Highlights of India Today issue dated August 4, 2014. The Cover Story this week is on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new durbar. As dust settles in the Capital's corridors of power, some already find a place in the new establishment while others jockey desperately for patronage. Shekhar Gupta’s National Interest this week is on India's victory at Lord's. He says Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men have a cricket-as-usual air about them after their Lord's win. After all, the sport's HQ is back home. The Big Story says the Congress, the already beleaguered Grand Old Party, confronts an unforeseen crisis from the peripheries. The Nation has a story on the Bihar Assembly by-elections. The bypoll will be a test whether the Modi effect remains a force multiplier for the BJP as a Lalu-Nitish tie-up seems imminent. The Special Report is on the 1993 Surat blasts case. For the accused and their families, acquittal doesn't undo the pain, the hurt, and the years in jail. The issue also has a special package on money management and has tips on how to avoid poor financial judgement and minimise loss. The issue has 4 free magazines – Spice, Simply Punjabi, Simply Hyderabad, and Simply Pune – with it.