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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SC seeks ED's response on journalist's bail plea in money laundering case
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file its response within three days on a bail plea of journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case linked to an alleged financial fraud.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also asked senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the jailed journalist, to file rejoinder, if needed, to the ED's response within two days of it being filed.
The top court fixed the case for further hearing on December 15.
During the brief hearing on Monday, Sibal said a journalist has been facing as many as six cases.
"The journalist is accused of extortion," the counsel for the ED said and sought a short adjournment on the ground that Solicitor General Tuhar Mehta was unavailable at the moment.
The top court on September 8 sought responses from the Gujarat government and the ED on Langa's bail plea.
While issuing the notices on Langa's bail plea, the bench asked, "What kind of a journalist is he?"
"With due respect, there are some very genuine journalists. But there are also people who on their scooter say we are 'patrakar' (journalists) and what they actually do everybody knows," the bench told Sibal.
Sibal replied that these are all allegations.
"In one FIR, he gets anticipatory bail, then a second FIR is lodged and again anticipatory bail is granted but now he is booked under a third FIR for income tax evasion. There are other things also against him," Sibal submitted.
He added that there is a background to the case also.
On July 31, the Gujarat High Court rejected Langa's bail plea in the money laundering case on the grounds that if released on bail, prejudice would be caused to the prosecution case.
On February 25, the ED said it arrested Langa in a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged financial fraud.
He was first arrested in October 2024 in a GST fraud case.
The money laundering case against Langa stems from two FIRs filed by Ahmedabad police on charges of fraud, criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, cheating and causing wrongful loss of lakhs of rupees to certain people.
