Highlights of India Today issue dated March 17, 2014 The Cover Story this issue is on Muslims. It says the politics of division has kept the community, which is still socially, economically and politically backward, on the margins. With Lok Sabha elections just a month away, yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is flying below the Election Commission radar, is running a surrogate ‘vote for Narendra Modi' campaign. The Special Report is on Defence Minister AK Antony. Pending military deals, unhappy chiefs and a series of scams in Antony's tenure have sent the Ministry of Defence lurching from one crisis to another. The Big Story titled, 'RIP Industry', is on the closing down of factories of Punjab. It highlights that lack of incentives from the Centre and the failure of local entrepreneurs to add value to their products has forced the closure of nearly 19,000 factories here. The issue also has a story on an exhibition which shows how Indians have been part of US history since 1790. The issue this week has three free magazines - Woman, Simply Delhi and Simply Chennai - with it.