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ಹುಡುಕು Huduku · Friday, 6 November 2026

Reading the news: a worksheet

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

1980 Moscow Olympics gold medal stolen from home of hockey star M.M. Somaya in Bengaluru

8 reports from 8 outlets over 15 hours. Those outlets have 7 owners.

  • Hindustan Times and Mint have the same owner: KK Birla Group.

How each outlet put it

Highlighted: words only this outlet used

Most outlets used: gold, Bengaluru, Olympics, medal, stolen, home

  1. The Hindu News
    1980 Moscow Olympics gold medal stolen from home of hockey star M.M. Somaya in Bengaluru

    Words only this outlet used: star.

  2. Hindustan Times
    Ex-India hockey captain MM Somaya says 1980 Olympic Gold stolen in Bengaluru home burglary
  3. The Indian Express Cities
    Olympic gold medal stolen from ex-hockey captain M M Somaya’s Bengaluru home
  4. Outlook India
    Olympic Gold Stolen! Bengaluru Burglers Steal M. M. Somaya's Medal From New Thippasandra Home

    Words only this outlet used: Burglers, Thippasandra.

  5. Mint News
    Ex-Indian hockey captain MM Somaya's 1980 Moscow Olympics gold medal stolen from Bengaluru residence

    Words only this outlet used: residence.

  6. Olympic gold, three more medals stolen from hockey veteran’s home in Bengaluru

    Words only this outlet used: three, veteran’s.

  7. Times of India
    Oly gold, Asiad medals stolen from hockey legend Somaya's Bengaluru home

    Words only this outlet used: Oly, Asiad.

  8. India Today
    Burglars steal hockey legend MM Somaya's Olympic gold medal from Bengaluru home

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?

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