Facing threat of cancellation of its deal to supply 12 AW-101 choppers to India, AgustaWestland today said it was preparing to clarify the points raised by the Indian government in this regard.

Actress Bipasha Basu is all praise for his co-star Nawazuddin Siddiqui, with whom she will be seen in upcoming supernatural thriller Aatma.

Pop star Katy Perry has fuelled rumours that she is engaged to boyfriend John Mayer after she was spotted wearing a heart-shaped ring on her engagement finger.

Asserting the manufacturing sector added about five lakh jobs in the last three years, US President Barack Obama today said there was a need to accelerate this trend and make it a “magnet” of high-tech jobs and manufacturing.

The Indian American administrator of the USAID, Raj Shah, has been praised by US secretary of state John Kerry for his successful leadership to America’s foreign aid programme, in particular in developing countries.

An Italian court, hearing the VVIP chopper deal scam case, has rejected India’s request for documents related to the investigations into the matter, arguing that the “information is covered by secrecy”.

Accusing North Korea, China’s closest ally of pursuing a policy of a “hostage taker” by resorting to nuclear tests, a state-run Chinese daily today said Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons put neighbours at risk and called for stern punishment if it hurt Beijing’s interests.

Gold prices today plunged to a six-month low of Rs 30,390 per 10 grams here due to brisk selling by stockists on fall in demand amid weak global trend.

Condemning the “unauthorised surveillance” on its leader Arun Jaitley, the BJP today said it will not take things “lying down” and asked home minister Sushilkumar Shinde to clarify on who ordered the collection of his call details.

A joint team of the CBI and defence ministry is likely to leave for Italy tomorrow to probe the alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter deal.