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.
Gauhati HC Quashes Pranab Doley’s NSA Detention After 117 Days of Jail
5 reports from 5 outlets over 5 hours.
How each outlet put it
Highlighted: words only this outlet used
Most outlets used:
- The Wire changedGauhati HC Quashes Pranab Doley’s NSA Detention After 117 Days of Jail
Words only this outlet used: 117 Days, Jail.
Earlier headline Breaking | Gauhati HC Quashes Pranab Doley’s NSA Detention After 117 Days of Jail · change seen 6 Nov, 1:35 pm?
- Gauhati HC quashes NSA detention of activist Pranab Doley
- Gauhati HC quashes detention under NSA of land rights activist Pranab Doley
Words only this outlet used: under, land rights.
- Assam activist Pranab Doley’s NSA detention quashed by Gauhati HC
- The Hindu NewsGauhati High Court quashes Assam activist’s NSA detention
Words only this outlet used: High Court.
Questions
Which words do most headlines share? Which words does only one outlet use, and what do they stress?
Who reported it first, and how long did the others take? Does “first seen by Huduku” mean they broke the story?
How many different owners carried it? Do any outlets share an owner, or nearly the same words?
Which outlets you know did not carry it? What might explain that?
What is the original source (a judgment, notice, speech or set of figures)? Find it. Does any headline say more than the source does?
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/12012