Highlights of India Today Hindi February 2019 issue:

Cover Story: Budget 2019

Siyasat Ki Modi Arthiki

With its micro-targeted sops for key vote banks, the Modi government has effectively used the interim budget as a platform to launch its election campaign. But will it work?

Budget 2019: Jankaron Ki Rai

Rajkoshiye Santoolan Ki Majboori

Six economists on the interim budget—What it may achieve, where it failed and what more IT could have done.

Upfront: Mirage-2000

Ummeedein Chaknachoor

HAL was to deliver all upgraded Mirages by 2021; only 10 have been upgraded. HAL cites work share issues with multiple partners— Dassault, Thales.

Arthaat: Sudhaaron Ki Haar

As you go to polling station to vote, don't forget to pay tribute to reforms. The politics has done last rite of not only economic but social reforms as well.

State: Maharashtra

Phir Wahi Lal Atank

Red terror is back in Gadchiroli with seven tribals killed in 15 days—the highest in a decade. The upsurge in Maoist violence follows relative calm through 2018.

Karnataka: Dheeli Pad Rahi Gathbandhan Ki Gaanth

Tension erupts as Siddaramaiah  supporters assail Kumaraswamy. Seat-sharing talks between the JD(S)and Congress are on hold for now.

Special Report: Mamta Banerjee

Jujharoo Tewaron Wali Neta Ki Wapasi

A master of dharna politics, Mamata turned the CBI-Kolkata police showdown into an opportunity to project herself as the leader of an anti-Modi alliance.

Uttar Pradesh: BJP

Modi Lehar Barqarar Rakhne Ki Chunauti

The ruling party can repeat its success of 2014 only after it crosses the hurdles of SP-BSP coalition and Priyanka Gandhi's popularity. So the BJP has now started many programmes to woo the voters.

Special Report: Swasthya

Gahraya Swine Flu Ka Sankat

Hospitals in Delhi-NCR are witnessing rising cases of this highly infectious disease and Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Maharashtra etc have witnessed deaths due it but governments are trying to cover it up.

Nation: Chhattisgarh

Baghel Ki Tez Chaal

The Chhattisgarh chief minister begins his innings with a flourish, but his aggressive approach could unsettle the establishment.

Rajya Ki Dasha-Disha Report 2019: Punjab

Dhadakta Punjab

Birthplace of the Green Revolution and the country’s most prosperous state for decades, Punjab faced years of stagnation because of internal strife. How can the state lead the nation again?