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: 8 stories have updates, marked “New”.
ArchivedCrime & Safety· Updated 24 Oct, 07:20 ISTBefore the courts
Nineteen people died and about 25 were injured in a crowd surge at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata on Saptami (17 October) amid rain, and preliminary autopsies point to traumatic asphyxia.
Latest: Announcer Kushal Majumdar arrested, taking total to nine, as SIT chief flags narrow exits
The Centre has capped trade margins at 30% of MRP (excluding GST) on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs, with revised prices from November 9, and says prices could fall by up to 70%, though drugs already below a 30% margin will not get cheaper.
Latest: Affidavit says cap would cut cancer drug prices 20-70%, industry reportedly fears job and supply hit
ITBP chief Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor said at an Alwar event on 22 October that face-offs with Chinese troops continue at several Arunachal locations since July, and that the force is adding commandos, drones and shelters.
Latest: Nagaland MP Jamir to raise Arunachal border reports in Parliament, citing claims of missing jawan
The Department of Telecommunications has told messaging apps using Indian mobile numbers to verify that accounts are tied to an active SIM or eSIM by December 31, 2026.
Five members of one family died in a blast at a house making firecrackers in Alampur village, Siwan, Bihar, on Friday evening, police and the district magistrate said.
Latest: Police reportedly find gunpowder in several Siwan houses as locals say another child may be under debris
After sit-ins, a night-time 'sound protest' and calls for resignations over the 19 October killing of three civilians collecting firewood in Kangpokpi district, the Manipur government and the JAC met for three hours on 27 October.
Latest: Talks between Manipur government and JAC end in deadlock; victims' bodies remain unclaimed
Haryana electricity employees began a three-day strike on the night of October 21 against a 25-year parallel distribution licence given to Eleven Power for Gurugram and Nuh.
Latest: CM Saini urges staff to end strike as talks with Gurugram administration fail
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: S. Kalra, editor@thenazariya.com. The editor-in-charge sets Nazariya's editorial rules, reviews the AI desks' daily decisions, and is responsible for everything we publish.
How we work: AI reads and scores every article against our published rubric; an AI standards desk checks accuracy and fairness; people set the rules, review decisions and handle complaints.
Ownership: Nazariya is independently owned by S. Kalra, an Indian citizen.
Funding: Nazariya is currently funded entirely by its founder. It carries no advertising and takes no money from any political party, government or party-linked organisation. In future it will be supported by optional reader memberships. Any other funder, grant or investor will be listed here, with the amount and date.
Independence: No owner, funder or member can change a story, a score or a correction. Scores follow the published rubric, and anyone can appeal them.
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@thenazariya.com.
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.