In this issue

Highlights of India Today 18th December 2023: 

In this week’s issue, our cover package takes a sharp look at the recently-concluded assembly elections, analysing the BJP's big wins in the heartland states and assessing what these victories could mean for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. 

THE NOMINATION GAMES

Four years after the BJP-led government annulled Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, it moved an amendment bill in the Lok Sabha on December 5 to reserve seats for Kashmiri migrants (KMs) and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) refugees.

4 mins

BJP REVAMPS TEAM K

For six months after its drubbing in the May 2023 assembly polls, the BJP party unit in Karnataka remained in a sort of limbo.

3 mins

ONLY EKNATH

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde may have turned a corner politically, and a significant one.

5 mins

CANID SHOTS

A dog may be man's best friend, but a spate of canine attacks in India in recent months have sort of undone that adage for many.

3 mins

THE SHOLA WARRIOR'S PATH

Over the past 31 years, retired professor Dr Johnykutty J. Ozhukayil has been trying hard to convince people in Kerala's picturesque hill district Idukki to become more \"conscious of nature\".

3 mins

DIPLOMACY WITH A SENSE OF HUMOUR

MANI SHANKAR DID COME FROM A GIFTED FAMILY, BUT IT WAS GIFTED ONLY IN INTELLECT. FOR THE REST, HE HAD TO FIGHT EVERY INCH OF THE WAY

3 mins

2024 BJP IN POLE POSITION

CRUCIAL WINS IN THREE HEARTLAND STATES DEFLATE CONGRESS CHALLENGE, WEAKEN OPPOSITION UNITY AND EASE THE PARTY'S RUN TO A THIRD TERM AT THE CENTRE

10+ mins

WHY THE CONGRESS NEEDS INDIA NOW

THE LOSSES IN THE HEARTLAND STATES ROB THE GOP OF ANY HEFT IN THE I.N.D.1.A. BLOC. THE ALLIANCE HAS TO REGROUP, FIND A FRESH STRATEGY TO TAKE ON THE BJP IN 2024

10 mins

BUCKING THE TREND

STRATEGIC MANOEUVRES, A CENTRE-RUN CAMPAIGN AND A SHIFT IN VOTER PREFERENCES AIDED THE BJP’S SWEEPING VICTORY, AND HELPED IT THWART 18 YEARS OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY

10 mins

THE 'RIVAAZ' EFFECT

THE BJP'S HIGH COMMAND IN DELHI KEPT LOCAL LEADERS IN CHECK AND RODE TO VICTORY ON A WAVE OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY

5 mins

THE WINDFALL STATE

THE CONGRESS HAD WON THE 2018 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS WITH ONE OF THE STRONGEST MANDATES IN THE STATE. WHAT WENT WRONG, AND HOW THE BJP STORMED TO POWER AGAIN

7 mins

REDDY, STEADY GO

BRUISED IN THE NORTH, A RESILIENT CONGRESS BOUNCES BACK IN TELANGANA, HANDING THE ONCE INVINCIBLE KCR A SOUND BEATING. BEHIND THE VICTORY WAS A FAULTLESS POLL STRATEGY

8 mins

A NEW FORCE IN AIZAWL

THE ZPM BREAKS THE MNF-CONGRESS STRANGLEHOLD TO SEIZE POWER IN MIZORAM. FRESH FACES AND PROMISE OF CHANGE DID THE TRICK

4 mins

A THREAT CALLED DISEASE X

IS THE NEXT KILLER VIRUS ALREADY HERE? THE WHO PREDICTS IT WILL BE 'ZOONOTIC', AND 20 TIMES DEADLIER THAN COVID

7 mins

ROAR OF THE TIGER

India's hardest-working action star Tiger Shroff seems on track with a slew of releases planned next year

3 mins

CHRONICLE OF INTERESTING TIMES

The incisively observed Journals of the painter Altaf Mohammedi provide a fascinating glimpse into 1960s London

3 mins

Black Beauties

Nilanjan Das's exhibition of charcoal on canvas paintings, Savage Beauty, explores the majestic and graceful form of horses

1 min

Culture in the Capital

India's first biennale dedicated to art, architecture and design is on at the Red Fort in New Delhi

2 mins

AN ODE TO URDU

The eighth edition of the annual Jashn-e-Rekhta festival includes a stellar line-up with four stages, 60-plus events and 150-plus artists

2 mins

UNITING INDIA

JOHN ZUBRZYCKI'S DETHRONED IS A COMPELLING NARRATION OF THE INTEGRATION OF THE PRINCELY STATES INTO THE INDIAN UNION

2 mins

In Search of Greener Pastures

PERUMAL MURUGAN'S AGRARIAN PERIOD NOVEL, FIRE BIRD, HAS WON THE 2023 JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

2 mins

ZENS AND SENSIBILITY

Shabnam Minwalla's new novel straddles two different eras in an engrossing tale of romance, rebellion and long-hidden secrets

1 min

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