In this issue

Highlights of India Today 18th March 2024: An analysis of the fortunes of Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma and BYJU's Byju Raveendran, and how overreach and overambition led them to make decisions that proved disastrous. Also in the issue, the storm in Sandeshkhali, a new aiport near Sabarimala, a Q&A with Ali Zafar and much more.

BJP'S RETURN GIFTS

Not many outside Uttar Pradesh would have heard of Sanjay Nishad, Om Prakash Rajbhar, Keshav Dev Maurya or Chandrashekhar Azad before election season added some extra centigrades to the warming air.

4 mins

NITISH IN A SAFFRON MAZE

On March 2, a day after celebrating his 73rd birthday, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was sharing the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Aurangabad district and sounding a bit contrite.

4 mins

THE HEADS KEEP ROLLING

Is a clash between its directors and the board of governors taking a toll on the venerable Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)? If recent events at IIM Calcutta are to be taken at face value, that question is merely rhetorical.

4 mins

DIRECT FLIGHT TO AYYAPPA

Kerala’s fifth airport is coming up in the hills of Erumely in Kottayam district, some 54 km from the famous Sabarimala temple dedicated to Lord Ayyappa.

3 mins

INDIA LEADS THE PUSHBACK

India’s commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal may have been two days late to join deliberations at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Abu Dhabi, but his presence was felt as soon as he arrived.

2 mins

FALL OF THE ICONS

The inside story of how the two poster boys of India's start-up ecosystem-Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Byju Raveendran of BYJU'Sscaled great heights only to script their own downfall

10+ mins

UDDHAV AND THE ART OF MANAGING CONTRADICTIONS

DESPITE THE SETBACKS, THACKERAY’S SENA UBT) STILL HAS THE SYMPATHY FACTOR GOING FOR IT. BUT IT’S AN UPHILL TASK, MANAGING THE ALLIANCE, WOOING NEW VOTER BLOCS AND KEEPING HIS CORE MARATHI VOTE INTACT

8 mins

A STORM IN SANDESHKHALI

The arrest of TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan has come as a relief for the people of Sandeshkhali. While they accuse him of a wide range of violations—from dispensing arbitrary justice to extortion—the scandal may impact the TMC’s performance in the Lok Sabha polls. An on the spot report

7 mins

THE ODISHA MOMENT

The state's transformative journey-from poverty to prosperity-under the leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, made for some fascinating discussions at the India Today State of the State Conclave in Bhubaneswar

6 mins

"ODISHA'S NEXT DECADE WILL BE ABOUT THE YOUTH"

Former IAS officer and now Biju Janata Dal leader V.K. Pandian, who heads Odisha's revolutionary 5T (transparency, technology, teamwork, time and transformation) model of governance, spoke to Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa, on how the initiative is changing citizens' experience for the better. Excerpts from the interview

2 mins

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