UPFRONT
TARGETING KHAKI
IN KASHMIR PG 4
INDEX: WHAT’S AT STAKE
IN QATAR PG 6
INSIDE
LEISURE
BEING NORINDER
MUDI PG 73
MONSOON WEDDING
ON BROADWAY PG 80
PM’S US V ISI T
C OV E R S T O RY
26
Dawn
of the
GST Era
The much-awaited Goods &
Services Tax is finally here.
Plus, interview with finance
minister Arun Jaitley
20
FRIENDS WITH
BENEFITS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
sets up an equation with the new
American President
SOTS
44
GAME FOR
GROWTH
India Today unveils its State of the
State report on Rajasthan in the
presence of CM Vasundhara Raje
FA S H I O N
60
REVIVING HANDLOOM
The government ropes in
13 of the country’s top designers
for the project
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