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Jeddah: Karnataka Noble Trophy -2014 cricket tournament held

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December 13, 2014

Jeddah: The first season of Karnataka Noble Trophy (KNT) Cricket Tournament with the slogan “Cricket for noble cause” jointly organized by Karnataka NRI Forum and Jamiyyatul Falah Jeddah, got off to a colorful start at the Sharbatli Ground, Baghdadiya here recently.

The tennis ball limited over knockout series tournament participated by sixteen reputed cricket teams from Jeddah, has been officially inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Vice President - Jeddah Cricket Association. Delivering his chief guests speech, Mr. Khan appreciated the organizing committee for supporting the noble cause through sports activities in KSA which will also spread positive awareness among the community on social development of our society. He also assures to extend full support to both the organizations from Karnataka State in future and remembers his routes and relations with Karnataka State.

President of the Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah Mr. Roshan Rodrigues welcomed the chief guest, sponsors, well wishers, all participating teams, cricket loving audience and all the organizing committee members. Mr. Roshan emphasize the importance of promoting cricket in Saudi Arabia and said this would play vital role in bridging the strong Indo – Saudi relation and appealed all the playing teams to enjoy the cricket matches with real sport spirit.

Managing Committee Team leader Mr. Mohammed Mansoor has introduced both the Organizations as top NGOs of Karnataka striving to help poor and needy persons back home in India and in KSA and also highlighted the activities & objectives of both the organizations & presented the prime objective of KNT trophy as a Joint endeavor of Karnataka NRI Forum and Jamiyyatul Falah Jeddah.

Vice President of Jamiyyatul Falah Jeddah Mr. Mohammed Rafeeq while speaking said this is the first occasion where two major organizations of Karnataka working together for the noble cause and wished good luck to all the participating teams.

KNT Managing committee thanked all the sponsors for coming forward to help in organizing this tournament successful including Al Saeed Group of Industries, Center Point, NATCO Saudi Arabia, Intermodal Services of SA, Binzagar, Pepsi Saudi Arabia, iMas, Golden Travel, RF Developers, Teamwork International Freight Est, AWS Movers, SSQ Company, Bariz Global Co, Master Trading Contracting & Rental Services, Budget Rent a Car, ESG & Partners Co, Village Restaurant, Mehfil Restaurant, Hakkami Comupters, C Systems, Comaco, Rabia Tea, Salman Group Al Raja Press, Super Max, Hashir Trading, Ayon Est, M A Alawi Est, Al Salam Alami Est and many more well wishers.

The first round knockout matches has completed on 4th Dec, Thursday night and by 5th Dec Friday evening onwards and the following teams emerged in the first round after knocking down its opponents:

Al Max Vs Center point: Al Max won by 7 wickets.
Rising star Vs JICC: Rising Star won the match.
Abiyon Jeddah Vs Challengers: Challengers won by 5 wickets.
Basem International Vs IOE Jeddah: Basem International won by 5 wickets
Jeddah Scorpio Vs Target Guys: Target Guys won by 5 runs
ISF Karnataka Vs MSC Shipping: ISF Karnataka won by 112 runs.
IOE Reliance Vs Dazzel Super King: Dazzel Super King won by 39 runs.
Deccan Knights Vs ATS: ATS won by 48 runs.
ISF Karnataka has set the new record of 186 runs for 3 in eight over match with the amazing batting performance by Amir who scored individually 90 with 13 sixes and 2 boundaries which was widely appreciated by all the cricket loving spectators.
The second round Quarter Finals will be played in between following teams on 11th Dec Thursday night:
Al Max Vs Challengers: 8.00 pm to 9.30pm
Rising Star Vs Basem International: 9.30pm to 11.00pm
Target Guys Vs Dazzel Super King: 11.00pm to 12.30am
ISF Karnataka Vs ATS: 12.30am to 2.00am
The winners of Second Round Quarter Finals will fight for Semi Finals on Friday 12th Dec as per following schedule:
First Semi Final: 2.00pm to 3.30pm
Second Semi Final: 3.45pm to 5.15pm
Finals will be played on 12th Dec 2014 by 5.45pm to 7.15pm

