Karnataka NRIs celebrate Rajyotsava in Jeddah

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December 8, 2017

Jeddah: Expatriates from high-tech Indian state of Karnataka in Saudi Arabia recently celebrated Karnataka Rajyotsava Day to commemorate the 62nd formation day of their state. The event was organized by Karnataka Non-Resident Indians (KNRI) Forum at Al Bakhira Banquet Hall, Harazath at Jeddah under the patronage of NRIs’ Forum Karnataka (Govt of Karnataka).

Consul for Community welfare, Culture, Press and Information Mr Moin Akhtar attended the event as Chief Guest, while President of the forum Mohammed Saifuddin presided over the event, large number of Kannadigas along with other dignitaries and community leaders attended the event. Dais was shared by President Mohammed Saifuddin, General Secretary Yashwant Amin, past President Mohammed Mansoor and Treasurer Aijaz Ahmed with chief guest Mr. Moin Akhtar.

Addressing to the audience Mr. Moin Akhtar said the efforts of the forum in helping the needy and underprivileged sections of society back home in Karnataka should be appreciated. Audience applauded him when he spoke Kannada language and light Urdu shayeri.

Video presentation was displayed to the audience on digital LED screen and was appreciated, in which history of Karnataka and achievements of KNRI Forum were highlighted. Dr K Muralidhara member secretary NRI Forum Karnataka message was displayed in which he wished the forum all the success for the program. Yashwant Amin General Secretary of the forum briefed about the presentation.

In this presentation KNRI Forum revealed the special features of each districts in Karnataka, aims and objectives of the forum, achievements and future goals & objectives for coming years. He requested audience to come forward and strengthen the forum to work more effectively to help needy people back home and & KSA. He requested to   visit the website www.knriforumjeddah.com   for more information.

Saoud Shaikh, Sabu Chandran and Dadapeer Hayath were appreciated and applauded for their hard work to prepare video presentation.

Forum President Mohammed Saifuddin Sami in his speech welcomed all the dignitaries, guests and attendees to the Rajyotsava Day. He informed audience that Dr. Arathi Krishna Dy Chairman of NRIs Forum Karnataka Bangalore who had agreed to attend our event as chief guest, could not make out due to official engagements in Bengaluru. But she had sent her Video message and  best wishes to the KNRI Forum and all the Kannadigas and assured that  her Department’s aims is to support and work for the well-being of the Kannadigas who are working across the world.

He thanked Chief Minister Siddharamaya and Dr. Arathi Krishna for their continuous support through NRI Forum Karnataka for not only sponsoring the event but also helping to resolve issues related to education of the KNRIs students.  

He stated that NRIs  forum Karnataka  is associated with ministry of external affairs and a great initiative has been taken by government of Karnataka by issuing NRK cards for Kannadigas, NRK cards are helpful for obtaining facilities provided by government for KNRIs, it is very simple to enrol names by visiting website www.nriforumkarnataka.org

He thanked the consul general and the consulate staff for their tremendous support to the forum, he said my sincere thanks to executive committee and sponsors as organising this huge event was not possible without support and day night hard work of our executive committee and off course financial support of the sponsors.

A famous Bollywood Playback singer Mr. Mohammed Salamat enthralled the audience by performing all-time Hindi hits as well as new songs. He sang his title song of hum dil diya chuke sanam and his new release movie song – the forest – o mere mahiya, crowd applauded with huge claps and enjoyed new Bollywood song.

Mr salamat was thankful for KNRIs forum and its president for inviting him for this event, he thanked the people of Jeddah for their love and affection on him.

As a token of appreciation memento was presented to Mohammed Salamat as he entertained our audience second time in our event.

Prominent Jeddah singers, Mohammed Kaleem who was Cultural team in charge, Mirza Younus Baig, Hidyath, Ashmita, Sangeeta, Rajiv, Asha and joint cultural secretary Altaf Almelkar entertained the audience with old and new Hindi and Kannada songs.

Dances were presented by the children of Indian schools and were choreographed by Mali Roy and Radha Suresh, these dedicated choreographers were presented mementos as token of appreciation for their hard work.

Siham Mohd Saif, Mohammed Adnan Sayeed, Nitha Naveen D’souza, Priyala cardosa, Rachita ravindra shetty, Saba Noor Shaikh, Fathima hibha and Arshiya anjilath   who had obtained 10 CGPA points in Class X examinations were felicitated on the occasion.

