12 contested national stories, each read across outlets and scored for ideology and stance toward the government. Editions come out at 07:00 and 19:00 IST; stories keep updating in between.
New since the last edition: 8 stories have updates, marked “New”.
LivePolitics & Elections· Updated 18 Oct, 00:13 ISTBefore the courtsRunning story
The Supreme Court has issued notice to Congress, Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders on a petition by four lawyers seeking regulation of processions and protests near the court, a day-after-march development reported by one outlet citing Bar and Bench. This follows the opposition's "March for Democracy" toward the court over the voter-roll revision, after Chief Justice Surya Kant declined to meet them citing pending cases, and Delhi Police's earlier de-notification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site.
Latest: Supreme Court issues notice to Rahul Gandhi, INDIA bloc leaders on lawyers' plea to regulate protests
On 8 October the IT ministry sent platforms an advisory asking for 'enhanced diligence' on false, altered or out-of-context posts about ongoing public events, and priority for complaints from authorised government agencies. It came as protests over the electoral roll revision and the Chief Election Commissioner grew in Delhi, and digital rights groups called for it to be withdrawn.
Delhi Police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and AISA president Neha Bora on 16 October on their way to the 'Lehra Do Tiranga' march at Connaught Place, citing Section 163 BNSS orders. Bora was released early Saturday, and Dipke, arrested under BNSS Sections 126 and 170 for an alleged breach of an earlier peace bond, was freed on a one-year peace bond, with at least three FIRs reported. On Sunday 18 October the bail hearing of co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka could not be completed after the magistrate reported a threat and police registered a case against unidentified persons; CJP alleged deliberate delay and four rejected sureties, while police denied delay, called the sureties faulty and alleged another protest was being planned, which CJP denied. A Supreme Court plea on Section 163 orders is listed for 19 November, and the political row has widened, with Congress leaders Chidambaram and Sibal rejecting Rajnath Singh's 'regime change' charge.
Latest: Case filed over threat to magistrate; police deny delay and call sureties faulty, CJP alleges deliberate delay
What's missing: No outlet reports an independent check of the allegations about lawyer access, custody locations, or what happened at the Das and Ranka hearing.
Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot dead on 13 October inside a Mansa chemist's shop while confronting its owner over the alleged sale of addictive drugs, and the owner and others have been arrested. The killing led to a statewide bandh on 16 October, and his family and a justice committee demand the CM's resignation and a CBI probe, with protests continuing in Mansa and the body still in the mortuary. The Union Home Ministry has sought reports from Punjab on this and two other drug-linked cases, Amit Shah and CM Bhagwant Mann have traded charges, and SAD leaders Sukhbir and Harsimrat Badal have blamed Mann and sought the government's dismissal.
Latest: Sukhbir Badal blames Mann for Jhota's murder; protests continue in Mansa, body still unclaimed
US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said she was deeply concerned by reports that 130 million names had been removed from India's voter rolls and backed non-violent protest. India's ambassador in Washington, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, called the remarks interference in India's internal affairs.
Rain from 11 October and a fresh spell with hail on 14–15 October soaked paddy lying in grain markets in Punjab and Haryana and flattened standing crops, with hail also reported in Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh. Farmers and Akali leaders want a special girdawari and Rs 50,000 an acre in relief, while no article reports a compensation announcement from the Punjab government.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 16 October waiving sanctions and tariffs of up to 100% under the Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, a day before they were due to take effect, certifying to Congress that this serves US national interest. He later defended the step on Truth Social, saying he did not want to undermine talks to end the Ukraine war (reported by one outlet). Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on 18 October that the pause gives the administration up to 60 days to study the economic impact, that India has diversified its energy sources but cannot pivot overnight, and that it is an important partner; he left for Uzbekistan and India, with a Jaishankar meeting reported for 20 October. The order suspends rather than repeals the measures, so tariffs can be restored, and existing sanctions remain. Republican senators Tillis, Cornyn and Cruz and Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Schumer criticised the waiver, Zelensky objected, Russia's envoy called it historic, and Indian business bodies and experts saw relief with limits, with Kanwal Sibal saying it is not India-specific.
Nandan Nilekani, who heads the Prime Minister's task force on exam reform set up after the NEET-UG 2026 leak, said papers should be generated from a large question bank just before each exam and that more tests should move to computers. Super 30 founder Anand Kumar questioned using AI to set papers, warning that rural and poor students could be left out.
The Election Commission has directed 17 states and Union Territories to carry out a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls with 1 January 2027 as the qualifying date, and will give recognised parties readable versions of the rolls at draft and final stages. Congress's Jairam Ramesh has demanded the removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and suspension of the SIR, while an EC functionary called the revision an annual exercise under election law. Problems with SIR lists continue to surface, including a Delhi civil society audit finding at least 100 voters wrongly marked in two Okhla booths, a Maharashtra request to amend Form 6 and Goa allegations of wrongful additions and transfers. Telangana's CEO office says over 5.25 lakh electors have been marked for inclusion without hearings, and Uttar Pradesh began its summary drive on 17 October.
