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‘Stronger, newer India to bring more trade, investments’ -Rishad • ‘We laud HE the President Rajapaksa for accepting PM Modi’s invite’-Visiting Indian Delegation • “$ 2 Bn Indian FDI for us in next two years!”-Rishad • Wants entry in to Lanka’s heavy infrastructure • 2013 import bill from India fallsmore

Najma Heptulla takes oath as Cabinet minister from India Today Having worked with the Congress for a long period, she eventually switched loyalties to the BJP in 2004 after she had differences with party president Sonia Gandhi. Born in Bhopal in 1940, Najma Heptulla is the grand-niece of prominent freedommore

20 Muslim MPs in next Lok Sabha The 16th Lok Sabha will have one of the lowest numbers of Muslim MPs with just about 20 of them emerging victorious in the Lok Sabha polls which saw a saffron surge in the whole north and western parts of India. Uttar Pradesh,more

BJP & Modi won Muslim votes too: Clerics He may have been projected as someone distrusted by Muslims and granular data of which way the community has voted may not still be available, but if comments of some influential clerics are to be believed, the BJP and Narendra Modi havemore

Modi will not discriminate against anyone, says head of Muslim institution from IANS New Delhi: The head of a prominent Muslim institution has welcomed Narendra Modi as the next prime minister of India and feels that the BJP leader will provide better administration and government and “take everybody with him”.more

‘Even our SMEs suffered in global recession’-Rishad • Calls Lankan Banks for greater involvement in SMEs • “We praise $ 125 Mn support from IFC for SMEs” -Rishad • IDB commemorates 45 Yrs with SMIDEX SMEs claim 70% of Lankan enterprises and 23% of national employment. Despite SME’s strong rolemore

First Lanka-Belarus JEC, biz delegations in July amidst renewed trade • Renews current $ 14 Mn trade, aims for bigger share • Sri Lanka clinches Belarus support to save $ 1.7 Bn powdered milk bill • Belarus looking for JEC, Biz delegation to Colombo next July • ‘Welcome to ourmore

India Elections 2014-What Happened? From http://muslimmatters.org If there is one word that best describes the results of the 2014 Indian Parliamentary Elections, it is SURPRISE. For some it was a very pleasant surprise – for others it was a nasty shock. But nobody, including the paid analysts, really had anymore

Modi gains even in Muslim heartlands (Reuters) – He has been pilloried for horrific riots in which hundreds of Muslims were killed on his watch in Gujarat 12 years ago. He is vilified by many as a fearsome Hindu supremacist. And yet, a Reuters analysis of Friday’s sweeping election victorymore