diff --git a/recipes/india_today.recipe b/recipes/india_today.recipe
index fb6d4a77af..00c805daa4 100644
--- a/recipes/india_today.recipe
+++ b/recipes/india_today.recipe
@@ -7,17 +7,27 @@ class IndiaToday(BasicNewsRecipe):
     __author__ = 'unkn0wn'
     no_stylesheets = True
     use_embedded_content = False
-    remove_attributes = ['style','height','width']
+    remove_attributes = ['style', 'height', 'width']
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'url'}
     extra_css = '[itemprop^="description"] {font-size: small; font-style: italic;}'
     description = (
         'India’s Most Reputed, Credible and Popular news magazine.'
-        ' Read the most preferred magazine of 9.5 million Indians to access highly researched and unbiased content.')
+        ' Read the most preferred magazine of 9.5 million Indians to access highly researched and unbiased content.'
+    )
     masthead_url = 'https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/all/themes/itg/logo.png'
 
+    extra_css = '''
+        .body_caption{font-size:small;}
+        .image-alt{font-size:small;}
+    '''
+
     def get_cover_url(self):
-        soup = self.index_to_soup('https://www.readwhere.com/magazine/the-india-today-group/India-Today/1154')
-        for citem in soup.findAll('meta', content=lambda s: s and s.endswith('/magazine/300/new')):
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(
+            'https://www.readwhere.com/magazine/the-india-today-group/India-Today/1154'
+        )
+        for citem in soup.findAll(
+            'meta', content=lambda s: s and s.endswith('/magazine/300/new')
+        ):
             return citem['content'].replace('300', '600')
 
     keep_only_tags = [
@@ -32,32 +42,40 @@ class IndiaToday(BasicNewsRecipe):
         section = None
         sections = {}
 
-        for tag in soup.findAll('div', attrs={'class':['magazin-top-left', 'section-ordering']}):
+        for tag in soup.findAll(
+            'div', attrs={'class': ['magazin-top-left', 'section-ordering']}
+        ):
             sec = tag.find('span')
             section = self.tag_to_string(sec)
             self.log(section)
             sections[section] = []
 
-            for a in tag.findAll('a', href=lambda x: x and x.startswith(("/magazine/cover-story/story/", "https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/"))):
+            for a in tag.findAll(
+                'a',
+                href=lambda x: x and x.startswith((
+                    "/magazine/cover-story/story/",
+                    "https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/"
+                ))
+            ):
                 url = a['href']
                 if url.startswith('https'):
                     url = url
                 else:
                     url = 'https://www.indiatoday.in' + url
-                title = self.tag_to_string(a)
-                empty = " "
-                if title is empty:
-                    url = ''
+                title = self.tag_to_string(a).strip()
+                if not url or not title:
+                    continue
                 self.log('\t', title)
                 self.log('\t\t', url)
-                sections[section].append({
-                    'title': title,
-                    'url': url})
+                sections[section].append({'title': title, 'url': url})
 
         def sort_key(x):
             section = x[0]
             try:
-                return ('EDITOR\'S NOTE', 'Cover Story', 'The Big Story', 'Upfront', 'NATION', 'INTERVIEW').index(section)
+                return (
+                    'EDITOR\'S NOTE', 'Cover Story', 'The Big Story', 'Upfront',
+                    'NATION', 'INTERVIEW'
+                ).index(section)
             except Exception:
                 return 99999999
 
@@ -66,6 +84,15 @@ class IndiaToday(BasicNewsRecipe):
     def preprocess_raw_html(self, raw_html, url):
         from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
         soup = BeautifulSoup(raw_html)
+        for div in soup.findAll('div', attrs={'id': 'premium_content_data'}):
+            div.extract()
+        for tv in soup.findAll(
+            'div',
+            attrs={
+                'class': ['live-tv-ico', 'sendros', 'live-tv-ico-st', 'sendros-st']
+            }
+        ):
+            tv.extract()
         for script in soup.findAll('script'):
             script.extract()
         for style in soup.findAll('style'):