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| UMA conducts AGM in style (28/02/2009)
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 | UMA conducted its sixth annual general meeting today at Usha Restaurant Blackburn in style.
The meeting started with the welcome speech by the outgoing president Mr.Gibu S Mohan. This was followed by the Report by Secretary Mrs Landy Poulose.
This was followed by a discussion on the report. The members actively participated in the discussion . This was followed by the Financial Report by
Mr. Bijoy Korah. This was followed by felicitations by the members outlining the activities of the association last year.
After the short break members joined together and elected the office bearers for the forth-coming year. Mrs Sophie John thanked the members and the meeting
came to a close after dinner.
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| Sister Alphonsa , the first Saint from India (12/10/2008)
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 | Sister Alphonsa was declared a saint by His Holiness Pope Benedict xvi at a glittering function
held at the vatican today. The nun is the first ever saint from India in its 2000 years of christianity. Sister Alphonsa hailing from
kudamalloor in kerala, was born in 1910 and died at the age of 36. She was known as the "epitome of suffering". Thousands of people from
kerala participated in the function.
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| UMA celebrates Onam in style (13/09/2008)
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 | UMA celebrated Onam in style amidst cheers from all its members. The Programmes started with the arrival of
Maveli. Soon after the arrival, Shibu and party sang the traditional onam songs. Maveli and the honourable president
Mr Gibu Mohan later addressed the audience. This was followed by the traditional Thiruvathira by the ladies. This was later followed by the traditional
Onasadhya which was indeed a wonderful feast. Soon after the onasadhya, the tug of war took place with the team lead by Mr. Jacob Gopuran winning the
trophy. The women's team lead by Mrs Mercy Joseph won the women's event.
Lemon and spoon race, candle race, tug of war for the kids were the main attractions which marked the end of the first session.
The second session started
with the dance of kids. single and group dance by kids enthralled the audience. The greatest attraction of the day was the group dance
by Agy and party. The parents of UMA members sang songs to encourage the group. Musical chair, cinematic dance by Gibu Mohan , couple dance etc..
made the party an ever-remembering one. Vice president Mrs Sophy John thanked the members for the wonderful participation and co-operation of the members.
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| UMA members start schooling (01/09/2008)
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| Congratulations to UMA members Ajay, Gayathri & Leah
who started going to school today. We wish them all the best and a bright future.
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| Kids enjoy the dayout at CheekyMonkey (16/08/2008)
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| Kids enjoyed the dayout at CheekyMonkey near preston today.
The kids accompanied by their parents and grandparents arrived at cheekymonkey by around 3.15 pm
and enjoyed the various rides and the dancing sessions. They spent almost two hours leaving with
them a wish to go again.
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| Abhinav creates History for India (11/08/2008)
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 | Abhinav Bhindra created history for India when he won the Gold medal
in the 10m shooting event in the Beijing olympics ending India's quest for an Individual medal since the event
began. The last time India won the gold medal was at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 for Hockey. UMA congratulates
Abhinav on this fantastic achievement.
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| Bonds for UK visit visas Scrapped;3 month group visa introduced (24/07/2008)
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The British government scrapped a controversial proposal to introduce financial bonds for people visiting their relatives in Britain, following a strong campaign by the ethnic Indian community in Britain.
The proposal, which was criticised as unnecessary and too harsh, would have hit South Asians hardest as they are the largest ethnic group in Britain with near and extended families still in their countries of origin.
Earlier this year, the South Asian community led by Indians in Britain launched a major write-in campaign to protest the proposal.
The widespread criticism led British Immigration Minister Liam Byrne to take the unprecedented step of broadening the three-month process of consultation on the proposal to include ordinary people in India.
The British government said Wednesday visitors will be allowed to stay for a maximum of six months and that while there would be no financial bonds for family visitors, those who broke the rules would face civil penalties.
The reason behind this change in the family visitor visa system was that the British Home Office was losing an unusually high number of appeals against its rejection of visa applications.
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| Manmohan singh Govt. wins vote of confidence (22/07/2008)
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 | The Indian govt. under Dr.Manmohan singh today made a dramatic victory when
it won the vote of confidence in the Loksabha today.It won 275 votes as against the opposition of 256.The non confidence motion was presented by the leading NDA front in the wake of the left parties withdrawing their support
to the government. The support was withdrawn by the left parties as the govt. decided to go ahead with signing
the nuclear deal with the US government.
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| Santhosh-Jincy gets a baby girl (16/07/2008)
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| Congratulations to UMA members Santhosh & Jincy on the birth of their
baby daughter Tessa Marie Santhosh. The baby is doing fine. Congratulations to Shaun on the arrival of his
baby sister.
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| Indian High commission to open more Visa Centres(02/06/2008)
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| The Indian High Commission is to open more offices in the UK to facilitate issues of Visas without
much delay. In addition to this the work to issue visas to visit India will be outsourced to another agency. for more info visit www.ukmalayalee.com |
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| UMA's response published in Bilathi malayalee(26/05/2008)
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| Bilathi malayalee, a monthly publication of UK Malayalees has published
UMA's response to a set of questions with the relevance of malayalee associations across the country. This has
appeared in its April Issue, which was coincidently, Bilathi Malayalee's first online (PDF) issue. |
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| UMA members enjoy summer at Chatsworth (24/05/2008)
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 | UMA members had a good weekend at the beautiful Chatsworth gardens. spread over
a massive 105 acres, the garden with good landscape, fountains and farmyards a fascinating experience for the team. The garden at Chatsworth has been evolving over more than 450 years, and it bears the marks of many of the most important eras in European garden design. Outstanding features have survived from each period, and together they make up one of the most fascinating and historically important gardens in the country.
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| Beware of Cyber Attacks by Hackers via popular websites(26/04/2008)
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| If you are a member of Popular Social Networking sites like Orkut, Myspace, Facebook etc., your PC could easily fall victim to cyber attacks by hackers. For more information visit www.ukmalayalee.com website |
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