INSIDE
COVER STORY
TELECOM WAR
10
Jio
Politics
Mukesh Ambani’s audacious Rs 1.5
lakh crore gamble is set to change
the rules of the telecom game
SPECIAL REPORT
6
UPFRONT
26
7
GLASS HOUSE
57
NETFLUX
60
GLOSSARY
62
EYECATCHERS
PELLET GUNS
Blinding
Force
The Centre clears the use of less lethal
alternatives but pellet guns are unlikely
to go away in a hurry
Cover by NILANJAN DAS
THE BIG STORY
SEDITION
NATION
MADHYA PRADESH
34
Grain of
Success
An agricultural boom has turned the
state into India’s rice bowl and a prime
producer of wheat and pulses
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INDIA TODAY u SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
20
Draconian
Measure
With 21 cases against 170 citizens
already, 2016 has been the year of
sedition, with the colonial-era law
being slapped on people at the
slightest of provocations