Qatar: KMCA celebrates Karnataka Rajyotsava

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November 12, 2014

Doha, Nov 12: The Karnataka Muslim Cultural Association (KMCA), an affiliate of Indian Cultural Centre under the aegis of the Embassy of India, State of Qatar, celebrated the 59th Karnataka Rajyotsava at Doha, Qatar at Al-Maha Academy for Boys- Ain Khalid, on Friday, November 7.

In keeping with the KMCA tradition, a token in cash, along with bouquet, was presented on behalf of the guests, to KMCA special needs coordinator Iqbal Manna who then handed over the same to the newly elected president of ICBF (Indian Community Benevolent Fund) Arvind Patil.

The president Niyaz Ahmed greeted the guests and the gathering then Manjunath introduced the felicitations for the evening.

To recognize and honour the unsung heroes of Karnataka, KMCA flew in Devaraju S R, the ambulance driver from BGS Global Hospital in Kengeri who helped in safe transport of a heart for a transplant operation to take place in Chennai, raced his part of the six-hour tight programme of 47.5 Kms from Kingeri to Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, in a record time of 45 minutes. Devaraj was escorted to the dias by KMCA joint secretary Mujeeb & KMCA Ladies wing coordinator Syed Ashfaq.

Devaraj was felicitated by the dignitaries on the dais and KMCA executive committee Divakar Poojari an avid social worker and a prominent Kannadiga personality, known for his selfless demeanour towards the larger Indian community residing in Qatar. He was also felicitated during the evening.

Chief guest K M Varghese addressed the gathering and congratulated the Kannadiga community on the 59th Karnataka Rajyotsava. He emphasized the importance of keeping the rich cultural heritage alive among the expat community residing in Qatar.

KMCA Ladies’ wing distributed the prizes to the winners of the Explore Karnataka quiz competition held on October 31 as a precursor to Rajyotsava celebration. Ruksana Shaikh compered the segment and was helped by Aisha Rafique and Reshma Banu.

The quiz masters Arun Kumar and Milan Arun gave away the prizes in two categories.

The KMCA annual Souvenir, ‘Pragati’ in its second issue 2014, was released during the event. Editor-in-chief and KMCA PR Ahmed Saeed Assadi presented the first copy to the dignitaries on the dais and KMCA executive committee and lady’s wing. The souvenir was thereafter distributed in the gathering.

KMCA joint secretary Mohammed Mujeeb proposed vote of thanks.

The stage was well decorated for Indushree to mesmerize the gathering with her ventriloquism and she did a fantastic job. The children were all on the floor in front of the stage and the adults were jumping off their chairs in awe.

She presented the talking White Board, The Old Man Venky and The SmartHat Dinku. The three part presentation was filled in humour and comedy by the duo Y Gundu Rao and N Ramanath who kept the crowd entertained with mixed Kannada and Hindi jokes and adapted songs.

KMCA president and executive committee expressed their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the sponsors and supporters of KMCA namely, Euro Parts, Golden Trading, SBMK, National Waterproofing, Proscape, ALM, QDC.

 

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Sushma Bangera
June 4,2020

Kuwait: The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed the whole world into a difficult situation and the situation of Indians in Kuwait is not any different. Many people have lost their jobs, have no salary, are deprived of food and are not able to pay rent. The appalling conditions of labourers, domestic workers, taxi drivers and low waged earners don’t seem to end in Kuwait. 

At this trying situation when many people were even afraid of leaving their houses because of coronavirus, Suresh S. Rao Neramballi, volunteer of the Food Kit Distribution at the ICSG (Indian Community Support Group) has helped many tremendously. He was ready to go around delivering food kits at any time possible by his car. However, after Kuwait imposed a full curfew from 11th May 2020, no one could take out their vehicles unless they had a curfew pass. 

This did not stop Mr. Suresh Neramballi, who then borrowed a bicycle from a friend and ended up going around in the cycle delivering the food kits in curfew break time (4:30pm to 6:30pm) to all those who registered in the ICSG website. This selfless service surely commands appreciation and applause. Mr. Suresh Neramballi has been a light for many families and bachelors in Kuwait and will surely garner the blessings of them who have been able to eat at this time.

He was also the one who could deliver the food kits to many Indian Muslim maids, bachelors, laborers and families previous day and right on the day of EID, as they were not able to go shopping for their groceries for EID, due to the curfew. They blessed him in EID dua. 

Mr. Suresh Neramballi hails from Mangaluru, India and is an Engineer in the Oil sector company in Kuwait. He has been dedicated to social service, achieved 'Aryabhata International Award' for his Kannada Service and Social service, served in many Associations and Distributor of Kannada and Tulu Movies in Kuwait. He wholeheartedly thanks the people and government of Kuwait for his bread and butter.

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Tanveer
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Friday, 5 Jun 2020

May Almighty Allah shower His mescifull blessing on you and your family... Your selfless service will always be remembered,,,

M SHARIEF SULTAN
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Thursday, 4 Jun 2020

God bless you and your family

abdullah
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Thursday, 4 Jun 2020

God bless you brother and keep you healthy plus happy always.   You will be in the prayers of those who receivec your timely regardles they are hindu or muslim or christian.   This is a slap on the face of hate mongers who are always trying to divide the socieity in the name of religion.    Such people are burden to this world and society.   We should clean our society from such dirt and bad people.   Well done brother.  May God bless you.

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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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P A Hameed Padubidri
February 24,2020

Riyadh, Feb 24: Indian Islahi Center, Riyadh (IICR) kicked off the propagation campaign of "Learn the Quran" national conference, which is slated to be held on March 27, 2020 at Nofa Istiraha, Exit 18, Riyadh, Kingdom Saudi Arabia. It's IICR's 20th successful program.

Kerala Legislative Assembly's opposition leader & Congress leader, Ramesh Chennitthala inaugurated the campaign that was held at Voco Hotel in Riyadh, capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ramesh was on two days visit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The objective of the campaign is to instil the keenness & to keep creating the continuous awareness amongst the community on Quran. It also enables to recite the Quran with Tajweed (science of reading the Quran) & correct form.

Aboobakker Edthanatukkara (President of IICR), Abdul Qayyum Bustani, Kunhi Kumbala, Abdullah Vallanchira, Adv. Abdul Jaleel, Naushad Ali Kozhikode, Mujeeb Ali Thodigappulam, Muhammad Kutty Kadannamanna, Fasal Rahman City Flower, Mujeeb Irumbuzhi, Jaleel Alappuzha, Arafat & others were present on the occasion.

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