The 12 most important 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: 11 stories have updates, marked “New”.
Latest: Initial police probe cites rain, misleading announcement and crowd-control lapses; CM mulls scrapping VIP gates
Latest: CM orders tighter security after three killed; combing operation launched, Thoubal curfew imposed
Latest: CM visits injured in Gwalior; says air ambulance possible, bigger action could follow if needed
Latest: Court also wants digital safety and sex education in core curriculum, with NCERT and SCERTs preparing material
Latest: Congress demands SIR be stopped and deleted voters restored; EC says its orders have full legal sanction
Latest: Business lobby says waiver could ease inflation, help exporters; Rubio's 60-day review and US criticism continue
Latest: SHO says nine dead; Mann promises driver's arrest, Rs 2 lakh per family; Rajnath Singh condoles
Latest: Supreme Court vacation bench to hear Vijayan's plea against FIR order on October 21, two days before ED questioning
Latest: Rubio to begin three-day India visit October 20; says US very close to trade deal
Latest: Rubio says US is very close to a trade deal with India, ahead of his visit
Latest: Organiser opinion backs the 30% cancer drug margin cap; State Drug Controllers to ensure compliance
Nineteen people died and about 25 were injured in a crowd surge at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata on Saptami amid rain; the Chief Minister said 17 died on the spot.
Latest: Initial police probe cites rain, misleading announcement and crowd-control lapses; CM mulls scrapping VIP gates
Left-leaning 0Centre 3Right-leaning 0
Suspected militants fired on a group of about 14 to 16 firewood collectors near the Imphal East-Kangpokpi border on Monday.
Latest: CM orders tighter security after three killed; combing operation launched, Thoubal curfew imposed
Left-leaning 0Centre 7Right-leaning 0
A paddy-laden, Punjab-registered truck hit devotees near the Sheetla Mata temple in Gwalior around 1.30 am on Sunday, 18 October, during Navratri.
Latest: CM visits injured in Gwalior; says air ambulance possible, bigger action could follow if needed
21 outlets, no real disagreement
A Supreme Court bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran, in an order dated 15 October on a plea by the NGO Just Rights for Children Alliance, held that internet access is a fundamental right under Articles 21 and 19(1)(a), and that it covers children.
Latest: Court also wants digital safety and sex education in core curriculum, with NCERT and SCERTs preparing material
18 outlets, no real disagreement
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.
Latest: Congress demands SIR be stopped and deleted voters restored; EC says its orders have full legal sanction
Left-leaning 7Centre 13Right-leaning 1
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.
Latest: Business lobby says waiver could ease inflation, help exporters; Rubio's 60-day review and US criticism continue
Left-leaning 0Centre 17Right-leaning 1
A speeding car ran over rural employment scheme workers on the Lehragaga-Jakhal road in Sangrur on Sunday afternoon, killing at least eight and injuring 12, police said; the Lehragaga SHO put the toll at nine in two reports.
Latest: SHO says nine dead; Mann promises driver's arrest, Rs 2 lakh per family; Rajnath Singh condoles
8 outlets, no real disagreement
Police and officials said one man was killed and four injured when suspected militants attacked Chassad village in Kamjong district on Saturday, and 15 Kuki houses were later set on fire.
Left-leaning 0Centre 3Right-leaning 0
The Supreme Court will hear Pinarayi Vijayan's plea against the Kerala High Court's direction to register an FIR in the CMRL-Exalogic case on October 21, before a vacation bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana.
Latest: Supreme Court vacation bench to hear Vijayan's plea against FIR order on October 21, two days before ED questioning
Left-leaning 2Centre 2Right-leaning 0
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.
Latest: Rubio to begin three-day India visit October 20; says US very close to trade deal
Left-leaning 0Centre 11Right-leaning 0
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington is very close to finalising a trade deal with India, and that the talks are one factor in decisions on sanctions waivers tied to Russian energy.
Latest: Rubio says US is very close to a trade deal with India, ahead of his visit
5 outlets, no real disagreement
The NPPA has capped trade margins at 30% of MRP (excluding GST) on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs under Paragraph 19 of DPCO 2013, with revised prices from November 9, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers said.
Latest: Organiser opinion backs the 30% cancer drug margin cap; State Drug Controllers to ensure compliance
10 outlets, no real disagreement
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.
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.
High, Medium or Low, based on how much of the article was read, how many clear signals it has, and whether they agree.
Stories with fewer than five articles are marked. A blindspot is a contested story where we found coverage from only one side.
Articles that touch none of the three dimensions, such as a car launch or a match report, carry no ideology score.
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 |
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.
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.
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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.