Dr. Ashfaq Maniyar while presenting mementos to the students said that brilliant and outstanding students are the leaders of tomorrow in different fields, recognizing and encouraging the meritorious students is our moral responsibility.

On behalf of KNRI Forum Dadapeer Hayath conducted the raffle draw and 12 gifts were given to lucky winners. Jet Airways sponsored two tickets as bumper prize, Jeddah Bangalore Jeddah air tickets  were received by lucky winners Razi momin and Lancy vincent Dsouza.

Quiz program was conducted by Sabu chandran with interesting questions and was applauded by the audience, poetic and humorous anchoring was done by Dr Firoz Mulla and Syed Nasir Khursheed with flavours of Kannada Urdu and English.

Krish Jangal, Manzour Ahmed, Ilyas Momin, Mohammed Arifullah, Syed Kowsain Pasha, Rajesh Kumar, Mahboob Ali Khan, Saleem Khaleefa, Mukkaram Khan and Jalal Baig welcomed the guests.

Registration desk for attendees was handled by Peter Mascarenhas, Mohammed Saheb, Habeeb Rahaman, Faizee Razak Shaikh, Nazeer Ahmed, Asif Momin, Tanveer Ahmed and M R Shareef.

Vote of thanks was delivered by Event Manager Shaikh Saud, he expressed his deep sense of appreciation to Chief Guest Mr Moin Akhtar for sparing time with us and to audience who spared valuable time from their busy schedule to attend the event and remained focused till the end of the function.

On behalf of the Forum, he expressed sincere gratitude to all the sponsors of the event, starting with main sponsor NRIs Forum Karnataka Bangalore, he said we are sincerely  thankful to our beloved chief Minister Shri Sidharamayyaji and Dr. Arathi Krishna for their continuous support and being golden sponsor of the event.

He appreciated and thanked other sponsors such as Intermodal Services, Zafiro fine dining, Jet Airways, Dastar Restaurant, Saggaf Hospital Ajmal real estate Bangalore, Brooq Trading, Splash, Golden Travels, Hassan Ghazawi hospital, Al Berry foods, Al Kabeer foods Ziyaraah dot com, Vishwanath Karkera, Al Asaasiya, Village Restaurant, Premier food, Shahi Rasoi Restaurant, Luminous contracting company, Global Alliances, Kwality Ice Cream, RF Developers, Al Rayan Hospital, AB Industries, London Dairy, IMAS, Hussain Manzur contracting Est.,  Mr. Manzur, Mr. Liyakat Belvai, Valiora Events, Bariz Global, C System, Hashim Mubarak, Horizon Properties, MS Beverages, NBCC(Popcorn),  Master Trading Contracting Est, and  Binzagar for their valuable support.

Snacks, juices, and delicious dinner were served to all attendees and complimentary gifts were distributed among all the audiences, function concluded with national anthem.

 

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Suresh
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Friday, 8 Dec 2017

Good work team. Well done

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February 12,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 12: Hinting at the possibility of a consolidation of ex-Janata Parivar leaders, JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda said Tuesday his party was open to talk to any former Janata leaders, who are at present either in various factions of the Janata Dal or in Congress and BJP. The veteran leader also appreciated Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP's way of work.

At the party's National Executive Committee meeting held here, Gowda said that some ex-Janata Parivar leaders had reached out to him in this regard. His comments come at a time when JD(U) leader Mahima Patel recently rekindled the debate of a unified Janata Parivar.

However, Deve Gowda was clear that he was not interested in pursuing anyone who was happy with the party they were in. "It's a waste of time to pursue someone who has seen success within their party. I am not going to do that. I am willing to persuade only those who are not holding any office at present," he said. He added that he had already asked party leaders in Kerala to take the initiative and figure out ways to bring leaders together. As for other places, it would take him some time to reach out people, he added.

The party, which organised the National Executive Meet here on February 10 and 11, spoke of strategies to rejuvenate the party from the grassroots level. The party is also conducting a membership drive.

