Dammam: JF Coastal Festival-2014 mesmerizes participants

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May 6, 2014

Dammam, May 6: JF Coastal Festival 2014, the annual family-get-together of Jam’iyyatul Falah – Dammam Chapter, was held on April 24 under the theme ‘Our Community is Better Together’ in Dammam.

The event commenced with the recitation of holy Quran by Mohammad Is’haq and interpretation of its meaning emphasizing the audience to join hands with charitable organizations to help the underprivileged families in India. JF Dammam chapter president Mansour Ali Ahmed delivered welcome address.

Azmeel Contracting, NADA Milk, Gulf Co-Operation Symbols Contracting Co. Ltd, SAQCO and Al-Muzain were the main sponsors of the event. Classic Restaurant, Mogul Garden Restaurant, Raqwani Company, HIT, Zayan Restaurant, MARCON, AL-ARAKI Trading, MGA Trading, SMR Group and Abdullah Yousef M. Al-Daen Trading Est. were the co-sponsors. Mega Prizes, Raffle Round Prizes, Sports and Quiz prizes were sponsored by the JF’s executive committee members and JF well-wishers.

JF Coastal Festival-2014 was planned, formulated and organized professionally by the event organizing committee of JF Dammam chapter. The men behind the success are the event chairman Mohammad Hussain Araki, Event PRO Shahul Hameed, event manager Imran Karkala, sports coordinators Mohammad Wahid and Mohammad Siraj and event moderators Mansour Ali Ahmed and Sharief Binzager. The event organizing committee was well supported by the Executive committee members.

The entire evening was filled with various fun and exciting games like musical chair and sack race for adults and children. The games for children were well organized by Mohammad Wahid and his team, which made the children excited to play the different games like running race, dog and the bone, bombing the city, passing the parcel and in the pond on the land, etc. The attractive prizes were presented to all the winners and runners.

It was then Mansour Ali’s turn to trigger the evening with quiz competition session. The quiz was efficiently and meticulously handled and kept the crowd entertained throughout the evening. The Winners and Runners were presented with the prizes by the dignitary guests available in the event.

At the women’s section, all attendees’ women, youth and children had participated in various games. There were many games and activities, organized to all the age-group persons. Participants were divided into three teams. All the winners were presented with attractive prizes. Ex-NRCC Ameer Shahul Hameed proposed vote of thanks.

Sumptuous dinner with typical Indian cuisine was served to delight all the guests. The snacks and Juice were continuously distributed to children throughout the evening. The special ‘Dum-Ki-Chai’ kiosk was sponsored by Zayan Restaurant was the attraction of the evening.

Jam’iyyatul Falah has been serving the community especially in education for the last 25 years since its inception in the year 1988. JF kept the momentum going by expanding the charity work by rendering voluntary service to the down-trodden families in the coastal belt of Karnataka through its 11 Taluk units. JF is also well supported by its overseas Units mainly from Dammam, Riyadh, Jubail and Jeddah.

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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
July 30,2020

Jeddah: The first chartered flight for repatriation passengers from Jeddah to Bengaluru organized by Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah – Saudi Arabia was successfully landed at Bengaluru airport by 01.00 am on 19th July 2020.

Spice Jet (SG9884) departed from King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah by 05.00 pm local time with 177 stranded passengers which includes 12 Pregnant Woman, 3 infants, 44 Short term visa holders, 3 medical emergency patients and 115 migrate workers and labours from various districts of Karnataka state.

Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah, a registered charitable organization under Government of Karnataka & Indian Consulate Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, helping the Kannadigas overseas & in Karnataka State as well, has initiated major role for helping stranded Kannadigas to travel back to home. During Pandemic hundreds of stranded Kannadigas were approached to the forum and requested to arrange special chartered flight to Bengaluru from Jeddah.

Initiating from collecting the data of passengers, the forum’s special panel including its President Mr. Mohammed Mansoor, Secretary Mr. Peter Mascarenes, Vice Presidents Mr. Nasir Khurshid, Dr.Ashfaque Maniyar, Chief Coordinator Mr. Shaikh Saoud, Cultural Secretaries Mr. Arifulla Shariff and Mr. Rajesh Suvarna, Treasurer Mr. Habib Rahman and Press Secretary Mr. Baig, the forum’s members have worked very hard to conclude this task very successful. 

The forum provided food packets as refreshment, complementary PPE kitsto each passenger as precaution against the spread of any infections while travelling and also guided all passengers by supporting them in Awdha portal (Saudi Passport Department) and Seva Sindhu portal registration of Government of Karnataka.

The official travel partner ITL Travel Management Company has rendered remarkable service to the passengers not only in ticketing but also supported with top priority in confirming the aircraft from SPICE JET and availed good service from ground staff at Jeddah Airport. 

All passengers have reached safely to their homes after completing the 7 days institutional quarantine at Bengaluru. 100% passengers had NEGETIVE report on Covid-19 test made on arrival as well as after institutional quarantine. 

In the press release published from the President, Mr. Mohammed Mansoor has expressed his prodigious gratitude to the Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia H. E. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Deputy Consul General of India - Jeddah Mr. Y Saber and Chief Minister of Karnataka State Shri B. S. Yediyurappafor providing necessary approvals and NOC for the chartered flight operation. He also conveyed his boundless appreciationto Shri B. Y. Raghavendra, Member of Parliament Shimoga District (Karnataka) for his swift support extended to the forum and as well to Dr. Aarathi Krishna, Ex-Deputy Chairperson – NRI Forum of Karnataka – Government of Karnataka for her significant guidance and support on completing this mission.

The forum has thanked all the officers in King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah and Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru for the facilities provided to the passengers. The Forum has thanked all passengers travelled for their calmness and also thanked to all other members of the forum, Staff of ITL Travels and SPICE JET for their tremendous support extended throughout the mission accomplishment.

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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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