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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.

Kerala orders vigilance probe into 2006 suicide case linked to CEC Gyanesh Kumar

8 reports from 7 outlets over 4 hours. Those outlets have 6 owners.

  • Times of India and The Economic Times have the same owner: The Times Group.
  • Times of India, Business Today and NDTV 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: probe, Gyanesh, Kumar, Kerala, 2006, case

  1. Times of India ≈ same wording
    Kerala orders vigilance probe into 2006 suicide case linked to CEC Gyanesh Kumar

    Words only this outlet used: linked.

  2. Business Today ≈ same wording
    Kerala orders vigilance probe against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in 2006 engineer suicide case
  3. NDTV YouTube Video ≈ same wording
    Kerala Orders Vigilance Probe Into Gyanesh Kumar In 2006 Malaysian Engineer Suicide Case
  4. The Economic Times
    Kerala orders Vigilance probe against Gyanesh Kumar
  5. News18 YouTube Video
    Gyanesh Kumar Faces Fresh Vigilance Probe Over 2006 Suicide Case

    Words only this outlet used: Faces Fresh.

  6. NDTV
    Kerala Orders Vigilance Probe Against Gyanesh Kumar In 2006 Case
  7. The Indian Express Cities
    Kerala reopens probe against Gyanesh Kumar in 2006 graft case that saw Malaysian engineer’s suicide

    Words only this outlet used: reopens, graft, saw.

  8. Hindustan Times
    Keralam orders probe against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over 2006 road project case

    Words only this outlet used: road project.

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/1447