UAE Bunts gear up for 43rd annual family get-together

May 1, 2017

Dubai: UAE Bunts are all set for the mega event of their 43rd Annual Family Get-together to be held on May 19, 2017 at Amal Ball Room of JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai at 10:30am.

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The cultural celebrations are expected to be attended by over 1500 members from all over UAE and Gulf. UAE level Group Dance Competition for Children & Adults will be organized.

The other special attraction of the day is "PORLUDA SAMSAARA" for which the auditions are already been conducted and 7 couples have been selected for the final show which will be a very attractive event of the day on May19. The winning family will be awarded PORLUDA SAMSAARA title and offered loads of prizes along with the stay in a five star resort.

The Event will be compered by very popular emerging young Bunt talent Mr. Saiheel Rai from Mangalore followed by Nishan Rai a famous young singer who was the finalist of Kannada Sa Re Ga Ma Pa will be with us. Live Orchestra by Bunt singers.

The Chief Guest of the day will be Hon.Justice Santhosh Hegde, Former Judge of Supreme Court of India, former Solicitor General of India and Former Lokayukta of Karnataka State along with Bollywood Celebrity Guest Ms. Pooja Hedge from Mumbai. The programme presided by Padmashree Dr. B R Shetty, Patron, UAE Bunts.

On this auspicious occasion, the Guest of Honour Hon.Justice Santhosh Hegde will be honoured with “Bunta Vibhooshana” special award for his selfless service to the society. Hon. Justice Santhosh Hedge was born on June 16, 1940 in Nitte village of Karkala in Udupi district, he is the son of former Supreme Court judge Late K S Hegde and Late Meenakshi Hegde and brother of N Vinay Hegde, the Chancellor of Nitte University. After his early education at St Aloysius School in Mangalore and Madras Christian College, Hegde completed his BSc from Central College, Bangalore and went on to have a degree in Law from Government Law College, Bangalore, now known as University Law College.
A highly disciplined man, Justice Hegde, as the Lokayukta of Karnataka, has proved a nightmare to the corrupt officials and bureaucrats. Determined to root out corruption from the society, he strongly believes that this can be achieved if the younger generation makes up its mind. He has been oft and again giving a clarion call to the students to raise voice against corruption. During his tenure, several skeletons have rolled down the cupboards of various government departments in various parts of the state and several officers trapped for possessing disproportionate wealth. But the dangerous tentacles of this evil called corruption is continuing to spread far and wide and it is only determined efforts on the part of the society that can crack down this menace.

Pooja Hegde Born and brought up in Mumbai, former beauty pageant contestant Pooja was crowned as the second runner-up at Miss Universe India 2010. She continued to work in TV commercials like Lays with Ranbir Kapoor, Zoya jewellery, Hero Maestro with Ranbir Kapoor etc. Her latest TVC was opposite Varun Dhawan for Maaza. Pooja made her acting debut in Mysskin. Tamil superhero film Mugamoodi (2012), opposite Jiiva and Narain. She then featured in the Telugu film Oka Laila Kosam (2014), opposite Naga Chaitanya. She also starred in Mukunda (2014), opposite Varun Tej. After being discovered by Ashutosh Gowariker’s wife in an advertisement, Pooja went ahead to sign onto feature as the lead actress in Gowariker’s Mohenjo Daro opposite Hrithik Rohsan. Her next project is a Telugu film titled – DJ, opposite Allu Arjun. The film is directed by Harish Shanker and is all set to release on the 23rd of June.

During the programme UAE Bunts are privileged to honour Bunts students who have achieved marks 90% and above in 10th and 12th, Bunts students excelled in the field of sports and other achievements like Sheikh Hamdan Awards/Sharjah Awards during the year 2016/2017. Details to be emailed to Jyothika Shetty [email protected] and Dr.Indu Shetty [email protected] as soon as possible.

All are co-cordially invited.

For entry passes please contact the following committee members:

Dubai

Sharath Shetty / Mohnisha Shetty Mob: 050 76 77589/ 056 64 46659

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Rahul Shetty /Thrupthi Shetty Mob: 050 650 6152 / 056 548 6015

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Sanjeev Shetty / Priyanka Shetty Mob: 055 546 8569 / 050 536 2581

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Gananath Mally / Devika Mally Mob: 055 994 5044 / 055 811 2262

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Sharjah

Rakesh Hegde/ Nishitha Hegde Mob: 050 468 6515 / 055 345 8250

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Abu Dhabi

Guruparasad Shetty/Amitha Shetty Mob: 056 682 6094 / 050 503 9732

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Rajeev Shetty /Poornima Shetty Mob: 050 616 8310 / 050 4215826

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Pradeep Shetty/Naksha Shetty Mob: 050 458 2279 / 056 773 2898

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Al Ain

Dr. Pradeep C Shetty /Dr Indu Mob: 055 659 8192 / 056 259 0275

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

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ISF urges Indian govt to address the woes of Indian expats in Saudi Arabia

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April 16,2020

Dammam: President of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Mr.Wasim Rabbani urged immediate intervention of Indian government to help Non Residential Indians who are in trouble due to corona pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

He said in a press rease that expatriate Indians are in concern as number of corona infected people and deaths are increasing in danger level.

