Dubai: Fortune Group of Hotels, UAE; bagged the Best Company of the year 2018 – Hospitality and Leisure at India – UAE Business Summit and Awards.
Praveen Shetty, Chairman – Fortune Group of Hotels received the award for the Best Company of the year 2018 at a glittering ceremony in Atlantis, The Palm – Dubai. The award was presented by his Excellency Suhail Mohammad Al Zarooni in presence of other dignitaries and celebrity guests.
H.H. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Saeed bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Shri Vipul, Consulate General of India – Dubai, K.C. Tyagi (MP, Chief General Secretary and spokesperson, JDU), Sirkikonda Madhusudhana Chary (Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly), Sharad Tripathi (Member of Parliament), Gajendra Chauhan, (Ex-Chairman of FTII and Bollywood actor) and Rajpal Yadav (Bollywood Actor) besides several other successful business persons from UAE and India.
Hariom Tyagi, Editor-in-Chief at Observer Dawn, Magazine also launched a special issue of the magazine highlighting the growing relations of Indian and UAE business community.
Speaking at the occasion, Shetty said “India is the first trading partner for the UAE. Now both countries are seeking to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in sectors of mutual interest. The UAE-India relationship has entered a vibrant growth phase with bilateral trade on track to exceed $100 billion by 2020”
Meanwhile, he thanked the organizers of India-UAE Business Summit, Observer Dawn and Hot Entertainment and Media PVT LTD. for bestowing him and his company with this honor.
He also acknowledged the efforts and vision of His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai for making Dubai a land of opportunities and giving the business community here a platform to grow and make new success stories.



Report: Shodhan Prasad
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Malkangiri (PTI): Normalcy returned to Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Monday, nearly a week after around 200 villages were damaged in violent clashes in a village, with the district administration fully restoring internet services, a senior official said.
Additional District Magistrate Bedabar Pradhan said internet services, suspended across the district on December 8 to curb the spread of rumours and misinformation following the clashes, were restored after the situation improved.
The suspension had been extended in phases till 12 noon on Monday.
The administration also withdrew prohibitory orders imposed under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita within a 10-km radius of MV-26 village, where arson incidents were reported on December 7 and December 8.
Though the violence was confined to two villages, tension had gripped the entire district, as the incident took the form of a clash between local tribals and Bengali settlers following the recovery of a headless body of a woman on December 4, officials said.
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The violence broke out after residents of Rakhelguda village allegedly set ablaze several houses belonging to Bengali residents, forcing hundreds to flee. The headless body of Lake Podiami (51), a woman from the Koya tribe, was recovered from the banks of the Poteru river on December 4, while her head was found six days later at a location about 15 km away.
Officials said the district administration held several rounds of discussions with representatives of the tribal and Bengali communities, following which both sides agreed to maintain peace.
Relief and rehabilitation work has since been launched at MV-26 village, with preliminary assessment pegging property damage at around Rs 3.8 crore.
A two-member ministerial team headed by Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo visited the affected village, interacted with officials and locals, and submitted a report to the chief minister.
So far, 18 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, the officials said, adding that despite the withdrawal of prohibitory orders and restoration of internet services, security forces, including BSF and CRPF personnel, continue to be deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
On Sunday, Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi visited MV-26 and neighbouring Rakhelguda villages, and held discussions with members of both communities as part of efforts to rebuild confidence and restore peace.
More than two lakh Bengali-speaking Bangladeshis were rehabilitated by the Centre in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts in 1968, and they currently reside in 124 villages of Malkangiri.
