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Highlights of India Today – 2nd September 2019 issue:
This week's cover story -- Enter the Superchief -- discusses a primal post that was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech on August 15 when the nation commemorated 72 years of freedom.

PM Modi announced the institution of the new post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). The CDS would be the government's single-point military advisor.

Other issues put forth in the September 2 issue of the India Today magazine deal with the recent development in Jammu and Kashmir after the Centre revoked Article 370 of the India Constitution.

Ram Madhav, BJP national general secretary and the party's key interlocutor for J&K shares his comments on the recent historic development. Comments on the development also came from Jean Drèze, an economist based in Ranchi.

No One Killed Pehlu Khan?

In the August 14 acquittal of six men charged with the 2017 lynching of Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer from Haryana, Alwar additional district and sessions judge Sarita Swami condemned the police probe as shoddy.

3 mins

China's Tinderbox

In the past weeks, China has tried to claim the moral high ground on Kashmir, expressing grave concerns at the United Nations Security Council with no apparent sense of irony.

2 mins

Grassroots Governance

Jagan plans an army of village volunteers to improve service delivery of his welfare schemes

2 mins

BJP Now Postures As A ‘Responsible Opposition'

After poaching 10 MLAs from the SDF, the BJP now postures as a ‘responsible opposition’

2 mins

Split Wide Open

Eyeing the assembly election, Chief Minister Palaniswami carves out five new districts

2 mins

Can The New Superchief Call The Shots?

The armed forces will finally have a super boss—the Chief of Defence Staff. Whether the new incumbent can transform India’s defence apparatus and make the services a more effectively coordinated fighting unit will depend on how categorical his writ is

10+ mins

An Uneasy Peace Rules In J&K

The valley is quiet, but it is far from peaceful. The government clampdown has kept the lid on an angry population, waiting for restrictions to lift even as it struggles with the everyday

8 mins

'The Challenge Is To Quickly Take The Benefits Of Our Move To The People'

Ram Madhav, BJP national general secretary and the party’s key interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir, attributes the relative calm in the Valley in the aftermath of the ‘dilution’ of Article 370 to the Centre’s engagement with the people. Madhav spoke exclusively to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa on the developing situation in the Valley and the way forward. Excerpts:

4 mins

Kashmir: Dealing With Fear And Anger

In the din of comments on Kashmir that have flooded the Indian media in the past three weeks, the views and feelings of the people of Kashmir have counted for very little. Indeed, they have been tightly muzzled.

5 mins

The Politics Of Defection

The RSS tries to reconcile the imperatives of Chanakyaniti with its moral reservations over defections

5 mins

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