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From the India Today archives (2003) | Heir styling in Indian politics

Pop psychologists would call it the colonial conundrum; the inherent, almost instinctive, desire among former British colonies of south Asia to opt for dynastic rule as a substitute for royalty. Jawaharlal Nehru, very much kingmaker if not king, his daughter Indira Gandhi, the imperious queen, and even Rajiv Gandhi’s reign drew constant parallels with Camelot till things went sour. Excerpts …

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6 days, 14 hours ago

Is Elon Musk becoming a kingmaker for govts across the world?

India Today

Tesla boss Elon Musk was one great force who powered Republican candidate Donald Trump's return to the White House. WHY NIGEL FARAGE MET ELON MUSK This donation might be Musk's attempt to empower Reform UK. Writing for The UK Telegraph, Farage said that Musk “left us in no doubt that he is right behind us” and discussed “ongoing negotiations” about …

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1 week ago

Diane Delano, ‘Northern Exposure’ and ‘The Wicker Man’ actor, dies at 67

LA Times

Diane Delano, an actor best known for her work in the Emmy-winning series “Northern Exposure” and feature film “The Wicker Man,” has died at age 67. Barbara Semanski in the early-’90s small-town drama “Northern Exposure.” She also was well known as Kennedy High chemistry teacher Bobbi Glass in the coming-of-age dramedy “Popular,” co-created by Ryan Murphy and and Gina Matthews. …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ movie review: Barring the ‘jatara’ sequence featuring a superb Allu Arjun and a few face-offs, director Sukumar’s film is incoherent

The Hindu

Some narratives tend to grow upon repeated viewing, revealing subtle details. Before the release of Pushpa 2: The Rule, revisiting the 2021 Telugu action drama Pushpa – The Rise, the origin story of Pushparaj, a coolie who rises through the ranks of a smuggling syndicate in the Chittoor district of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, highlights how writer-director Sukumar establishes the protagonist …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Kingmaker IPL finds a new muse in Rishabh Pant: Will LSG's big-money punt pay off?

India TV News

IPL Auction 2025: 'Doosron ki madad karne se pehle, kripya apni kursi ki peti thik se baandh lijiye ' is a common in-flight announcement, which frankly a frequent traveller must have been bored of by now yet doesn't have any other option but to put up with it. It is big punt they have put on him and the defending …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump plays kingmaker over Florida’s House delegation

Politico

Trump won Florida by 13 points this month and has been picking politicians from his adopted home state to fill out his Cabinet. Fine would run in House District 6 to replace Rep. Mike Waltz, who Trump tapped to be national security adviser, while Patronis would run in House District 1, which was former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s seat before he …

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1 month ago

Japan: Heading a minority govt, PM Ishiba wins opposition’s support for stimulus package

Firstpost

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government secured opposition’s backing for an economic stimulus package aimed at addressing public discontent over inflation and revitalising the economy Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s new minority government won backing on Wednesday from a kingmaker opposition group for an economic stimulus package, the party’s chief said. The Liberal Democratic Party’s worst election result in …

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Trump names 'Republican kingmaker' Susie Wiles as White House Chief of Staff

Firstpost

President-elect Donald Trump appointed Susie Wiles, his 2024 campaign manager, as White House Chief of Staff. The 67-year-old Republican kingmaker will be the first woman to hold the post Just two days after winning the 2024 US presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump appointed campaign manager Susie Wiles as the new White House chief of staff on Thursday. Susie Wiles: GOP’s …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Japan’s Tamaki Plays High-Risk Game With Weakened Premier Ishiba

Live Mint

Japan’s potential kingmaker Yuichiro Tamaki faces a hazardous path as he looks to remain a power broker well beyond Monday’s vote to decide the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. By quadrupling its support in the lower house election two weeks ago, Tamaki’s Democratic Party for the People has transformed itself from a political grouping on the fringes of parliament …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Kingmaker': Columnist thinks this man is 'most important person' in MAGA after Trump

