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BUZZ- India's Vedanta falls on report of minority shareholders' concerns with merger

** Mining and energy group Vedanta Ltd shares fall 4.8 pct

** Head (Other OTC: HEDYY - news) towards biggest daily fall since May 12

** CNBC-TV18 reports citing sources that minority shareholder LIC believes Vedanta-Cairn merger is unfavourable for Cairn India Ltd shareholders

** LIC is working with other minority shareholders and may give a final decision by July 11, CNBC-TV18 reports, citing sources

** CNBC-TV18 Tweets (http://bit.ly/1H9uDIt)

** London-listed parent Vedanta Resources (LSE: VED.L - news) is looking to merge its India units by offering $2.3 billion to buy out minority shareholders in Cairn India

** Company officials were not immediately reachable for comment

(RM: karen.rebelo.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)