Aditya Malhotra
Founder & Editor
Sets the editorial line and signs off every correction.
About The Headline Update
The Headline Update is an independent Indian news website with one simple rule: every story shows you who reported it, and links you to the original. We started it because finding true news in India had become harder than finding news.
Why we started
Most Indians now meet the news as forwards, short videos and screenshots of headlines with the source cut off. The same claim can reach a family group in Patna and a housing-society chat in Pune within minutes, long before anyone asks who reported it first.
We built The Headline Update to put that question back at the top of every story. When a report appears here, you can see the publisher that broke it, when they published it, and how many other independent outlets are reporting the same thing. Then you can read the original yourself.
Next to the day’s news, our explainer desk writes plain-language guides on how India works — elections, the RBI, UPI, the monsoon, the RTI Act — because understanding the system is the best protection against being misled about it.
How a story reaches you
- We follow trusted publishers. Our news engine tracks established Indian and international outlets through news APIs and their own RSS feeds, several times a day.
- We sort and tag. Each story is filed under a section and tagged with the topics and the states it mentions, so it reaches the right page.
- We show the coverage. When several outlets report the same event, we group them and show the count, so you can tell a widely reported fact from a single claim.
- We keep it current. News leaves the site after 30 days. Explainers stay, and are updated when the facts change. Errors are corrected in public.
What we promise readers
Read our editorial policyThe source on every story
Each report names its original publisher and links to it. If we cannot say where a story came from, we do not run it.
Corrections in public
When we get something wrong, we fix it and add a dated note saying what changed. Every correction request is reviewed within 48 hours.
No paid news
Advertising is always labelled. Sponsors never decide what we cover, and paid content never appears dressed as a news story.
Every state counts
All 28 states and 8 union territories have their own page, so Agartala gets the same shelf space as Delhi.
Plain language
We write for readers, not insiders. If a term needs explaining, we explain it, or link to an explainer that does.
Your data stays yours
No advertising trackers and no selling of data. Details you send us are used only to reply to you.
The people behind The Headline Update
9 people, one newsroomA small team spread across New Delhi, Noida, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Kochi, working with contributors in every state.
Nandini Rao
Managing Editor & Grievance Officer
Runs the daily desk and answers reader grievances.
Sameer Qureshi
Senior Correspondent, Politics
Parliament, the Election Commission and Uttar Pradesh.
Kavya Iyer
Business & Markets Editor
RBI, markets and personal finance in plain language.
Ananya Das
Explainers & Fact-check Lead
Viral claims, data checks and the explainer desk.
Gurpreet Singh
Sports Writer
Cricket, hockey and kabaddi.
Joseph Mathew
States Desk Coordinator
Works with contributors across 36 states and UTs.
Sneha Kulkarni
Product & Design Lead
Keeps the site fast, readable and accessible.
Rohit Agarwal
Advertising & Partnerships
Ad bookings, invoices and campaign reports.
Our coverage desks
Politics & governance
Parliament, state assemblies, elections and policy, tracked daily with the documents behind the headlines.
Money & markets
Sensex, Nifty, RBI and budgets for people who don’t speak finance, plus small-business news.
States desk
A page for every state and union territory, so news from Agartala gets the same shelf space as news from Delhi.
Explainers & fact-checks
Original guides on how India works and how to check a viral claim before you forward it.
Weather & climate
IMD alerts, monsoon progress, heatwaves and floods, with what they mean for your city.
Exams & careers
Board exams, entrance tests, results and recruitment notices in one place.
Sports
Team India and the IPL, plus hockey, kabaddi, chess and the sports that get less airtime.
Tech & startups
Phones, telecom, AI and digital payments, plus the startups building them.
Open contributions: write for The Headline Update
Some of the most important stories in India never reach a national newsroom. If you know something your town should know, we want to hear from you — whether you are a student, a teacher, a farmer, a doctor or a retired engineer.
What we accept
- News tips with documents, photos or names we can verify.
- Ground reports of 300–800 words about your area.
- Explainers on a subject you know professionally.
- Corrections and missing context on any story on this site.
Our ground rules
- Write what you saw or can prove. Tell us your sources, privately if you need to.
- Send only your own words and pictures, and say if they were published elsewhere.
- No hate speech, no defamation, and nothing that identifies a minor or a survivor of sexual violence.
- We may edit for clarity and length, and we credit you unless you ask us not to.
Ownership and accountability
- Owned and operated by
- The Headline Update Media (Sole proprietorship)
- Proprietor and editor
- Ravi Kumar
- Registered office
- B-42, Second Floor, Sector 63, Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 201301, India
- Founded
- 2025
- Grievance Officer
- Nandini Rao, grievance@theheadlineupdate.com
- Funding
- Clearly labelled advertising. We take no money in exchange for coverage.
Work with us
Advertisers can book banner, ticker and homepage placements from ₹49 a day and see the exact price before paying.
For anything else — partnerships, syndication, events — write to contact@theheadlineupdate.com or call +91 9876543210.