Highlights of India Today Hindi October 19th October, 2016, issue:

Cover Story : Achook danv se palta pasa

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controlled aggression has dramatically altered the rules of engagement with Pakistan.

Cover Story : Mazboot dhal zaroori

With Pakistan’s ‘deep state’ shifting gears to target military installations and India’s new resolve to strike back, securing the bases has never been a higher priority.

Cover Story : Sarhad paar javabi vaar

A blow-by-blow account of the ‘surgical strikes’ by the special forces targeting multiple camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Cover Story : Jung ke nam par ekjut

The army, politicians and people are on the same page against India’s perceived aggression, but no one is talking war.

Special Report :  Kale dhan ki shamat aayi

The Income disclosure scheme might have ended but this is just the beginning of the black money squeeze in India.

Special Report : Sharab se tauba

Often politically expedient, the prohibition plank is looking creaky again, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s last stand notwithstanding.

Nation - Ab aayenge patari par

The PMO is shaking up the top echelon at the Railways. The other services are next.

Safaigiri : Dilo-dimag ki safayi

India Today’s Safaigiri Awards celebrated champions of a new Swachh Bharat, where toilet construction is not the end, but the beginning.

Economy : Bhanvar me fansi naukariyan

High levels of automation and a slowing economy have led to big job cuts in firms, especially in IT and e-commerce. The pain is unlikely to go away soon.

Art : Naye itihaas ka tana-bana

A 36,000-strong town, with its eleventh century monuments and a fine tradition of weaving gossamer fabric, gets a facelift.

Guest Column : Vida ki bela me pahuchi party

Two once-proud social democratic parties—Congress and Labour—are in terminal disarray. One of them can look forward to an afterlife. The other faces doom.

Guest Column : Firaki ka ustaad

The rise of Ravichandran Ashwin, the fastest Indian to take 200 Test wickets, is as remarkable as his bowling.

Cinema : Sadharan ki asadharan kahani

A man who makes the ordinary seem extraordinary, the passion and power of Vetrimaaran survive the system.