Fun-filled evening keeps ‘JF Coastal Festival 2015’ crowd ecstatic

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May 8, 2015

Dammam: The month of April 2015 began with a dreadful sand-storm which kept the people’s mood unstable and for many days the weather kept alarming the uncertainty in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. On April 16, Jam’iyyatul Falah’s volunteers had the faith in Allah and His blessings and kept their preparation in full swing for the annual event of family-get-together ‘JF Coastal Festival 2015’. The pleasant evening had extinguished the fear of misfortune and brought back the mood of festival with a huge gathering of above 1500 people.

The promise made by the JF event organizers had given the crowd a wonderful opportunity to bring together the spirit of Mangaluru and created the environment of Festival. The theme of the event ‘Our Community is Better Together’ has fulfilled with joy and excitement. Men, women and children had discovered an amazing native atmosphere of Mangaluru.

The radiant and enjoyable social event offered by one of the distinguished society of Mangalore Diaspora arranged by the charitable organization ‘Jam’iyyatul Falah’ (Dammam Unit), a Karnataka State award winner for .Best NGO.

The evening was filled with fun and frolic, Quran recitation competition for different age groups children, Quiz Competition for Adult and different types of games for Children and Adult with much more fun and excitement had kept the crowd entertaining till 3:00am. The event also brought together the spirit & essence of Karnataka.

The celebration commenced as scheduled with an introductory speech by the President of JF Dammam Unit Mohammad Wahid and the Qirath by Master Salman Ashraf had opened team event. Immediately followed the dinner and the dinner was the ‘Taste of the Evening’ which squeezed and jammed the crowd to taste the scrumptious and lip-smacking food catered by the famous Indian Restaurant “Batkhal House” of Dammam. The mouth-watering Indian cuisine creates a center of attention to the crowd and enjoyed the yummy and delicious native taste.

The attractive kiosk from Al Jufailah Corporation, the sole distributor of Al-Kabeer Frozen Products, had pulled the crowd with their appetizing aroma to taste the sample of their new products. Suhana Travel sponsored one-way Air-Ticket to Mangalore for the winner of Raffle prizes. Diamond Gift voucher sponsored by Malabar Gold, Al-Khobar.

The entire evening was filled with various funs and exciting games for children and adults and it was well organized by Javed Saeed and his team. The attractive prizes were presented to all the winners immediately after each game. The evening was later triggered with “Quiz Competition” and the Quiz Master very efficiently and meticulously handled the competition and did a commendable job by keeping the crowd entertained.

All programs and its activities were conducted under Islamic environment and the event had provided a book stall by Shanthi Prakashana which displayed the Islamic books in Kannada language.

JF Members kept the momentum moving by diverting the crowd with the announcement of each winner of 20 Raffle Prizes, which was drawn after every 15 minutes and the winning excitement in every person made the Raffle Round more ecstatic. The event also offered the Mega Prize and the winner took their prizes with wonderful memories of the delightful evening.

At the women’s section, several games were organized for different age groups. The girls were cherished and enjoyed the fun. The women’s organizing committee had skillfully managed the program and brilliantly implemented the games for adult and children which successfully accomplished the task provided to each volunteers. All the winners were presented with the attractive prizes.

The Ex-President P. B. A. Razak of JF-HQ in Mangalore on his visit of Saudi Arabia was felicitated during the Event. NRCC Ameer Mohammad Farook presented the Memento and Event Chairman Munaf draped the Shawl together with the Committee Members of JF Dammam Unit. The Mega event “JF Coastal Festival 2015” was exclusively sponsored by “Gulf Co-operation Symbols Contracting Co. Ltd.”, “NADA (Al-Othman Agri. Production and Processing Co.)” and “Azmeel Contracting Co.”.

The magnificent evening had witnessed the success of the Event and displayed the hard-work of the Event’s Working Committee. In the early hours of dawn, thrilled spectators made a reluctant exit from the venue, thoroughly lost in the magical spell cast on them during an unforgettable night. JF once again create an example to others by innovating and reaching for something even better.

Sadiq Ahmed proposed vote of thanks immediately after announcing the winner of Super Mega Prizes.

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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
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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News Network
April 19,2020

Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) Chaiman Dr Sam Pitroda held video conference with senior IOC office bearers across Middle Eastern countries on 14th April 2020 to review the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among Indians residing in the region. Almost all speakers appreciated the efforts initiated and  implemented by  respective governments to contain spread of the deadly virus as well as measures taken towards welfare of the people affected by the lockdown. 

IOC Presidents, Mohammed Mansour - Bahrain, Abdullah Manjeri - Saudi Arabia, Dr J Ratan kunar - Oman and Girish kumar - Qatar, highlighted the quality treatment of patients and finacial aid provided by governments and other authorities. Bahrain IOC president Mansour , also  apprised about the 'Food for Needy' drive in Association with KHK Heroes foundation, initiated by HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and quality treatments as well as financial aid to local and expat residents.

Anura Mathai, IOC  Global Event Coordinator, spoke about certain problems of Indians in the UAE. IOC Middle East Convener, Mansoor Palloor, emphasised and requested IOC Chairman to urge Indian government to arrange immediate repatriation of indians stranded in Gulf countries. AICC Secretary, Himanshu Vyas, IOC Secretary Dr Arathi Krishna, Dr Arshi Malik (Abha), Mohiuddin Sirajudeen (Jeddah), Advocate Joseph Palathara (Dammam) Prasad Kodru, Jayati Maitra Ziyad Ahmed (Qatar) and Khursheed Alam (Gen Secretary- Bahrain) also apprised the participants about various issues relevant to the pandemic and suggested further initiatives to be undertaken. 

Dr Sam Pitroda briefed about sustained and consolidated efforts by all IOC members  during this unprecedented situation facing the world and assured that he would convey IOC  concerns to the government and try his best to ensure all possible help is made available to all needy Indians.

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