Highlights of India Today issue dated August 4, 2014. The Cover Story this week is on Prime Minister Narendra Modis new durbar. As dust settles in the Capitals corridors of power, some already find a place in the new establishment while others jockey desperately for patronage. Shekhar Gupta’s National Interest this week is on Indias victory at Lords. He says Mahendra Singh Dhonis men have a cricket-as-usual air about them after their Lords win. After all, the sports HQ is back home. The Big Story says the Congress, the already beleaguered Grand Old Party, confronts an unforeseen crisis from the peripheries. The Nation has a story on the Bihar Assembly by-elections. The bypoll will be a test whether the Modi effect remains a force multiplier for the BJP as a Lalu-Nitish tie-up seems imminent. The Special Report is on the 1993 Surat blasts case. For the accused and their families, acquittal doesnt undo the pain, the hurt, and the years in jail. The issue also has a special package on money management and has tips on how to avoid poor financial judgement and minimise loss. The issue has 4 free magazines – Spice, Simply Punjabi, Simply Hyderabad, and Simply Pune – with it.