented to, or had any knowledge of.

3. The creation and set-up of companies in my name that I neither authorised, consented to, or had any knowledge of, and that were seemingly created with the express intention to commit or conceal fraud.

4. The fraudulent creation of powers of attorney, and the misuse of existing powers of attorney, again in my name, that I that I neither authorised, consented to, or had any knowledge of.

5. The creation and provision to me of false and misleading financial statements and information regarding the performance of some of my private companies and investments by members of my own management team.

6. The payments of expenses using my private companies and personal bank accounts, I believe to hide the true financials of the public companies."

This is the first time Dr. Shetty, who is reportedly hiding in India for the last couple of months, issued a statement based on investigations he commissioned privately. He had brought in a consultancy to conduct it after initial revelations came to light that NMC Health had not been fully transparent with its finances.

Dr. Shetty had stepped down as executive chairman after the then Board of Directors barred him from attending any meetings. “I intend to work tirelessly to clear my name and assist any authorities in getting to the truth and help them ensure that misappropriated or missing funds are returned by the perpetrators to their rightful owners,” said Dr. Shetty.

This month, ADCB, which has the highest exposure among UAE banks to NMC Health, brought charges against five former officials, including ex-board of directors, with Abu Dhabi prosecution. The former CEOs of NMC Health and Finablr are also currently not in the UAE.

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Can he explain give few wordd about Daniel Varghese the founder of UAE exchange.

Who is the person shattered his fate .

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Surge in covid cases likely in Karnataka after mid August, warns education minister

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June 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 12: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Friday said experts have indicated a surge in coronavirus cases in the state after August 15 and the government was taking all precautionary measures in that direction. Speaking to reporters in Ballari, Sudhakar said, "About 97 percent of over 3,000 active cases in the state are asymptomatic.

Experts after studying the developments in other countries and states have said that there will be a surge in infections after August 15."

He said the government was taking all precautionary measures in that direction.

As of June 11 evening, cumulatively 6,245 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 72 deaths and 2,976 discharges, the health department's bulletin said.

It said, out of 3,195 active cases, 3,185 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 10 are in ICU.

Meanwhile, in a tweet pointing out that nearly 60 per cent of the COVID cases in the country are from 10 cities, Sudhakar said, despite being the fourth most populous city in the country Bengaluru has been successful in containing its spread.

"Nearly 60% of total COVID-19 cases in India are found in 10 cities. Despite being 4th most populous, Bengaluru has been successful in containing spread of virus.

I urge people to keep up the fight, continue vigil & together with #CoronaWarriors we can defeat the virus," Sudhakar tweeted.

Bengaluru that does not figure in the list of 10 cities shared by the Minister has reported 581 coronavirus cases till last evening, out of which 258 are active.

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Karnataka's Special Investment Promotion Task Force holds first meeting in Vidhana Soudha

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June 4,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 4: The Special Investment Promotion Task Force, constituted by the Karnataka government, held its first meeting in Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on Wednesday, June 3.

The first meeting of the task force was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Karnataka government.

The body is seeking to find ways to attract the disenchanted multi-national corporations (MNCs) which are looking to shift their manufacturing base away from China in the back-drop of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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