Raw Story

Charlie Kirk has emerged as one of the most powerful figures in the MAGA movement after former President Donald Trump himself — and could become a powerful "kingmaker" in coming years, suggested Ali Breland in an analysis for The Atlantic on Monday. Kirk heads up the controversial far-right youth organization Turning Point USA, which this year has handled much of …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

AI Predicts Ivanka Trump's Rise to Lead Trump's Legacy

Hindustan Times

AI predicts Ivanka Trump's rise to lead Trump's family business. The AI bot, named Nostradamus, suggests that Ivanka will take over the reins of the Trump empire after her father's second term. However, the path to this throne will be paved with challenges, including legal battles and public scrutiny. AI also predicts Elon Musk's legal troubles, which could potentially hinder …

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NCP's Malik Seeks Kingmaker Role in Maharashtra Assembly Elections

Deccan Chronicle

Senior NCP leader Nawab Malik predicts that Ajit Pawar will play a key role in the formation of the next Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha government. He believes Pawar will emerge as a 'kingmaker' due to the close contest and the presence of an alliance of three parties. However, his candidacy has sparked controversy as NCP's allies oppose his nomination, highlighting the …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Kim Kardashian thanks D.A. for giving Menendez brothers ‘a second chance at life’

LA Times

“I am grateful for a society where we can challenge decisions and seek justice,” Kim Kardashian wrote in response to Los Angeles County Dist. “The Menendez brothers were granted a second chance at life,” Kardashian said Thursday in an Instagram story praising the D.A.’s decision. At the time of the high-profile 1995 trial, the presiding judge strongly restricted testimony that …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Pamela Harriman was the seductress of the century – from Churchill to Clinton – this is how she did it

The Independent

Pamela Harriman was attending the glitzy White House Correspondents’ dinner in spring 1993 when Barbra Streisand sidled up to her and whispered the question on many women’s lips: just what is your secret? open image in gallery Pamela leaving St John’s Church, Westminster, London, after her wedding to Randolph Churchill, 1939 Knowing this, Pamela fixed her large sapphire eyes on …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Kingmaker: Boris Johnson called Tory MPs ‘chicken s***’ over Dominic Cummings criticism, Graham Brady memoir claims

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a telling extract about the former prime minister, Lord …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Well, This Letter From a Conservative Kingmaker Is Downright Chilling!

Slate

This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become. “If others are not going to devote funding to operationalize or weaponize the conservative vision, then the 85 Fund needs to weigh its support much more heavily in that direction.” —Leonard Leo, conservative activist and …

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3 months, 1 week ago

After Project 2025, Knives Are Out for Heritage — On the Right

Politico

Instead of just sniffing about Roberts’ deviations on trade or foreign affairs, the bitterness these days focuses on a new house style that allegedly enabled the current embarrassment: an elevation of marketing over research; a chest-thumping tendency to assert dominance within the Trump-era right; an inability to distinguish partisan agitation from policy advocacy because “engagement on X, positive feedback from …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

France's new PM tackles first challenge of forming cabinet

Hindustan Times

France's new right-wing Prime Minister Michel Barnier started consulting all sides Friday to cobble together a government capable of mustering a majority in parliament after two months of political deadlock. France's new PM tackles first challenge of forming cabinet The 73-year-old, a former foreign minister who recently acted as the European Union's Brexit negotiator, is the oldest premier in the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chair of 1922 Committee Tory MP letters of no confidence submitted over Rishi Sunak's leadership

Daily Mail

The former chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench MPs will reveal in his upcoming book how many letters of no confidence Tory MPs submitted over Rishi Sunak's leadership. It comes as allies of the former prime minister reveal they believed Lord Brady, the former MP Graham Brady, developed a secret 'code' to signal how many letters of no confidence …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

DAN HODGES: Will Boris Johnson step in as kingmaker or queenmaker for the Tories?

