Highlights of India Today 24th October 2016, issue:

The cover story 'Brothers in arms' looks at the growing ties between China and Pakistan and how their growing alliance is unsettling China’s relationship with India and is heightening strategic tensions in the region. The cover story also looks at how India is weighing its options in the face of this emerging political dimension. In his column 'What India can learn from China' author Salman Bashir explains what India can imbibe from China's foreign and economic policies.

The special report 'The angry Maratha' is an explainer on the Maratha reservation issue, their demand to scrap the Atrocities Act and how the Fadnavis government plans to administer it.

This issue's big story 'The Amma of All Questions' throws light on the present political turmoil in Tamil Nadu due to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's ill health and how parties are looking to gain from such a turn of events.

'A jumbo nightmare' is an in-depth report on Kerala's massive elephant poaching scandal and also includes the confession of a forest guard who went on to become a poacher. 

The issue also comes with three free magazines: Home , Simply Chennai and Simply Gujarati.