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India Today is the leading news magazine and most widely read publication in India. The magazine’s leadership is unquestioned, so much so that India Today is what Indian journalism is judged by, for its integrity and ability to bring unbiased and incisive perspective to arguably the most dynamic, yet perplexing, region in the world. Breaking news and shaping opinion, it is now a household name and the flagship brand of India’s leading multidimensional media group. Additionally, the weekly brings with it a range supplements like Women, Home, Aspire, Spice and Simply which focus on style, health, education, fashion, etc. and Indian cities.

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The Bioterror Conspiracy • A Gujarat ATS raid uncovers a suspected ricin terror plot, involving a Hyderabad doctor with Islamic State links. Is India prepared for it?

THE HANGING JUDGES IN DHAKA • India has responded to Hasina’s death sentence with strategic patience. It ultimately hopes to repair ties with Bangladesh

TROUBLE FOR THE TROIKA

DIABETES CHALLENGE HIDDEN COST OF HIGH SUGAR

The Age of Her Choice • INDIAN WOMEN ARE MARRYING LATER THAN EVER. HERE’S WHY IT MATTERS

SOUND OF SIRENS • Parties go into battle mode on the ground as electoral roll revision kicks off

A Big Nail In The Maoist Coffin • It’s a preface to the final end as Chhattisgarh’s most dreaded Maoist fighter falls

SAFFRON COATING RUNS A LITTLE THIN • It’s promising a ‘political coup’ in the upcoming local body polls tally, but of late the BJP has hit a few speed bumps

The Toll of Negligence • The Nowgam police station blast leaves plenty of questions unanswered

THE NIMO KNOCKOUT • A COORDINATED, PROMISE-LADEN CAMPAIGN HELPS THE NDA AC HIEVE A SPECTACULAR VICTORY. CAN IT BRING THE SAME UNITY OF PURPOSE TO THE TASK OF TRAN SFORMING BIHAR?

BIHAR’S ECONOMIC WOES

MASSIVE MANDATE • How a surge in voter turnout, new alliances and strike-rate swings combined to power the NDA and leave the Opposition MGB trailing

INSIDE NDA WAR ROOM • HOW THE BJP’S AMIT SHAH AND CO. SET RIGHT A FRACTIOUS ALLIANCE AND TURNED THE TABLES ON THE WELL SET MAHAGATHBANDHAN

SHAMEFUL CONVICTION RATES • ACQUITTALS IN SENSATIONAL CASES HIGHLIGHT A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BUCKLING UNDER STRUCTURAL FAILURES

ACQUITTALS THAT EXPOSED SYSTEMIC FAULTS

THE NEW WHITE-COLLAR TERROR

RUNWAYS TO NOWHERE • INDIA’S REGIONAL AVIATION DREAM WAS MEANT TO DEMOCRATISE THE SKIES. INSTEAD, IDLE RUNWAYS AND VANISHED AIRLINES REVEAL A SOBERING REALITY OF MONUMENTS TO AMBITION STALLED MID-FLIGHT

UDAN AT A GLANCE

PAWAR IN THE DOCK • A DISPUTED LAND DEAL INVOLVING AJIT PAWAR’S SON PARTH PUTS THE NCP CHIEF AND DEPUTY CM ON THE DEFENSIVE AND EXPOSES CRACKS IN THE RULING MAHAYUTI AHEAD OF LOCAL BODY POLLS

A SHADY LAND DEAL • How a colonial-era land grant has come to haunt Ajit Pawar

BIGGER AND BOLDER • THE FAMILY MAN RETURNS FOR A THIRD SEASON WITH A NORTHEASTERN BACKDROP AND THE SAME MIX OF HUMOUR AND HIGH-STAKES TENSION

In the Tale • Ananyabrata Chakraborty’s Kaisi Ye Paheli is a darkly comic murder mystery rooted in a mother-son bond

Mr Eclectic Comes to Town • JON BATISTE IS BRINGING HIS GENRE-DEFYING BRAND OF MUSIC TO INDIA

NOTES THAT UNITE • The South Asian Symphony Orchestra demonstrates the harmony that is possible even in a divided world

THE WEIGHT OF GRACE • Rajesh Bedi’s Elephant: The Divine Mystery is a luminous ode to the elephant and to a lifetime spent in reverent pursuit of the wild

Unfixing Meaning • IN HIS KOLKATA SHOWS, PHOTOGRAPHER-PAINTER SOHRAB HURA ABANDONS DOCUMENTARY REALISM

A Classic Reimagined • MEENA ARORA NAYAK’S NEW RETELLING BRINGS THE TALES OF THE...