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• Foreign secretary Rao due in Pakistan to discuss Kashmir (Reuters)
• Maruti Suzuki, striking workers in stalemate (Reuters)
• Indian hockey row drags on, peace plan put on hold (Reuters)
• Hugh Hefner dumped at the altar (Reuters)
• Dine with WikiLeaks' Assange for only $575 (Reuters)
• In India's grain bowl, farms face threat from MNREGS (Reuters)
• RBI: Funding current account deficit may be a challenge (Reuters)
• Sri Lanka, India resume ferry service after 30 years (Reuters)
• Soot, smog curbs quick way to combat warming - U.N. study (Reuters)
• Inflation accelerates, Thursday rate hike seen (Reuters)
• Hackers break into U.S. Senate computers (Reuters)
• India needs to tame inflation for 9 pct growth - adviser (Reuters)
• CBI looks into inflated oilfields costs - report (Reuters)
• Australia to warm up for India clash against New Zealand (Reuters)

Foreign secretary Rao due in Pakistan to discuss Kashmir (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 06:44 AM PDT Reuters - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is due to visit Pakistan this month to discuss Kashmir, a Pakistani official said on Tuesday, the first formal talks between the two rivals on their core dispute since 2008, but analysts expect no breakthroughs.

Maruti Suzuki, striking workers in stalemate (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:58 AM PDT Reuters - India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki stood its ground on Tuesday, refusing to cave in to demands for the recognition of a new union and the reinstatement of 11 fired employees, prolonging a strike that has cost it millions of dollars.

Indian hockey row drags on, peace plan put on hold (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:46 AM PDT Reuters - India's hockey row continued on Tuesday as one of the two federations which claim to run the sport asked for more time to consider a government peace plan.

Hugh Hefner dumped at the altar (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:29 PM PDT Reuters - Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said on Tuesday his wedding this weekend has been canceled because his girlfriend, a Playmate from his magazine, changed her mind.

Dine with WikiLeaks' Assange for only $575 (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - Eight admirers of anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are being offered the opportunity to dine privately with their idol early next month at an asking price of 350 pounds ($575) per head.

In India's grain bowl, farms face threat from MNREGS (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:54 AM PDT Reuters - Sitting at the edge of fields in the heart of India's grain bowl, Gurdayal Singh Malik shakes his head in resignation about the lack of workers needed for his 60-acre farm, blaming the government's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) for the shortage.

RBI: Funding current account deficit may be a challenge (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:57 AM PDT Reuters - India could see some slowdown in capital inflows going forward as advanced economies exit from the easy monetary policy, making it tougher to fund a widening current account deficit, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its Financial Stability report.

Sri Lanka, India resume ferry service after 30 years (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:06 AM PDT Reuters - India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday resumed sea ferry services for the first time in 30 years, aiming to boost tourism and economic cooperation after the end of Sri Lanka's civil war.

Soot, smog curbs quick way to combat warming - U.N. study (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:44 AM PDT Reuters - Tighter limits on soot and smog provide a quick and easy way to fight global warming while protecting human health and raising crop output, a U.N. study said on Tuesday.

Inflation accelerates, Thursday rate hike seen (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:27 AM PDT Reuters - Inflation accelerated faster than expected in May, with higher manufacturing prices offsetting slower growth in fuel and food costs and adding pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to lift interest rates this week despite signs of economic slowdown.

Hackers break into U.S. Senate computers (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:14 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Senate's website was hacked over the weekend, leading to a review of all of its websites, in the latest embarrassing breach of security to hit a major U.S.-based institution.

India needs to tame inflation for 9 pct growth - adviser (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:52 PM PDT Reuters - India needs to tame inflation to achieve 9 percent economic growth in the medium term, the prime minister's economic adviser C. Rangarajan said on Tuesday.

CBI looks into inflated oilfields costs - report (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:33 PM PDT Reuters - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is looking into the role of the oil ministry after it was criticised by the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) for allowing some exploring companies to overstate costs of field developments and explore beyond their contracted areas, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.

Australia to warm up for India clash against New Zealand (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:11 PM PDT Reuters - Australia will kick off their home cricket season in December with two test matches against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand before taking on the world's top-ranked test side India in a four-match series, Cricket

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