BDNE’s day out at Zabeel Park

[email protected] (By Shodhan Prasad, Photos: Ramesh Suvarna, Prashant Nair)
January 31, 2013
Dubai, Jan 31: Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates (BDNE) a premier association of Billawas in Dubai as a part of their ongoing activities, had arranged a picnic on 25th of January, 2013 at Zabeel Park, Dubai.  The day-long Annual Picnic 2013 event was attended by BDNE Working Committee Members with their family and relatives along with fellow Billawa Community members and their families residing in UAE.

BDNE President Shri Jithendra Suvarna with his wife Pramila Suvarna inaugurated the annual   picnic by releasing the colourful balloons in the air.

Special attraction of the day was a stall of homemade breakfast dishes like Pundi with chicken curry, Shemige with coconut milk, Gendadha Adya, Neer dosa, Masala Tea, fruits, chips and juices which were served to the crowd who enjoyed every bit of it.  This arrangement was specially done by Soumya, Satish Ullal and their team.

BDNE working committee members Ganesh Kotian, Sudhakar Poojary & Jayashree Sudhakar distributed the colourful wrist bands to the crowd and segregated them into 4 teams named as Mangalore, Mumbai, Udupi and Karkala.  Throughout the day all the games were played with team scores.  Fun games were also arranged for children and there were variety of games for couples, men, bachelors and ladies efficiently  conducted by Shodhan Prasad, Nagaraj Amin, Sathish Ullal, Vasanth Thumbe, Deepa Jagannath and team.  It was nice to see the fun games like ball in the bucket, emotions game, passing the ring, dodge ball, Housie etc. played with full of sporty spirit.

Out of the four teams played, Mangalore Team scored the maximum points in the fun games and emerged as winner of the day.

A delicious lunch with typical mangaloreans delicacies like Chicken Sukka, vegetable curry, payasa were served to the whole crowd.

Throughout the year Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates conduct  programmes like Blood donation campaign, Education scholarship distribution for the needy students back home in India, Sri Narayana Guru Pooja, Sports Meet, Annual get-together etc.

At the end of the picnic BDNE President Jithendra Suvarna addressed the crowd and requested all the members to keep supporting the social work that the organization has been doing.

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Media Release
February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

Below 6 Team names with their franchise owners and respective icon players.

BANCAA WARRIORS – RANJITH (TEAM WARRIORS RIYADH) – RAJESH AND SHAFI

YAQOOB FIGHTERS – SHAHID & YAQOOB (YAQOOB CC) – SAMEER KARNAD AND MOHSIN

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NAJD CHALLENGERS – AFROZ NAKWA – SHADAB KARNAD & SULTHAN

Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

Winners squad 16 players - Gifts

Highest Run Getter – Orange Cap – Special Gift

Highest Wicket Taker – Purple Cap – Special Gift

Player of the Series – Special Gift

Hat-trick Wicket taker – Special Gift

KPL Kamal Catch – Special Gift

Best Wicket Keeper – Special Gift

Best over in KPL – Special Gift

Fastest 50 in KPL – Special Gift

Fair Play Award – Special Gift

Performer of the Week (Every Week) – Special Gift

Century – Special Gift

Maiden Over – Special Gift

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May 12,2020

Manama: Kannada Sangha Bahrain President Mr. Pradeep Shetty and Vice President of Bahrain's prestigious KHK HEROES Foundation Mohammed Mansoor on Monday, May 11, met The Second Secretary (Consular & CW) of the Embassy of India, Bahrain Mr. P. K. Chowdhury in the Indian Embassy. 

The situation, problems and relief of Indians and Kannadigas residing in Bahrain during the COVID 19 Pandemic was discussed in detail. The distribution of food (dry ration) kits, as well as those seeking repatriation, was also discussed in the meeting.

When asked about the repatriation of distressed Kannadigas, the Second Secretary said that though the number of Kannadigas who wish to return home is not much compared to the rest of the states, still Embassy is compiling all the information and will do the needful soon. 

Mr. Shetty and Mr. Mansoor told the Second Secretary that those who are in problem can contact them and they are ready to do their best.

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April 7,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter distributed Food Kits for Indian expatriates labors who were in trouble due to Corona lockdown on April 6, 2020 at a labor camp here in Al Khobar.

The labors, most of them are from the staes of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh And Uttar Pradesh, were in trouble without food.

 Recieving the information leaders of Indian Social Forum immediately visited the camp to take survey.

Indian Social Forum with the help of donors distributed food kits. Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka Chapter president Mr.Mohammed Shareef Jokatte expressed gratitude for donors for their contribution.

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Muhammed Irshad
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Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020

 

Really appreciated. Working for this cause during this critical situation is really great job.

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