Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on X that his government will hand the probe into the killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota to the CBI, accepting the family's demand. Jhota was shot dead in a medical store in Mansa on 13 October, and his family and supporters have been protesting and refusing last rites.
Why it matters: The case ties together drug-trade violence, public anger over policing in Punjab, and a Centre-state role, since the CBI is a Union agency and the Union Home Minister is due to visit.
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Based on 6 articles read in full. Scores describe each article's framing, not the outlet and not whether it is accurate.
Large outlets read: 4 of 15 (The Hindu, Aaj Tak, Republic, ABP).
Coverage is uniformly neutral in stance and agrees on the core facts; outlets differ mainly in how much political reaction and protest detail they add.
No real disagreement between sides in this coverage.
Why: Reports a state murder case and the CBI probe order with both the CM's statement and BJP's criticism. It touches no ideological dimension and stays balanced in tone.
Why: Reports a state government decision and a planned Union minister visit in plain terms, with no clear ideological framing on identity, social justice or statism; the stance is balanced.
Why: A state law-and-order story on a murder and CBI referral, with no real religion, identity, social justice or statism angle. It reports the CM's announcement and the family's demands evenly.
Why: A crime and policing story about a murder probe being handed to the CBI. It touches no ideological dimension and uses neutral wording, with both the government's move and the protesters' demands reported.
Why: Reports the Punjab CM's announcement of a CBI probe and the protests demanding it. Law-and-order and drugs story with no clear religion, social justice or statism angle; balanced sourcing.
Why: Reports a state government decision on a murder probe with no clear ideological framing; mentions family anger and demands, and the Centre's visit, but stays largely factual and balanced.
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High, Medium or Low, based on how much of the article was read, how many clear signals it has, and whether they agree.
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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:
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| 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.
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.
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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.