Daily Mail

Carrie Johnson has returned to the political frontline. To some Tories, Boris remains the kingmaker – or queenmaker ‘Boris is the endorsement they all want,’ a former Cabinet Minister told me. ‘If we continue along our present path, we risk doing lasting damage to the reputation of the Conservative Party for competence and good government.’ In response, Jenrick’s aides claim …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ajit Pawar launches 'Jan Sanman Yatra' ahead of Maharashtra Assembly polls

India Today

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is set to go full throttle in the upcoming assembly polls. The Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Ajit Pawar has announced a statewide outreach campaign, 'Jan Sanman Yatra', to promote welfare schemes benefiting women, youth, farmers, and minorities. A senior party leader, speaking anonymously, compared Ajit Pawar's potential role to that of Nitish …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Utah congressional candidate contests election results in state Supreme Court as recount begins

Associated Press

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. SALT LAKE CITY — With a recount underway, the closely trailing Republican challenger for Utah’s 2nd District U.S. House seat is contesting the primary election results in state Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to recover enough disqualified ballots to overtake his opponent. Colby Jenkins was 214 votes, or 0.2 …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

The man who set the stage for an imperial presidency if Trump wins

Salon

Weeks after the extremist Supreme Court majority drove a truck over the rule of law in Trump v. United States, and with all that has happened since, friends still ask, “How do you explain this decision? How could these Republican-appointed justices do something like this?” The end-of-term Trump immunity decision forever ended any claim by the far right majority justices …

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5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Special Package In Budget 2024 Chandrababu Naidu Narendra Modi 'Unconditional' Support To NDA

ABP News

One of the most anticipated aspects of Union Budget 2024 was the announcement of a special package for Andhra Pradesh as demanded by 'kingmaker' CM Chandrababu Naidu. Reacting to the special package to Andhra Pradesh, Congress said the state received its special package 6 years after the "drama" of Chandrababu Naidu quitting the NDA over the same issue. "In 2018, …

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From the India Today archives (2003) | Heir styling in Indian politics

Is Elon Musk becoming a kingmaker for govts across the world?

Diane Delano, ‘Northern Exposure’ and ‘The Wicker Man’ actor, dies at 67

‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ movie review: Barring the ‘jatara’ sequence featuring a superb Allu Arjun and a few face-offs, director Sukumar’s film is incoherent

Kingmaker IPL finds a new muse in Rishabh Pant: Will LSG's big-money punt pay off?

Trump plays kingmaker over Florida’s House delegation

Japan: Heading a minority govt, PM Ishiba wins opposition’s support for stimulus package

Trump names 'Republican kingmaker' Susie Wiles as White House Chief of Staff

Japan’s Tamaki Plays High-Risk Game With Weakened Premier Ishiba

'Kingmaker': Columnist thinks this man is 'most important person' in MAGA after Trump

AI Predicts Ivanka Trump's Rise to Lead Trump's Legacy

NCP's Malik Seeks Kingmaker Role in Maharashtra Assembly Elections

Kim Kardashian thanks D.A. for giving Menendez brothers ‘a second chance at life’

Pamela Harriman was the seductress of the century – from Churchill to Clinton – this is how she did it

Kingmaker: Boris Johnson called Tory MPs ‘chicken s***’ over Dominic Cummings criticism, Graham Brady memoir claims

Well, This Letter From a Conservative Kingmaker Is Downright Chilling!

After Project 2025, Knives Are Out for Heritage — On the Right

France's new PM tackles first challenge of forming cabinet

Chair of 1922 Committee Tory MP letters of no confidence submitted over Rishi Sunak's leadership

DAN HODGES: Will Boris Johnson step in as kingmaker or queenmaker for the Tories?

Ajit Pawar launches 'Jan Sanman Yatra' ahead of Maharashtra Assembly polls

Utah congressional candidate contests election results in state Supreme Court as recount begins

The man who set the stage for an imperial presidency if Trump wins

Andhra Pradesh Special Package In Budget 2024 Chandrababu Naidu Narendra Modi 'Unconditional' Support To NDA