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RIYADH/DAMMAM/JEDDAH – Indian expatriates in the Kingdom celebrated the 64th Independence Day of their country here on Sunday with traditional gaiety and patriotic fervor.
Talmiz Ahmad, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom, hoisted the Indian national flag in the capital and read out a message from President Pratibha Patil.
In his address, the ambassador expressed his commitment to further strengthening the multi-faceted Indo-Saudi bilateral relations and rendering best possible services to the Indian Diaspora in the Kingdom as well as redressing their grievances.
Front row, from left to right, the winners Saboora Jalal, Dua Nayyar, Kamrn Jalal, Athulya Mary Abraham. Back row, from left, Chief Coordinator and Toastmaster Abraham Daniel, IIPS Chairman Dr. Anas Abdul Majeed, Principal K.M. Abdulaziz, Chief Guest Counselor Richard Anderson and his wife Wendy Anderson with IIPS Managing Committee members. – SG photo by Shahid Ali Khan The International Indian Public School in Riyadh hosted the Youth Leadership Program (YLP) for its students starting late last month. At least 43 students attended the eight training sessions conducted by Taj Toastmasters Club for a period of four weeks.
The program ends this week with the students organizing a Grand Finale at the Marhaba Banquet Hall in Riyadh.
DAMMAM – Indian expatriates are keenly looking forward to the three-day visit of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to the Kingdom.
Terming the visit as historic, coming as it does 28 years after the visit by any Indian prime minister, many Indian expatriates feel enthusiastic and are looking forward to present Prime Minister Singh with memorandums on pressing issues facing the community in the Kingdom. Indira Gandhi was the only other Indian prime minister to have visited the Kingdom in 1982.
Members of the Indian community Saudi Gazette talked to spoke of several issues requiring the immediate attention of the Indian government and expressed their hope that all contentious issues would be resolved during the prime minister’s visit.
The hopes and aspirations of the Indian community are given below:
There are a large number of Indian overstayers in the Kingdom owing to various reasons. The immediate attention of the government is required to resolve this delicate issue. I recommend an official request from our government to the Saudi authorities for a general amnesty for these people facilitating their departure to India.
– K.T.A. Muneer, Overseas Indian Cultural Congress chief organizer
I expect the PM’s visit to be fruitful in strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.
I hope that Saudi Arabia will hasten the introduction of the Islamic banking system in India accepting the recommendations of the Raghuram Rajan Committee to establish Islamic banking which has been a great success in many European countries and America.
RIYADH/JEDDAH/DAMMAM: Indian Ambassador Talmiz Ahmad on Wednesday assured the community that he would make efforts to take his countrys multifaceted relations to a new level.
Speaking at Indias 61st Republic Day celebrations in Riyadh on Tuesday, he promised to render the best possible services to the Indian diaspora in the Kingdom and address their grievances.
Ahmad hoisted the Indian national flag in the morning at the Indian Embassy premises in the Diplomatic Quarter amid resounding applause. Ceremonies were also held in the Eastern Province and in Jeddah where Consul General Sayeed Ahmed Baba unfurled the national flag.
JEDDAH: Most foreign schools in Jeddah said on Sunday they would reopen later this month or early next month as scheduled.
Representatives of various international schools said the directives from the Saudi authorities seeking an extension of the summer break in order to combat the H1N1 virus was meant for Saudi schools and not necessarily for them.
International Indian School-Jeddah will reopen on Sept. 28, according to the schools Managing Committee Chairman Salah Karadan. We are not postponing the reopening. So, as it stands the school will reopen as per schedule, he said.
RIYADH/JEDDAH: Indian expatriates across Saudi Arabia joined their compatriots in India and other overseas places on Saturday to celebrate their countrys 63rd Independence Day with great enthusiasm.
In Riyadh, Ambassador M.O.H. Farook unfurled the national flag and read Indian President Pratibha Patils message, while in Jeddah acting Consul General B.S. Mubarak raised the national flag and read the presidents address. Students of International Indian Schools in Riyadh and Jeddah presented patriotic songs at the two ceremonies.
Farook highlighted the progressively growing Saudi-India relations with special reference to the issues confronting the globe on which the two countries shared identical views. He stressed the need to make India a stronger and stable nation, while tackling the issues concerning security. Rajeev Shahare, deputy chief of the Indian mission, and diplomats were among those present. The ambassador hosted a reception at the IISR Girls Section.
RIYADH/DAMMAM – The Indian community in the Kingdom celebrated their countrys 63rd Independence Day Saturday with fervor and enthusiasm at different ceremonies in Riyadh, Dammam, Jubail, Tabuk and Jeddah.
In Riyadh, Ambassador M.O.H. Farook unfurled the national flag in the presence of a large number of Indians gathered at Indian Embassy premises in the Diplomatic Quarter early Saturday.
BURAIDAH: A new Managing Committee has taken over the affairs of the International Indian School, Buraidah (IISB) with Kaunain Shahidi as chairman for three years, effective from May 31, 2009, a press release said.
The charge taking over ceremony took place under the supervision of Abdul Aziz Al-Farraj, manager of Department of Education (Civil and Foreign) of the Ministry of Education, Buraydah and R. N. Vats, second secretary (Education) at the Indian Embassy, Riyadh.