In this issue

Highlights of India Today 15th April 2024: A deep dive into the challenges facing the I.N.D.I.A. alliance as it seeks to defeat the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The odds are stacked against them, but a concerted strategy and narrative can help the Opposition limit the BJP's outsize ambitions

STORM IN A FRAGILE TEACUP

Just a month and a half back, on February 23 and 24, over 4,000 Indians attended the annual St Anthony's Feast in Katchatheevu Island, with an equal number of Sri Lankan devotees also present. For the feast of the guardian saint of fishermen, the Lankans provided food, drinking water and sanitary facilities.

6 mins

MORE DISGUISED THAN EMPLOYED

India's growth story is one of paradoxes.

3 mins

MAHARATHIS @MAHABHARATA

For all the Opposition's giant-killing ambitions, expressed in high moral tones from the stage, their actions don't quite match up to stated intent.

1 min

TAMIL NADU - THE LONE THEVAR WITH FIVE SHADOWS

Cast adrift from his lifelong alma mater, Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam can be pardoned for feeling a little befuddled these days.

1 min

WEST BENGAL - The Revolution Will Be Webcast!

Shall we call it digital dialectics? The Left has long tried to shed the stereotype of being head-in-the-sand Luddites-one that it had earned back in the Eighties, the early days of computerisation, when it pressed the Ctrl X keys more than anything else.

1 min

MAHARASHTRA - THE 'LOK TANTRIKS'

Politics is a high-stress profession in these turbulent, uncertain times.

1 min

MINI MANTRIS

In military terms, the Congress has earned the right to see Karnataka as a position of advantage-a high Deccan spur castle from which it can easily pick out any invading horde.

1 min

RAJASTHAN - R.I.P., OR 'OM SHANTI'?

Defectors have a sense of direction: their GPS is mostly set saffron-ward these days. So, when a stray migrant comes walking into the Congress camp, you'd expect it to be bowing in gratitude.

1 min

GUJARAT - RUPALA GETS TOO RADICAL

Union minister Parshottam Rupala's egalitarian turn has boomeranged on him.

1 min

ANDHRA PRADESH - Food for Thought

As a vote-getting device, free rations are a common item on political menus these days.

1 min

MADHYA PRADESH - COUPLE OF ISSUES

Alliance-making is tricky enough at the party level. But the upcoming Lok Sabha polls have left no room for informal adjustments even at home for a political family in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh.

1 min

Can I.N.D.I.A.Topple Modi?

The Odds Seem Heavily Stacked Against Them, But A Concerted Strategy And Narrative Can Help The Opposition Limit The BJP's Outsized Ambitions

10+ mins

"THERE IS ALREADY AN UNDECLARED EMERGENCY"

As convenor of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.), Mallikarjun Kharge has the humongous task of getting the 26-party combine on the same page on seat-sharing arrangements and a common narrative to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. The 81-year-old Congress president also has to galvanise the Grand Old Party to improve on its abysmal tally of 52 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Kharge took time off his hectic schedule to speak exclusively to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa and Executive Editor Kaushik Deka on a range of key election issues. Excerpts:

10 mins

A FLUID STATE

THE SAMAJWADI PARTY GIVES OLD ALLIES A SNUB EVEN AS DIFFERENCES EMERGE BETWEEN ITS CHIEF AKHILESH YADAV AND JAILED LEADER AZAM KHAN; THE BJP LEAVES SITTING MPS HIGH AND DRY

3 mins

OF RANIS AND ALSO-RANS

A royal family member dons saffron robes to dip her toes in politics, and invites the TMC's censure

3 mins

BATTLE OF PATILS

Will the Congress-Shiv Sena (UBT) fracas over Sangli impact the prospects of the MVA in Maharashtra and the pan-nation interests of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc?

4 mins

BJP Vs BJP

The party faces dissent in at least six seats. Reasons range from nomination of outsiders to non-performance

2 mins

EXODUS HITS CONGRESS

Scores of Congress leaders and workers shift allegiance to the BJP, raising questions about the Grand Old Party's winnability, unity and leadership stability

3 mins

MOLLYWOOD GOES TO THE POLLS

Film stars are shining bright in Kerala's political firmament. The BJP is relying on one to make its LS wish come true

3 mins

GROUND FLEET

Jagan side-steps EC fiat against his 'army' of ward and village volunteers, gets them to disburse pensions

1 min

NOTHING FAKE ABOUT IT

Amidst furore over non-payment of NREGA funds to Bengal due to alleged corruption, central data purportedly shows almost all job cards in the state to be genuine

2 mins

A STEALTHY LETHAL FORCE

The Cabinet Committee on Security has flagged off the prototype development and testing stage of India's indigenous fifth generation stealth fighter jet, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). Slated to be in production from 2035, it would make the IAF battle-ready for the future

7 mins

BREAKING THE MOULD

ACTOR GULSHAN DEVAIAH IS LOOKING FORWARD TO LITTLE THOMAS, A SLICE-OF-LIFE FILM THAT TAKES HIM AWAY FROM THE DARK CHARACTERS HE HAS BEEN PLAYING

2 mins

Nature Above All

The effortless grace with which Ganesh Haloi switched from masterly figurative studies dating back to the late 1960s to rendering mindscapes reflecting his communion with nature is vividly expressed in an eyeopening exhibition.

2 mins

WALKS ON THE WILD SIDE

PART TRAVELOGUE AND PART INQUIRY, STEPHEN ALTER'S THE COBRA'S GAZE URGES INDIANS TO CONNECT DEEPER WITH NATURE AMIDST OUR ONGOING WAR AGAINST WILDLIFE

1 min

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

The courtroom drama Patna Shuklla is actor Raveena Tandon's way of highlighting burning social issues

1 min

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