Highlights of India Today Hindi-5th September 2018, issue: Cover Story: Adivitiye Atal Vajpayee was a man of many contradictions. The velvet glove that sheathed the iron fist. The moderate face of the hardline Sangh Parivar. A man of reason, restraint and resolution, the former prime minister will go down in history as the great amalgamator of the nation.   Upfront: Ferbadal Ghaati Mein Modi Ka Naya Numainda Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that the long-overdue panchayat polls would be held before the end of the year. The appointment of Satya Pal Malik as the new governor of the state—the first career politician since 1967 to hold that office—is clearly a move in that direction.   Arthaat: Kuch Baat Hai Ki... Data of economic growth are not orphans, they have their past and present as well as future. It is up to our leaders whether they want to continue liberlisation or not. The data of Indian economy 2004-2018 show that despite all the challenges and political upheavals the country knows to grab opportunities and keep progressing.   Kerala Ki Baadh: Tabahi Ke Baad Ki Chunauti Excess rainfall, dam mismanagement and ecological neglect result in Kerala’s worst flood in a hundred years. A heroic rescue effort notwithstanding, the state now faces the challenge of rebuilding on an unprecedented scale.    Special Report: Jati Jodkar Chunav Jeetne Ki Jugat   Uttar Pradesh BJP in its executive meet in Meerut chalked out plans to deal with the challenges the party is facing in the state. The party functionaries were given the task to lure people of different castes and intelligently use Hindutva with development.