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: 7 stories have updates, marked “New”.
Winding downEnvironment & Weather· Updated 29 Oct, 13:59 IST
Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts on Wednesday, October 28, with winds of 125-135 kmph, then weakened to a severe cyclonic storm.
Latest: Naidu phones Shah, seeks Central teams and aid as crop loss tops 70,000 hectares
The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to extend deadlines in Delhi's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls and simplify re-enrolment.
Latest: SC questions Form 6 demand and 30 October deadline; Commission signals it may extend Delhi SIR deadline
The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi approved a 3 percentage point hike in Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief, taking them from 60% to 63% from 1 July 2026.
Latest: More reports confirm 3% DA hike, with arrears of ₹2,160 on ₹18,000 basic pay
The Ministry of External Affairs said on 28 October that 22 Indian nationals, 14 of them seafarers, have died in the West Asia conflict since February.
Latest: Jeddah consulate issues flight advisory for Umrah pilgrims as MEA repeats 22 Indians dead in West Asia
India has invited Pakistan's culture minister Aurangzeb Khan Khichi to the first SCO Civilisational Dialogue Forum in New Delhi on November 20-22, the first such invitation since Operation Sindoor.
Latest: MEA says no change in Pakistan policy, calls SCO invite routine practice; Islamabad undecided
The CBI re-registered the case on 21 October after Punjab's Home department consented on 20 October and the DoPT notified the extension of CBI jurisdiction.
Latest: Punjab Pharmacy Council cancels accused chemist's registration as Sukhbir Badal accuses AAP government of harassing Jhota's family
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
Police have booked the additional district judge on fresh charges of attempting to destroy evidence, after the victim's family alleged he forced an officer to delete a photo of his son at the crash site.
Latest: Police book judge on fresh charge of attempting to destroy evidence in Kochi crash case
The Supreme Court refused to consolidate over 30 criminal complaints filed in 12 states against two people accused of letting their company's account be used as a mule account for cyber offences.
Latest: CJI says digital arrest offenders must be dealt with ruthlessly; court open to consolidation if Delhi Police asks
The Madras High Court's Madurai bench ruled that non-Hindus cannot enter Agamic temples in Tamil Nadu unless they give an undertaking of reverence for the deity and respect for temple customs.
Latest: Court also faulted HR&CE staff over Tiruvannamalai video and said Hindu petitioners can press trustees to enforce undertakings
Police say five people were killed and one injured in firing at Hotel Bilas Inn in Guwahati's Ulubari on the night of October 26, and that four of the dead were from one family.
Latest: Victim's daughter objects to security for accused Gogoi; court order bars torture and requires medical checks
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.