How Did Forces Corner and Kill Maoist Leader Basavaraju in Chhattisgarh?

Presenting India Today Insight: Sharp analysis on topical issues by the editors of India Today magazine. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO INDIA TODAY MAGAZINE Save 37% with our annual Digital+Print offer just for ₹3299 How top Maoist Basavaraju was cornered, killed in Chhattisgarh His elimination is a body blow for the weakening Maoist movement in the state, where 217 insurgents were killed last year in Bastar alone By Rahul Noronha SPOTLIGHT: NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH How Modi’s foreign policy on neighbours is rewiring Northeast geoeconomics The upcoming Shillong-Silchar-Sittwe-Kolkata corridor is one such strategic insurance against a volatile neighbourhood, but the bold gamble hinges on execution By Anilesh S. Mahajan FROM THE STATES: MAHARASHTRA How new Maharashtra housing policy will bridge urban-home supply deficit Experts see it as a transformative initiative towards addressing housing shortage, especially in Mumbai, improving urban landscapes and massive employment By M.G. Arun GROUND REPORT: JANA SENA PARTY Is Pawan Kalyan eyeing a Tamil politics plunge? Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party downplays his engagements in the DMK-ruled state, with a sizeable Telugu-speaking population, as efforts to strengthen the NDA By Kavitha Muralidharan URBAN AFFAIRS: BENGALURU RAINS Why it’s rain pain for Bengaluru again With the city deluged by torrential rains again, a look at how the problem has been compounded over the years by multiple agencies working in silos By India Today Bureau POLITICS: CHHAGAN BHUJBAL Chhagan Bhujbal back in favour? What his return to Mahayuti cabinet signals The veteran OBC leader was food and civil supplies minister in the previous Mahayuti cabinet but had to make way for Dhananjay Munde when the new government was formed By Dhaval S. Kulkarni IN FOCUS: WOMEN IN POLITICS How IUML broke the glass ceiling with key national appointments Dalit leader Jayanthi Rajan from Kerala and Tamil Nadu’s Fathima Muzaffer will invest in the party as national assistant secretaries in the national council By Jeemon Jacob SOCIETY: BITTER SWEET Why Agra has no place for Taj of sweets Pollution fears have put padlocks on Noori Gate, the manufacturing nerve-centre of the petha since the Mughal period By Ashish Misra FROM THE INDIA TODAY ARCHIVES From the India Today archives (1994) | Nawaz Sharif’s N-bombshell: ‘If India attacks Azad Kashmir…’ Sharif’s assertion in 1994 that Pakistan possessed nuclear weapons, and reports of plutonium smuggling in Germany had raised key questions about India’s N-options By Shekhar Gupta Subscribe to the India Today Magazine Explore interesting insights! Follow our WhatsApp Channel for the exclusive stories and engaging content! Click here to follow us