Latest: Telangana CEO's office: 5.25 lakh electors marked for inclusion without hearings; final rolls due November 9
The Enforcement Directorate pasted a summons outside former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Thiruvananthapuram home, asking him to appear at its Kochi office on October 23 at 11 am in the CMRL-Exalogic money laundering case. CPI(M)'s V Sivankutty called it unjust and anti-democratic, and LDF convener T.P. Ramakrishnan later alleged a political motive and a publicity stunt, while Congress MLA Chandy Oommen said Vijayan should not be hounded and due process must be followed. The Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing on Vijayan's plea against the Kerala High Court's FIR direction but indicated it may set up a special bench during the Dussehra break, otherwise it reopens on October 26. Vigilance FIRs were registered on October 12, and the allegations remain under investigation.
Latest: LDF convener calls ED notice a publicity stunt; Congress MLA Chandy Oommen urges due process for Vijayan
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Mumbai on October 20 and visit Reliance facilities in Jamnagar, with energy cooperation on the agenda; he travels after Uzbekistan, and the State Department put his India stay at October 18 to 22. Congress leaders criticised the arrangement after the US ambassador announced it, while the MEA said hosting visitors outside Delhi has been the practice for about a decade. Reports also link the trip to the Russian oil tariff question, with Rubio saying Trump wants 60 days to assess the impact of sanctions and tariffs.
Latest: Rubio heads to India after Uzbekistan; Russian oil tariff pause and Reliance ties frame the trip
What's missing: No official Indian position is given on the possible Russian oil tariffs, and the State Department has not explained why Jamnagar was chosen.
Six US Democratic lawmakers, including Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar and James McGovern, wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on 16 October asking him to raise alleged excessive force against student protesters, alleged surveillance of supporters by Indian missions in the US, and voter-roll deletions, and to review India's eligibility for arms sales. India's external affairs ministry and ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra rejected the remarks as interference in internal affairs, critics questioned the signatories' neutrality, and the Election Commission said the revision verifies eligibility and deleted voters can re-enrol, ahead of Rubio's reported meeting with S Jaishankar in Mumbai on 20 October.
Latest: Reports repeat the letter and the MEA rebuttal; protesters allege 7,000 detained in Delhi on 10 October
Secular-pluralist framing, minority protection, caste justice and voter access, civil liberties, an active state.
Centre (−2 to +2)
Several positions represented fairly, neutral language, reporting kept apart from opinion.
Right-leaning (+3 to +10)
Cultural nationalism, national strength and security, scepticism of group-based policy, voter-roll integrity, market-led growth.
Stance toward the government
Critical, Neutral or Supportive, scored separately. It refers to the Union government unless the story is about a state. On the spectrum strip, each dot is an article: its position is the ideology score and its colour is the stance.
The swap test
If an article would score differently with the parties' roles reversed, that signal is partisanship. It goes into the stance tag, not the ideology score.
Confidence
High, Medium or Low, based on how much of the article was read, how many clear signals it has, and whether they agree.
Limited coverage and blindspots
Stories with fewer than five articles are marked. A blindspot is a contested story where we found coverage from only one side.
Not ideological
Articles that touch none of the three dimensions, such as a car launch or a match report, carry no ideology score.
How often the feed refreshes
This prototype is refreshed by hand (last on 17 Oct, 03:00 IST). At launch:
Wires and the top 20 outlets
checked every 5 minutes
All other outlets
checked every 15 minutes
New story
goes up at 3 articles from 2 or more outlets, marked Limited coverage
Live stories
new articles added every 15 minutes; summary rewritten at most hourly
Home page order
every 15 minutes
Updates are added, never rewritten
New facts go into a dated update log at the top of the story. New articles carry an “Added” tag. If a note or list changes, the earlier version stays viewable.
Live, winding down, archived
A story is Live while coverage arrives, Winding down after about 2 days without new coverage, and Archived after about 7. Nothing is deleted: links never change, archived scores are frozen, and stories stay on their issue pages and in search.
Large outlets missing
NDTV, India Today, Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Indian Express, News18, ABP, Times Now and Mint block the reader used for this prototype, so their articles are missing. Each story shows how many of India’s 15 largest outlets we read. The launch pipeline will read outlets’ public feeds, TV transcripts and Hindi articles.
Who is accountable
Editor and grievance officer
Editor-in-charge: [name to be added before launch]. Grievance officer under the IT Rules, 2021: [name and contact to be added before launch]. Complaints are acknowledged within 24 hours and resolved within 15 days.
Funding and ownership
[Who owns and funds Nazariya, to be published before launch]. Nazariya will list every funder and will not accept money from any political party.
Appeals
Anyone, including the outlet that published an article, can appeal a score: tap any score on a story page, then "Appeal this score" to write to the editor. Outlets can also dispute a summary. The editor reviews every appeal, and any change is recorded below. Appeals: [appeals email to be added before launch].
Rules we follow
No detail that could identify a child or a survivor of sexual violence (Juvenile Justice Act, POCSO, BNS section 72). Court cases are reported as what was said and alleged. No analysis of a poll in the 48 hours before voting there (Representation of the People Act, section 126). Press Council and NBDSA norms on communal incidents.
Corrections log
16 Oct · Goregaon toddler death: removed the building's name and an unverified claim about the 10-year-old's health, to protect the child's identity.
16 Oct · India–US trade deal: merged two duplicate story pages into one.
16 Oct · INS Mangrol: one report names the commissioning officer differently from three others; flagged in the story, not resolved.