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• Dhoni publicly denies reports of rift with Sehwag (Reuters)
• Force India face suspension from F1 team body (Reuters)
• Kevin Pietersen pulls out of World Cup opener (Reuters)
• Bollywood boycotts Australia over attacks (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Fiscal prudence can wait, Govt to focus on growth, poor (Reuters)
• Ahluwalia reappointed Planning Commission deputy chairman (Reuters)
• Budget should reflect priorities outlined by prez - PMO (Reuters)
• Bollywood producers, multiplexes end standoff (Reuters)
• Police detain prominent Kashmiri separatist leader (Reuters)
• Federer's pulsating win keeps dream alive (Reuters)
• GM Indian unit sees no issue in project funding (Reuters)
• Bank staff plan one-day strike on June 12 (Reuters)
• Myanmar court delays Suu Kyi trial, witness ruling (Reuters)
• Pakistan army chief says tide turned in Swat (Reuters)
• FEATURE - Accidental designer eyes Mongoose revolution (Reuters)
• FOCUS - Hotels cut rates, but no demand revival yet (Reuters)
• India's economy to grow at 6 pct in 2009/10 - Calyon (Reuters)
• Govt asks Bharti for MTN plan details - report (Reuters)
• Monsoon seen advancing in next 48 hours - IMD (Reuters)
• Tamim relishes India confrontation (Reuters)

Dhoni publicly denies reports of rift with Sehwag (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 09:50 AM PDT Reuters - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the unusual step on Friday of leading his team into a news conference where he publicly denied reports of a rift between himself and Virender Sehwag.

Force India face suspension from F1 team body (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 08:22 AM PDT Reuters - Force India face suspension from the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) for breaking with the group by submitting an unconditional entry for next year's championship, Toyota's John Howett said on Friday.

Kevin Pietersen pulls out of World Cup opener (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 09:42 AM PDT Reuters - England's leading batsman Kevin Pietersen pulled out of the opening Twenty20 World Cup match against the Netherlands on Friday because of an Achilles tendon injury.

Bollywood boycotts Australia over attacks (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 04:44 AM PDT Reuters - A leading Bollywood union said on Friday it would not shoot any films in Australia until the government takes action against people behind a series of violent assaults on Indian students there.

ANALYSIS - Fiscal prudence can wait, Govt to focus on growth, poor (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 05:43 AM PDT Reuters - If the Indian president's parliamentary speech setting out government policy was a pointer, fiscal prudence this year may play second fiddle to growth and populist schemes for the new Congress-led government.

Ahluwalia reappointed Planning Commission deputy chairman (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 07:23 AM PDT Reuters - The Indian government has reappointed Montek Singh Ahluwalia as the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India, an advisory body on policy issues, an official in the Prime Minister's office said on Friday.

Budget should reflect priorities outlined by prez - PMO (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 04:49 AM PDT Reuters - The forthcoming budget in July should factor in the priorities outlined in the president's Thursday speech, the prime minister's office said in a statement on Friday.

Bollywood producers, multiplexes end standoff (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:29 AM PDT Reuters - Bollywood producers have agreed to end a crippling two-month standoff over revenue sharing with Indian multiplexes that had dried up releases and led to large losses in the world's most prolific film industry.

Police detain prominent Kashmiri separatist leader (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 04:44 AM PDT Reuters - Indian police detained a prominent Kashmiri separatist leader in the strife-torn region's main city on Friday after he led a demonstration to protest the alleged rape and murder of two Muslim women.

Federer's pulsating win keeps dream alive (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - Tennis fans demanded it and Roger Federer obliged -- but only just -- as the Swiss rode a wave of emotional support on Friday to move within one win of an elusive French Open crown.

GM Indian unit sees no issue in project funding (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 03:43 AM PDT Reuters - The Indian unit of bankrupt General Motors Corp does not see any concern in funding the powertrain plant it is building even though financing had not been finalised, a top executive said on Friday.

Bank staff plan one-day strike on June 12 (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:22 AM PDT Reuters - About 800,000 employees of Indian banks plan to go on a one-day strike on June 12 for higher wages and to oppose outsourcing, a union representative said on Friday.

Myanmar court delays Suu Kyi trial, witness ruling (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 05:26 AM PDT Reuters - Judges in the trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday delayed her final hearing until the end of next week and postponed ruling on whether to allow three barred defence witnesses to testify.

Pakistan army chief says tide turned in Swat (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 01:44 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's army had "turned the tide" against Taliban fighters and aimed to completely eradicate them from the Swat valley, the army chief said, ahead of a meeting with U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke on Friday.

FEATURE - Accidental designer eyes Mongoose revolution (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 12:19 AM PDT Reuters - Twenty20 has made a virtue of challenging cricket convention and if an English inventor is right the next thing to be abandoned will be the long-standing design of the bat itself.

FOCUS - Hotels cut rates, but no demand revival yet (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 11:34 PM PDT Reuters - Faced with falling occupancies and a severe downturn in demand, hotels are lowering room tarrifs and offering special packages, but occupancies are yet to pick up, industry officials said.

India's economy to grow at 6 pct in 2009/10 - Calyon (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 12:09 AM PDT Reuters - Indian economy is likely to grow at 6 percent in 2009/10 fiscal year and 7 percent in 20010/11 as the new government is expected to unveil new pro-growth measures, Calyon said in a note on Friday.

Govt asks Bharti for MTN plan details - report (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 08:50 PM PDT Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) The government has asked Bharti Airtel to give details about its proposed deal with South Africa's MTN for legal scrutiny, the Business Standard newspaper said, citing a Press Trust of India newsagency report.

Monsoon seen advancing in next 48 hours - IMD (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 09:03 PM PDT Reuters - Annual monsoon rains may further advance to more parts during the next 48 hours, India Meteorological Department (IMD), said on its website late on Thursday.

Tamim relishes India confrontation (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 10:30 PM PDT Reuters - Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has every reason to look forward to his side's opening Twenty20 World Cup match against defending champions India on Saturday (1700GMT).

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