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There is much to learn from Aam Aadmi Party, which registered a victory in Delhi elections on Tuesday, said Devegowda. "Kejriwal has showed that caste does not matter. There is lesson to be learnt from the work done by AAP," he said. Later in the day, Deve Gowda also wrote a letter to Arvind Kejriwal, congratulating him on his victory.

On the occasion, the party also came up with resolutions to urge the central government to release pending amount of GST it owed to state governments apart from focusing on development of labour, industries and agriculture; to demand the centre to rollback decision on CAA, NRC and NPR and to urge the centre to pass the women's reservation bill.

At the JD(S) National Executive Meet, even as news poured in about the victory of Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi elections, the JD(S) leaders celebrated Arvind Kejriwal's victory. Seeing it as an optimistic sign for regional parties across the country, the leaders distributed sweets to mark the hat trick win of Kejriwal.

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May 4,2020

Bengaluru, May 4: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar on Sunday condemned the arrest of women Congress leaders who were marching to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's house demanding action against BJP MLAs "caught" repacking food materials meant for Anganwadi children and pregnant women.

Taking to Twitter, Shivakumar posted pictures of the incident and wrote, "Strongly condemn the arrest of women congress leaders who were marching to the CM's house to ask for action against BJP MLAs caught repacking food materials meant for anganwadi children and pregnant women. Earlier, held a protest and PC demanding arrest of those involved in the scam."

Earlier on Sunday, Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claimed that BJP leaders are "stealing" government grocery packets, pasting their photos and providing them to "well off party workers".

Taking to Twitter he wrote, "It is unfortunate that BJP leaders are exhibiting their political cruelty even during crisis. They are stealing govt food & grocery packets to paste their photos and then give it away to their well off party workers."

"Aravind Limbavali and other BJP leaders are caught branding themselves through the government distributed food packets. Nothing is more disgraceful and shameful than this. They should be made to resign & should be arrested," he wrote.

He further asserted that the Karnataka Chief Minister is directly responsible for the leakage. He has allowed his party workers to siphon off poor people's food.

"Shashikala Jolle (Minister of Women, Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled, Senior citizens, Govt of Karnataka) should immediately resign for her laxity and allowing her party people to steal from Anganwadi," he added.

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Bengaluru, Jul 21: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that everyone has to fight COVID-19 while maintaining a stable economy and lockdown is not the solution.

While briefing the media after a meeting with Health Minister B Sriramulu and officials here, CM Yediyurappa said, "There will be no lockdown from tomorrow, people need to get back to work, the economy is also very important. We have to fight COVID-19 while maintaining a stable economy. Lockdown is not the solution, now restrictions will be placed only in containment zones."

"People who came from Maharastra and Tamil Nadu added to the COVID-19 cases in Karnataka. Experts have suggested a 5T strategy - Trace, Track, Test, Treat and Technology. Our COVID warriors are working day and night to safeguard the people of the state, we have to maintain social distance, wear a mask while going out," he added.

CM Yediyurappa further said that more than 80 per cent COVID-19 cases in the state are asymptomatic.

"Five five per cent need ICU or ventilators, 11,230 beds are kept ready for the use of people including private hospitals, medical colleges. The real-time dashboard is ready to serve the people. Now onwards, test report will be given within 24 hours. SSLC exams were conducted successfully. More than 8 lakh students wrote exams in such a situation," he said.

Commenting upon the allegations of COVID-19 mismanagement labelled by opposition leaders, CM Yediyurappa said, "I request all the opposition leaders not to make unnecessary comments. I request Siddaramaiah, D K Shivakumar and others to suggest us valuably to fight corona together."

"We will give all the details which are required to D K Shivakumar, Siddaramaih, H D Kumaraswamy. Not even one-rupee corruption is done in COVID-19 management. We will give you all details. No official misused any funds, being opposition leaders, you have all rights to check documents, we will provide them," he added.

Taking to Twitter, Health Minister B Sriramulu said that the decision to raise the salary of 2,000 AYUSH doctors to Rs 45,000 was taken in the meeting.

"The decision to raise the salary of 2000 AYUSH doctors to Rs 45,000 was taken at a meeting chaired by our Hon. Chief Minister Shri @BSYBJP. Assurance has been given that the demand of private AYUSH doctors too will be reviewed and a decision regarding the same will be taken at the earliest. All doctors who were protesting for the same have withdrawn their resignations and reported to work," he tweeted.

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