Month: February 2019

Got scolding from wife night before Oscars: Anil on 10 years of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ win

Mumbai, Feb 4: Anil Kapoor became a part of history when the Indian cast-led “Slumdog Millionaire” swept the Oscars in 2009 but the actor remembers the eve of the ceremony for being scolded by his wife. Directed by Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire” received 10 nominations at the 81st Academy […]

Modi govt has snatched farmers’ sleep, says Mamata; refers to her 26-day fast in 2006

Kolkata, Feb 4: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of having snatched farmers’ sleep and while referring to the sops announced in the interim Budget on Friday claimed that the peasants were being cheated before the general elections. Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress […]

Iran’s revolutionaries have mixed feelings, 40 years later

TEHRAN :  — Forty years after he defected from the shah’s Imperial Guard to join the Islamic Revolution, Mohammad Reza Tajik, like many Iranians from that time, looks back wistfully at the youthful excitement they felt and the losses they suffered since then. Working in his woodshop in […]

Q&A: US envoy’s road to Afghan peace littered with obstacles

ISLAMABAD — U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is in a hurry to find a peace deal for Afghanistan that would allow America to bring home its troops after 17 years of war, but the road ahead is littered with obstacles. After years of U.S. insisting on talks between the […]

Fans bet on Super Bowl in multiple states for the first time

LAS VEGAS — Football fans bet legally on the Super Bowl from states other than Nevada for the first time Sunday, with the excitement spreading from Las Vegas to as far as Rhode Island. Sunday’s big game was the first major sporting event for sportsbooks in a handful […]

Super Bowl ads heavy on humor, surprises and … robots

NEW YORK  — This year’s Super Bowl ads went heavy on the humor — and surprises. Take, for instance, Jason Bateman’s Hyundai ad about an elevator with unpleasantness on every floor. A surprise “Game of Thrones” tie-in with Bud Light both confused and delighted viewers. And robots seemed to be […]

Democratic contenders hoping to run on soaking the rich

WASHINGTON — The last Democrat to win a presidential election, Barack Obama, ran in 2012 on a platform of raising taxes for top earners to nearly 40 percent. Now a new crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls is signaling that they want to go even further. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth […]

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