In this issue

Highlights of India Today 18th June 2018, issue:
This week's cover story - The Oil Crisis - looks at how the government has caught itself in a bind and needs to answer these questions: Can it afford substantial fuel price cuts to assuage public anger? Can it afford to lose revenue and risk its social sector programmes in the run-up to elections? Does it have options?
The Cover Story package also includes an interview with minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan where he has said that the government is pushing to bring fuel under the GST.
Coming close on the heels of the BJP's defeat in successive bypolls, the story - Back To The Drawing Board - looks at how the BJP is drawing up a plan to win back lost ground. The story also looks at the numerous hurdles that the BJP is facing ahead of the 2019 General Elections.
The cinema story The Game Changer looks at Rajinikanth's return to the silver screen with the launch of Kaala in which the superstar returns as an older, wiser and more politically-conscious hero.
For the football fans, the package - Fifa Foes - lists out the players and matches to look out for in the World Cup 2018 in Russia.
Upfront in this week’s issue talks about the farmers’ protest and how they dumped vegetables on the streets. The package also looks at how the Congress party is now planning to crowdsource funds like the Aam Aadmi Party.

The issue also comes with two free magazines: Aspire, and Simply Punjabi.

Umbrella Coalition

The Congress is pursuing pre-poll alliances with the BSP, Samajwadi Party and Gondwana Gantantra Party to consolidate the anti-BJP vote

2 mins

The Sanctions Shadow

A New Us Law Threatens To Cut Off The Booming India-russia Arms Pipeline. Will It Force India To Choose Between The Us Or Russia As A Military Partner?

6 mins

Back To The Drawing Board

Following successive bypoll defeats, the BJP is drawing up a plan to win back lost ground. But there may be far too many hurdles on the road to 2019

7 mins

The Lone Ranger

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s development model is bringing real change on the ground, but complacency and aversion to counsel may prove to be his undoing

4 mins

Law On A Leash

Patchy implementation of the much-hyped RERA has meant that even a year after it came into force, the homebuyer is still vulnerable

6 mins

Fifa Foes

THE PHONY WAR—that fallow period when players who’ve already suffered through the rigours of the European season join their national teams and limber up for the World Cup with a series of meandering ‘friendlies’—lasts an eternity.

6 mins

The Game Changer

Director Pa. Ranjith has audiences swooning over Rajinikanth all over again. This time, the superstar returns as an older, wiser and more politically-conscious hero

5 mins

We Believe Fuel Will Be Under Gst Very Soon

With Lok Sabha elections less than a year away and crude oil prices hovering way above India’s comfort zone, minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan is in the hot seat. In an exclusive interview with Senior Editor Shweta Punj, he reiterates that India is pushing for reasonable oil pricing with oil-producing nations, negotiating with the states to bring down taxes and pushing the GST Council to bring fuel under GST.

3 mins

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