Hea said, "the Saudi health minister's statement a few days ago indicates that the situation in Saudi needs to be taken more seriously with precautionary methods. There are concerns among expatriates because the number of people infected with the coronavirus and the number of deaths reported in various provinces are increasing at an alarming rate."

"Saudi Government and Health Ministry are taking excellent precautionary measures, however, in the coming days expect to see the number of cases to increase in Saudi Arabia. The Indian government needs to take diplomatic and immediate intervention to ensure the treatment of Indian expatriates considering the number of effected people increasing", He said.

He also urged that the Embassy and the Government of India should ensure qaurantiane faculty for Indian expatriates and arrange special low cost flights to bring back expatriates who would like to return home country.

" Government of India and Indian embassy need to intervene immediately to ensure that the quarantine system is in place for Indian expatriates as the facilities in the rooms where the residents are staying together are very limited. There should also be a mechanism to organize low-cost flight services for expatriates who are ready to go home. The government system should also be able to accommodate the expatriates in special quarantine areas in hometown as soon they arrive in India", he urged.

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Kuwait: India Social Forum holds blood donation camp

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August 9,2020

Kuwait City, Aug 9: Indian social forum organised Blood Donation Camp in association with central blood bank kuwait on Friday, 7th August 2020.

The forum organised camp to support the high demand of blood in the context of COVID-19.

All arrangements to maintain COVID-19 protocol were made in the camp including segregation of donors as branch wise batches along with strict safety measures of participants.

Forum also had donated blood to many patients during the lockdown period.

Hundreds of people donated blood in the camp. The camp organised in Blood Bank, Jabriya was successfully managed by Dr. Asma Rafat and leaders of Indian social forum Vice President Aslam, Secretory Sayyid Bukhari Thangal, Moideen Koya, Khaleel, Aseem, Mohammed Sha, Shihab, Naushad,
Indian Social Forum expressed their deep appreciation and gratitude to the doctors, staff and management of blood bank, forum’s members and donors.

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Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah repatriates 177 stranded Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia

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July 30,2020

Jeddah: The first chartered flight for repatriation passengers from Jeddah to Bengaluru organized by Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah – Saudi Arabia was successfully landed at Bengaluru airport by 01.00 am on 19th July 2020.

Spice Jet (SG9884) departed from King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah by 05.00 pm local time with 177 stranded passengers which includes 12 Pregnant Woman, 3 infants, 44 Short term visa holders, 3 medical emergency patients and 115 migrate workers and labours from various districts of Karnataka state.

Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah, a registered charitable organization under Government of Karnataka & Indian Consulate Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, helping the Kannadigas overseas & in Karnataka State as well, has initiated major role for helping stranded Kannadigas to travel back to home. During Pandemic hundreds of stranded Kannadigas were approached to the forum and requested to arrange special chartered flight to Bengaluru from Jeddah.

Initiating from collecting the data of passengers, the forum’s special panel including its President Mr. Mohammed Mansoor, Secretary Mr. Peter Mascarenes, Vice Presidents Mr. Nasir Khurshid, Dr.Ashfaque Maniyar, Chief Coordinator Mr. Shaikh Saoud, Cultural Secretaries Mr. Arifulla Shariff and Mr. Rajesh Suvarna, Treasurer Mr. Habib Rahman and Press Secretary Mr. Baig, the forum’s members have worked very hard to conclude this task very successful.

The forum provided food packets as refreshment, complementary PPE kitsto each passenger as precaution against the spread of any infections while travelling and also guided all passengers by supporting them in Awdha portal (Saudi Passport Department) and Seva Sindhu portal registration of Government of Karnataka.

The official travel partner ITL Travel Management Company has rendered remarkable service to the passengers not only in ticketing but also supported with top priority in confirming the aircraft from SPICE JET and availed good service from ground staff at Jeddah Airport.

All passengers have reached safely to their homes after completing the 7 days institutional quarantine at Bengaluru. 100% passengers had NEGETIVE report on Covid-19 test made on arrival as well as after institutional quarantine.

In the press release published from the President, Mr. Mohammed Mansoor has expressed his prodigious gratitude to the Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia H. E. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Deputy Consul General of India - Jeddah Mr. Y Saber and Chief Minister of Karnataka State Shri B. S. Yediyurappafor providing necessary approvals and NOC for the chartered flight operation. He also conveyed his boundless appreciationto Shri B. Y. Raghavendra, Member of Parliament Shimoga District (Karnataka) for his swift support extended to the forum and as well to Dr. Aarathi Krishna, Ex-Deputy Chairperson – NRI Forum of Karnataka – Government of Karnataka for her significant guidance and support on completing this mission.

The forum has thanked all the officers in King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah and Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru for the facilities provided to the passengers. The Forum has thanked all passengers travelled for their calmness and also thanked to all other members of the forum, Staff of ITL Travels and SPICE JET for their tremendous support extended throughout the mission accomplishment.