Colorful inaugural program was started with recitation of Holy Quran by Shaikh Saoud, IT Coordinator KNRI Forum while Niaz Ahmed, press secretary of the forum anchored the program. Syed Nasir Khursheed proposed the vote of thanks on behalf of Karnataka Noble Trophy Managing Committee  to Chief Guest, well wishers, sponsors, all the playing teams, audience and he also expressed deep sense of appreciation for excellent team work performed by members of both KNRI Forum and JF Jeddah on organizing this spectacular event especially  by Shaikh Saoud, Sabu chandran, Arshad Hussain, Nawaz Sharief, Harsha, Yeshwant, Mohammed Saheb, Imtiaz Ahmed, Rajesh Kumar, Atish Ahmed, Fahim, Ashfaq and Farooq have played major role in organizing this tournament with ground and pitch preparation. Habeeb Rahman was the match referee for all the matches and professional umpiring was done by Arshad, Sharief, Nawaz and Haseeb while Giant Score Board was controlled by Shaikh Saoud, Samir Kazi, Iqbal Mirza and Ansar Shaikh. All cricket lovers enjoyed live commentary by well known commentator and former radio announcer of Sri Lanka Radio MMM Naushad, Shaikh Saoud, Abdul Khader and Saif.

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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 25,2020

In a humanitarian gesture to help fellow citizens in distress, the first in the series of chartered 
flights arranged by Thumbay Group, UAE and the Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) Trust, 
Mangalore to repatriate stranded Kannadigas in the UAE took off from Ras Al Khaimah 
International Airport in the wee hours of 21st July 2020. The flight was fully occupied, with 186 passengers, all of them desperate to fly back to India for various reasons.

The initiative was conceived and implemented under the leadership of Dr. Thumbay Moideen - Founder President of Thumbay Group & Founder Patron of BCF and Dr. B K Yusuf, the 
President of BCF. The flight was organized on a purely charitable basis, with all necessary 
steps and precautions in place to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers. Thumbay Group assigned its fleet of buses to transport the passengers free of charge from their residences in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman to the airport. The organizers also provided free meals and refreshments to the passengers, in addition to PPE kits and face-shields distributed free of 
charges.

The passengers on the first flight included many elderly individuals, people with serious 
illnesses like heart-related health issues and diabetes, pregnant ladies and little children as well as people who had lost their jobs and those with expired visas. Dr. B K Yusuf – BCF President, Dr. Kaup Mohammed - BCF General Secretary, other office bearers of BCF, as well as Thumbay Group’s representatives Mr. Farhad C – Director of the Hospitality Division of 
Thumbay Group and Engr. Farwaz P. C. – COO of the Construction Division were present at 
the airport to see off the first group of passengers.

Commenting on the initiative, Dr. Thumbay Moideen said, “This joint initiative of Thumbay 
Group and BCF is to support our fellow Kannadigas desperate to fly back home. We are happy that we have been able to reach out to many of them, to help them fly home to their families. We thank the Governments of the UAE and India, and the Indian Consulate, Dubai, for their support in making this happen. In the coming days, many more stranded Kannadigas would be repatriated under this joint initiative.”
Dr. B K Yusuf thanked Dr. Thumbay Moideen and the office-bearers and members of BCF for 
their efforts to make the initiative a success.

“We are proud that this initiative has brought relief to many Kannadigas and their families today. BCF is grateful to Thumbay Group for its support and partnership for all our humanitarian programs for the support of the needy.”

Dr. Kaup Mohammed said that it was a matter of pride that the much-awaited Thumbay-BCF 
repatriation flight had been carried out successfully. “Measures have been taken to ensure the safety of the flight and its passengers throughout the journey,” he said. He also thanked all the social organizations including Bhatkal Jamath, BCCI, BWF, KCF, DKSC, Kodagu Kannadigas, 
Kannadiga Help Line, Dubai Konkans and KSS, for their support. He specially thanked Mr. 
Syed Hassan Razeen, the owner of ARISTOCRAT Travels for his support in the ticketing, 
boarding and related processes. On behalf of Milano Optics Group and Maxcare, free gift 
hampers were distributed to selected passengers.

The passengers were received at Mangalore airport under the leadership of Mr. Mumtaz Ali - patron of BCF and other distinguished personalities of Mangalore including Mr. Moidin Bava - former MLA, Mr U. T. Ifthikhar, Mr. S. M. R Rashid - President of BCCI central committee and many others. The passengers were transferred to the hotels where they had registered for the mandatory quarantine.

The second flight under this joint initiative is scheduled to take-off from Ras Al Khaimah airport to Mangalore on 24th July 2020. A few more similar repatriation flights are to soon follow, in the coming weeks.

 

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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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