Highlights of India Today English issue dated October 19th, 2015. The Cover Story this week 'Beef, Ban and Bloodshed' takes a deep look at how the brutal politics of social division on the basis of diet and religion is damaging India's secular fabric as well as its global image. The special story 'Close Combat' looks at the upcoming Bihar assembly elections and how for both the NDA and the grand alliance, keeping vote banks by their side is as critical as wooing new sections in the make-or-break elections. This story on climate change, 'Green Growth on India's Mind', focuses on the government's roadmap for industry on plans and commitments ahead of the Paris climate summit and how the government, with its focus on renewable energy, is pushing the country on a low carbon path. This issue carries a report on how Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar needs to atone for his first term while tackling the biggest crisis the BCCI has ever faced. The issue has 2 free magazines - Woman and Simply Chennai.