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”.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu crossed the south Andhra Pradesh coast near Ongole on November 3, then weakened to a cyclonic storm and by November 4 into a deep depression over coastal Andhra and east Telangana.
Latest: Murasu weakens to deep depression as Naidu seeks early Central aid and Prakasam Barrage gates open
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: Jairam Ramesh calls Election Commission's Form-6 clarification 'word games', demands SIR be halted
Gandhar Nahim Ajij, a seafarer from Gujarat, died when the Indian-flagged vessel MSV Al Jusufi was hit by an unidentified aerial object near Limah, Oman, on November 2, and the Omani Coast Guard rescued the other 13 crew.
Latest: Family of sailor killed off Oman plans burial at Khasab, citing delays in formalities
The Indian embassy in Riyadh said an Indian man critically injured in the 10 October Riyadh airport attack has died, taking the toll of Indians killed in the West Asia conflict to 24, 15 of them seafarers, according to Hindustan Times.
Latest: Indian injured in Riyadh airport attack dies, taking West Asia toll to 24, reports say
Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi quit the National Conference and resigned from the Lok Sabha at a Budgam rally on 3 November, citing unfulfilled promises on Article 370, prisoner release and reservations.
Latest: Ram Madhav denies BJP role in NC friction as Mehdi says he prefers a movement over a party
The Commission for Air Quality Management invoked GRAP Stage II across Delhi-NCR on Monday, 2 November, after Delhi's daily average AQI reached 324, the first 'very poor' reading this season and the worst in 271 days.
Latest: Tuesday readings range from 331 to 605 across outlets; air outlook 'very poor' to 'severe' for five days
Police in Anantapur district say they shot the 21-year-old accused in the legs and arrested him in a forest area on 1 November after he allegedly attacked officers, a day after a Class 10 girl was attacked with a chainsaw in a school; a later report says doctors amputated his right leg below the knee and he is stable.
Latest: Girl off ventilator in Bengaluru; accused's right leg amputated after police shooting
All 17 remand prisoners who escaped Theni district jail on October 26, after allegedly faking a seizure and attacking guards, were recaptured by October 28.
Latest: Legal services authority orders inquiry into Theni escapees' alleged torture, interviews without prison officials
A day after the Supreme Court began contempt proceedings against Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner Ashwini Bhide, BMC began demolishing commercial structures on the 3,400-square-metre Borivali East plot reserved for a BEST bus station.
Latest: BMC demolishes commercial structures on Borivali bus station plot a day after SC froze commissioner's salary
The Air Force sports complex on Lok Kalyan Marg, near the PM's residence, has been closed and sealed after Land and Development Office eviction notices, amid the Centre's push to reclaim the land.
Latest: Ex-IAF chief AP Singh reportedly wrote to Rajnath Singh over sealing of the Air Force complex
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. Sport results skip winding down and are archived after about 2 days, unless police or a court are involved. 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.