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: 2 stories have updates, marked “New”.
Politics & Elections· Updated 2 Nov, 05:24 ISTBefore the courts
Karnataka's chief electoral officer published the final roll after the special intensive revision, with 4.55 crore electors against 5.54 crore before it, a fall of 99.32 lakh.
Latest: Congress minister Jarkiholi defends Karnataka SIR deletions as Kharge alleges bulk Form 7 targeting
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced 50 kg rice and Rs 2,500 for every family hit by Cyclone Arnab floods, with farm input subsidy, Rs 1.20 lakh to Rs 1.30 lakh for fully damaged houses and compensation for shops.
Latest: Odisha announces special relief package for families hit by Cyclone Arnab floods
IMD said Cyclone Murasu became a severe cyclonic storm early on November 2 and is expected to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast near Ongole, between Nellore and Narsapur, from 11.30 pm on November 2 to 4 am on November 3, with winds of 100-110 km/h.
Latest: Tamil Nadu sends 500 power staff to Andhra as flight cancellations rise ahead of Murasu landfall
A Trans Bharat Aviation helicopter flying from Badrinath crashed near Joshimath in Chamoli on 30 October, killing the pilot and five Karnataka pilgrims.
Latest: Pilots' federation asks PM Modi for national helicopter safety committee with a 90-day review
The Home Affairs Ministry notified the Census 2027 schedule: self-enumeration from January 10 to 24 and house-to-house counting from January 25 to February 28, 2027, with 40 questions including caste.
Latest: Manipur census deferred indefinitely as NRC-first and Census-first demands collide
Rahul Gandhi, in an open letter to employees, opposed the Cabinet-approved sale of a 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank to Canada's Fairfax and said reservation would end.
At the BJP state executive meeting in Lucknow, Home Minister Amit Shah said a third BJP government in Uttar Pradesh would implement the Uniform Civil Code.
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
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.