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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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India Today

SIDDA’S CASTE RESORT

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

THOSE WHO WAIT • The leaders being keenly watched with Siddaramaiah’s mounting troubles

Banking on Hindutva Again

TROUBLE ON TRACKS

MADRAS ON THE MOVE • THE UNION CABINET HAS GREENLIT THE CHENNAI METRO RAIL PHASE 2, TO BE COMPLETED BY 2027. WHAT THE PROJECT ENTAILS AND HOW IT WILL BENEFIT THE SOUTHERN METROPOLIS

A RENAMING SPREE

BANGLE DIPLOMACY

THE PISTOL QUEEN • PARIS 2024 WASN’T JUST ABOUT THE OLYMPIC MEDALS MANU BHAKER WON, IT WAS AS MUCH ABOUT THE DEMONS OF TOKYO 2020 THAT SHE EXORCISED. THE INSPIRING STORY OF A TRUE TURNAROUND CHAMPION

FLYING HIGH • It isn’t all work and no play for the feisty miss. A few extra-curricular shots from the shooter’s life

ACE SHOT

QUEST FOR BULLSEYE

THE MAKING OF A CHAMP

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A WINNER • How Manu trained for different aspects of her sport

Your Career Goldmine

TOUCHING A NEW NADIR • WITH INDIA-CANADA TIES PLUMMETING OVER THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT’S LATEST CHARGES, ECONOMIC RELATIONS MIGHT BECOME A VICTIM OF THE SPAT

A DIPLOMATIC IMPASSE: AREAS OF IMPACT

THE ROW OVER NIJJAR • How India-Canada ties went into free fall over the case

THE PRESENT-DAY POLITICAL DYNAMICS IN INDIA

STALIN’S LEGACY PUSH • The 71-year-old CM of Tamil Nadu is cranking up the government and party machinery to ensure that the DMK gets a second term in power

THE NEW POLL STAR • ‘Ilaya Thalapathi’ Vijay throws his hat in the political ring. Can he do what Rajini, Kamal couldn’t—break the Dravidian hegemony?

IN NOEL THE TATAS TRUST • TATA TRUSTS ANOINTS RATAN TATA’S HALF-BROTHER AND TATA GROUP VETERAN NOEL TATA AS ITS CHAIRMAN. EXPERTS SAY THE MOVE SIGNALS CONTINUITY AT THE COUNTRY’S OLDEST PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTION

WHAT NOEL TATA WILL OVERSEE • Tata Trusts comprises two major trusts named after the sons of Jamsetji Tata and each housing several others engaged in philanthropic activities

THE HOUSE OF TATA • THE LINE OF SUCCESSION

THE PROPERTY MAFIA • ORGANISED STEALING OF LAND OWNED BY THE ARMED FORCES BY LAND SHARKS IN CONNIVANCE WITH CORRUPT OFFICIALS ENDANGERS NATIONAL SECURITY

A NEFARIOUS HISTORY • Aided by both systemic corruption and a culture of indifference in the forces, vacant defence land worth crores has been grabbed over the decades. Here are some of the prominent scams that have been uncovered

IN A SPOT OF TROUBLE • TWO YEARS AFTER AFRICAN CHEETAHS WERE BROUGHT TO KUNO NATIONAL PARK IN MADHYA PRADESH, THE GOVERNMENT CALLS THE PROJECT A SUCCESS. CONSERVATIONISTS ARE NOT SO SURE

TRAGIC OBITUARIES • OF THE TOTAL 37 CHEETAHS, KUNO HAS LOST EIGHT ADULTS AND FIVE CUBS IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS

THE CHEETAH’S INDIAN RUN

SLICE OF LIFE • Writer Anita Desai gives us a masterpiece of a novella at 89

Burmese Days • Paul Theroux’s new novel is a fictionalised account of George Orwell’s time in Burma

HARD-HITTING DRAMA • Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, about a woman constable in North India, is the UK’s...