Over thousand Kannadigas attend Bearys Cultural Forum's Iftar meet in Dubai
Dubai: Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) a social welfare organisation of NRI Kannadigas, recently organised an ‘Iftar Meet’ for its members at Dubai’s Iranian Club Hall here.
Over a thousand members of the organisation including Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Kannadigas and non-Kannadigas participated in the Iftar meet organised by the organisation.
Ahead of the Iftar Iqbal Kundapur and Ashraf Sattikal along with Abdul Rahman, Amir Halayangadi and Riyaz Surathkal organised an Islamic Quiz Competition for the guests present at the event. DKSC Honorary President Taha Bafaqui Thangal made supplications followed by an scholarship announcement program of BCF.
The event began with the recitation of Holy Quran by Afraz Afeek Hussain, while BCF General Secretary Dr. Kapu Muhammad welcomed the guests to the event that was presided over by BCF President Dr. B K Yousuf.
In his presidential address Dr. Yousuf added that he was grateful that he was serving an organisation like BCF, a platform from where he was able to connect and serve other countrymen. He thanked Allah for making him the part of the organisation.
Speaking of the plans and projects of the organisation in the coming years, he asserted that the organisation will extensively focus of Academic sector and will come up with projects with an aim to provide better academic services to the society.
Chairman of the organising committee and BCF Vice President Abdul Lateef Mulki also addressed the event on the occasion.
Speaking at the meet BCF Scholarship Committee and BCF Vice President M E Muloor informed that the organisation has been over the years offering scholarships to nearly 600-700 poor and deserving students from Karnataka without any discrimination on the basis of caste, religion etc for their studies from PUC to Master Degrees.
Prominent businessman of UAE, Social Worker and BCF Patron Zafarullah Khan, who is also the chairman of Karnataka Minority Development Corporation was present at the event as the chief guest. He addressed the gathering and congratulated the organisers for organising such an event to bring together over thousand people on platform. He was later felicitated by the BCF.
Fiza Group Chairman and Prominent businessman Shabbir Saifuddin, Emirates Glass President Rizwanullah Khan, Zafarullah Khan, Ashraf KM, Naveed, Dr. Sameer Yousuf, Islam of Al Bahar Hotel, Irshad, Nafees, Nawaz Kotekar, Shukoor Manila and others were present at the iftar meet.
Representatives of prominent Kannada organisations in UAE including Karnataka Sunni Center, KCF, KNRI, Dubai Karnataka Sangha, Sharjah Karnataka Sangha, Saadiya, KIC, Muloor Association, Kundapur Association, Tawakkal Overseas, Kannangar Association, Al Qamar Association, Al Islamiya, Billavas Dubai, Mangalore Konkans, Bunts Association and others were also present.
BCF Iftar Committee Chairman Abdul Lateef Mulki, Rafeeq Hussain, Ameeruddin S I, Abdul Lateef Puttur, Abdul Rahman, Aslam Karaje, Usman Muloor, Riyaz Surathkal, Ameer Haleyangadi, Iqbal Mepha, Sulaiman Muloor, Rafeeq Mulki, Sattikal Ashraf and team of volunteer from Ullal volunteered in organising of the Iftar meet.
BCF Vice President Ameeruddin S I presented vote of thanks towards the end of the event.
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IPL 2024: RCB qualifies for playoffs, beats Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs
Bengaluru: The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have qualified for the playoffs of IPL 2024 after defeating the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 27 runs in a thrilling match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.
RCB, captained by South African cricketer Faf du Plessis, emerged victorious in this crucial match to secure their spot in the playoffs. However, the lost match is tragically significant to Chennai Super Kings' key player M S Dhoni, for whom it is believed to be the last IPL season.
