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ಹುಡುಕು Huduku · Sunday, 4 October 2026

Reading the news: a worksheet

One story, as each outlet headlined it. Read the headlines, then work through the questions.

PM Modi attends ‘bhajan clubbing’ on Deendayal Upadhyaya's birth anniversary: Video

3 reports from 3 outlets over 41 min.

  • Hindustan Times, India Today and News18 used nearly the same words. Headlines this close usually come from one news agency’s copy.

How each outlet put it

Highlighted: words only this outlet used

Most outlets used: PM, Modi, attends, bhajan, clubbing, Deendayal

  1. Hindustan Times ≈ same wording
    PM Modi attends ‘bhajan clubbing’ on Deendayal Upadhyaya's birth anniversary: Video
  2. India Today ≈ same wording
    PM Modi attends Bhajan Clubbing event on Deendayal Upadhyaya's birth anniversary

    Words only this outlet used: event.

  3. News18 ≈ same wording
    ‘Spectacular’: PM Modi Attends ‘Bhajan Clubbing’ On Deendayal Upadhyaya’s Birth Anniversary | Watch

    Words only this outlet used: Spectacular.

Questions

  1. Which words do most headlines share? Which words does only one outlet use, and what do they stress?

  2. Who reported it first, and how long did the others take? Does “first seen by Huduku” mean they broke the story?

  3. How many different owners carried it? Do any outlets share an owner, or nearly the same words?

  4. Which outlets you know did not carry it? What might explain that?

  5. What is the original source (a judgment, notice, speech or set of figures)? Find it. Does any headline say more than the source does?

  6. If you shared one of these headlines, which would it be, and why?

Trace it to the source?

Stories like this usually start from a document. These are where such documents are published; none is matched to this story.

Each headline links to the outlet’s own report. Huduku shows headlines only. https://huduku.org/story/111