Hidayath Addoor from International Kannadigas Federation, Muzzafar Sheik Aim India Foundation and Raj Shinde from Fortune group along with Chhangur Prasad
MANGALURU: Kannadigas from various organisations joined hands to help Chhangur Prasad, 38, from Uttar Pradesh return home. Prasad reached his hometown on Tuesday.
Hidayath Addoor, convener, International Kannadigas Federation (IKF) told TOI, that Prasad who was found on the streets in March was picked up by police and admitted to a hospital in Dubai. The hospital authorities contacted Muzzafar Sheik from Aim India Foundation over phone, who, in turn, reached out to IKF. The hospital stated that they have a case from India and the victim was showing no signs of improvement. Prasad from Lucknow was diagnosed with complications in the stomach including a brain tumour.
MANGALURU: The mortal remains of Dilip Kumar,57, a pastry chef working in Dubai, arrived at Mangaluru on Thursday. Dilip died on January 22, and Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF) and International Kannadigas Federation (IKF) helped in organising Dilip’s last journey from Dubai to Mangaluru.
Providing details of the case, Hidayath Addoor, convenor, IKF said, “Dilip has been working in Dubai for the past 15 years in a bakery, and just before the Covid-19 pandemic, he joined a new company. Hailing from a poor family, he was looking after his family, including one of his sisters who had to undergo dialysis regularly. Eight months ago, he suffered a brain stroke, and was in a coma. In the meantime, his sister died, probably because he was not able to send money for her treatment,” he said.
International Kannadigas Federation to run #NRIAPPEALDAY Twitter campaign on January 2
Tue, Dec 22 2020 02:50:03 PM
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (DV)
Mangaluru, Dec 22: The International Kannadigas Federation, with support of over 120 Kannada organisations from more than 33 countries will launch a day-long Twitter campaign #NRIAPPEALDAY on January 2.
The campaign is launched to draw the attention of the state government towards strengthening the NRI (Non Resident Indian) Forum of Karnataka.
Hidayat Addoor, convenor, International Kannadigas Federation, told Daijiworld, The government should immediately appoint a deputy chairman for NRI Karnataka Forum. The government should appoint an NRI who is aware about the problem of NRIs. This will be helpful for the NRIs as everyone cannot directly reach the chief minister. If the government appoints deputy chairman, it will be easy to convey the issues. On behalf of Kannadigas residing across the globe, we will launch a Tw
MANGALURU: International Kannadigas Federation supported by more than 100 Kannada organisations from 30 countries will launch a day-long Twitter campaign #NRIAPPEALDAY to draw the attention of the state government towards strengthening of the NRI Forum, Karnataka.
Hidayat Addoor, convenor, International Kannadigas Federation told TOI that we have been demanding the government to appoint a deputy chairman to the NRI Forum, Karnataka immediately. “We would prefer if the post is given to an NRI who understands the pulse and grievances of the NRIs. On behalf of Kannadigas residing across the world, we will be launching a Twitter and email campaign on January 2. We will also demand the government to strengthen the NRI Forum Karnataka on the lines of the forum in Kerala, he said.