India Today

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.

India Today

FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

HOW TO KEEP GROWTH ON TRACK • The impressive GDP surge fuelled by consumption patterns may well endure, but inflation, US tariffs are worries

DETENTION, WITH A SIDE OF CHAI

WATER PURIFICATION A NEW SOLAR STILL

AYODHYA IN A NEW AVATAR • UP is making the Mandir city a model of development

Demand For A Faith Quota • Kashmiri merit students taking most seats in Vaishno Devi board’s new medical college sparks debate

GOA, THE GRAND OPPOSITION ALLIANCE • The Congress, hoping for a resurgence in Goa before the 2027 assembly election, floats an anti-saffron front. But the ground is shaky even before local body polls

MATUAS GET THE MIGRANT BLUES • Poor Bangladeshis line up to leave, but SIR also stokes citizenship fears among Hindu refugees. Mamata targets the Matuas, a core BJP vote bank

MOST WANTED • Rape allegations against Congress MLA roil Kerala

“INDIA IS A MAJOR GLOBAL PLAYER AND CANNOT BE ARM-TWISTED” • On the eve of his visit to India, VLADIMIR PUTIN gave an extensive 100-minute interview to India Today Group TV channels at the Kremlin. The 73-year-old Russian president deftly fielded every question put to him. The most significant ones discussed his war in Ukraine, the American sanctions and punitive trade tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. His answers offered sharp, incisive and dispassionate views on some of the most pressing issues facing Russia, India and the world.

THE NEW BATTLE FRONTS • Buoyed by the landslide victory in Bihar, the BJP enters 2026 with its sights set on the last frontiers, West Bengal and the southern outliers

MANIPURA’S TRAGIC DIVIDE

BIG INTERN SCHEME FALLS SHORT • THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT’S ATTEMPTS TO GIVE YOUNG JOB-SEEKERS MUCH-NEEDED CORPORATE EXPOSURE SEE AN UNDERWHELMING UPTAKE

THE BIG SURRENDER • A CALIBRATED BLEND OF FORCE AND PERSUASION FUELS RECORD NAXALITE SURRENDERS IN BASTAR, SHAKING THEIR RANKS AND ACCELERATING THE PUSH TO END THE MOVEMENT

“We failed to read the public mood”

BREAKING THE RED HOLD • At the recent DGP-IGP conference in Raipur, PM Narendra Modi urged holistic development in LWE-freed regions as home minister Amit Shah projected a Naxal-free India by next year

A RAFT OF NEW LEAGUES • GOLF AND VOLLEYBALL, EVEN ARM WRESTLING AND PICKLEBALL, ARE BEING PACKAGED INTO FRANCHISE-BASED LEAGUES. NOT ONLY DO THEY HELP ATHLETES HONE SKILLS, THEY CAN OVERHAUL SPORTING ECOSYSTEMS

PREMIER LEAGUES: SPOILT FOR CHOICE • At last, cricket’s tiresome ubiquity is broken. Viewers will keep their eyes peeled for these exciting events

Her Defining Moment

A BOLD NEW VOICE • Filmmaker Tribeny Rai’s Shape of Momo is a deeply personal debut that turns the lens inward

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE • EIFMAN BALLET FROM ST PETERSBURG BRINGS ANNA KARENINA—TOLSTOY’S STORMY PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA—TO THE NCPA ON ITS FIRST-EVER INDIA TOUR

FROZEN MAGIC • The Nutcracker on Ice makes its India debut at NMACC, turning a theatre into a 14-tonne ice rink for a blend of skating and storytelling

Timeless Kabir • THE MAHINDRA KABIRA FESTIVAL IN...