India Today Malayalam Magazine - October 9 2013

In this issue

Highlights of India Today Malayalam issue dated October 9th, 2013. India Today Malayalam dated October 2, 2013 comes out with an exclusive cover story on Salim Raj, the controversial former gunman of chief minister of Kerala, Oomman Chandy with case studies which narrates the unlawful and gunda activities of Salim which is going to rock the volatile political situation already exists in Kerala. The cover story also narrates how some of the chief minister’s personnel confidents who looked after his office and controlled his affairs closely landed en mass in troubles with unlawful activities and corruption. Exclusive interview and case studies with Salim raja’s land grabing victims are the highlights of the cover story. Another sub plot reveal the past and present of this gunman and exclusive quotes from his father and other family members. In the interview the land grab victim A K Nazar of Ernakulam even accuses that chief minister of intimidated him when he complained about his unmans activities. The issue also have a hot story about the gold smuggler Fayaz who is now in the custody of customs and even facing CBI inquiry due to the serious allegation of human trafficking and sex rackets in Gulf contries and his close association with all the political class and tinsel town stars. In another regional story the issue also focuses the ongoing tussle between Congress and its close ally, the Muslim League in the state. Another local story which deals the controversy surrounding the marriage age of Muslim girls where the community itself is divided and the girls form community openly opposes the plan of the clergy association to approach the Supreme Court to get reduced the age of marriage to 16. In an exclusive column the managing editor P I Rajeev analyzing and interpreting the far reaching verdict of supreme court to allow negative vote in election’s in India by pointing out the vacuum of strong electoral reformations in India which leads to local legislation’s by states which are against the principle of participatory democracy like in Narendra Modies Gujarat. In the national story section the issue mainly deals with the dirty tricks of former army chief General V K Sigh and the government which jeopardize the safety of the nation. Another national story on bureaucracy reveals how the liberalization has expanded the power of bureaucracy creating a permanent establishment that never retires.The YSR congress chief Jagan Reddies bail out from the prison and its political implications and the story on the India Today Mind Rocks Youth summits are also highlights of the issue. The regional package also have a review of the newly released movie North 24 Katham and in the eyecather and cinema section’s showcases Rich Panai, Smantha, Janani ayyar, Poonam, Oviya, Suresh Gopi, Vidya Unni, Namitha Pramod, Manla Paul and Isha Shhervani.