Dubai: ‘The great Khali' to attend ‘Mr Intl Indian’ body building contest

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January 10, 2016

Dubai: Al Zeal Fitness & Dubai Indian Association under the aegis of Emirates Body Building Federation & Rhythm Events have scheduled for the first time ever UAE's biggest Body Building Championship 'Mr. International Indian 2015-16' Bodybuilding Championship competition on 29th & 30th January, 2016. The qualifying rounds will take place in an indoor venue to be finalised soon whereas the final rounds will be held on 30th January, 2016 at Al Nasr Leisure land Ice Rink with whole day event.

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ABOUT THE COMPETITION:

A record breaking participants are expected to be participating in this great event from all over GCC Countries & India and there is a rain of response who have already registered their entries. The competition which is open to all Indian expatriates holding valid Indian Passports will be held in six different weight categories: 60kg - 65kg, 65kg - 70kg, 70kg - 80kg, 80kg - 90kg, 90kg - 100kg, and 100 category. Winner of each category will qualify for the final round. Every category will have first runner up and second runner up prizes too.

PRIZE DETAILS

Again a record breaking biggest prize amount of Rs.1 Million for the Title and Rs.2.5 Million for the 17 other prizes have been announced by the organisers who said that this championship competition is exclusively to promote Indian bodybuilders who have so far produced many other champions while at the same time they were behind the screen unknown.

‘Mr. International Indian’ Title – IRs.1,000,000 with Cup and Certificate

Runner up – IRs. 500,000 with Cup and Certificate
First runner up - IRs. 250,000 with Cup and Certificate
Other three finalist – IRs. 100,000 with Cup and Certificate each.

This will be a golden opportunity for those Indian body builders to bag the International Title overseas. The total event will be professionally organised to International Standards without compromising any of the aspects.

To grace this biggest professional event WWF's World Heavyweight Champion 'The Great Khali' a well known professional wrestler will be arriving all the way from India along with his assistant Bobby. This is Khali's first ever visit to UAE where he has thousands of fan following. The 7-foot-1, 347-pound skyscraper of a WWE Superstar was a tower over all of the WWE Universe. Khali who once was an officer at Punjab State Police always stood out from every crowd not only for his overwhelming size, but also for being the first to blaze a trail to WWE from his native India. Khali’s battle-ready mentality and intimidating presence combined to make him a unique threat to every member of the WWE roster. He had successfully stood tall against celebrated WWE Superstars including The Undertaker, Kane, Big Show, John Cena and Jinder Mahal. And he was the last man standing in a 20-Man Battle Royal on SmackDown in 2007 that allowed Khali to realize his dream of becoming World Heavyweight Champion.

To add, there will be more than 50 well known dignitaries from India who have already booked their air tickets to witness the great sports event. While 2,000 plus Gyms operating in UAE have signed off their support in this event the Emirates Body Building Federation have partnered with their fullest support with eminent Emirati dignitaries have also blocked their dates to witness this first of its kind event in the UAE. The venue is expected to cross 3,500 spectators and all possible security measures will be taken for the smooth handling of this two day event.

Many sponsors have come forward voluntarily to support this biggest sport event in bodybuilding which will be supported by most of the TV medias, Web medias, Newspapers and Magazines of both UAE and Indian.

UAE's well known Bodybuilding Judges will select the final 60 participants out of 1,000 registered participants through the well written criteria of qualifying for this professional bodybuilding contest.

The final 60 selected qualified contesters will present themselves in the final round at the Ice Rink, Al Nasr Leisureland on 30th January, 2016 to finalise the top three winners. The winners will be announced and will be honoured with prize amount and trophy along with certificate of honour. All other participants will also receive Certificate of participation as a honour.

In between the events to add spice and colour to the event, there will be variety of presentations viz., Karate Demonstration, Judo Demonstration, Sumba dance, Standup Comedy, Magic, Music etc. A traditional UAE-India welcome will open up the programme on the final day giving touch to Indo-UAE friendship.

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Media Release
June 24,2020

The Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC), Bahrain, has charted aircrafts to repatriate stranded expatriates to India. 

Boby Parayil, General Secretary, OICC National Committee, Bahrain has thanked all those who supported in this cause.

“The aircrafts were not licensed and were in crisis until the last minute. Finally, Mohammed Mansoor, president of Bahrain chapter of Indian Overseas Congress approached IOC Middle East in charge Dr Arathi Krishna, who helped get permission to operate flight to Kozhikode,” he said in a release. 

All mandatory approvals from the Foreign Ministry of Affairs and other government officials were accomplished by Dr Arathi Krishna. OICC has expressed gratitude to her for her timely support, he said. 

OICC is also grateful to former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy for doing necessary arrangements to get all the approvals for flight landing in Kerala, he added.

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Media Release
May 30,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter organized a "Live along with COVID-19" webinar on 29 May 2020 in association with HealthCare Polyclinic, Dammam.

The webinar at Zoom App. featured over 150+ resident Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia's eastern and neighboring provinces.

Dr. Shailendranath made a presentation on the program and gave useful information. Indian Social Forum Dammam, Karnataka Chapter President Sharif Joktake delivered the keynote address. General Secretary Irshad Jokatte stalled the program.

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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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