India Today media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places India Today as leaning right. We have seen it on 765 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is India Today biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places India Today as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is India Today left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places India Today as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is India Today reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for India Today are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What India Today has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with India Today’s own report linked underneath.
An Indian-flagged cargo ship, the MSV AL JUSUFI, was attacked by an unidentified aerial object off the coast of Oman. One of the 14 Indian sailors on board died from his injuries, while the remaining 13 were rescued by the Omani Coast Guard.
India Today reported it asGujarat sailor killed as India-flagged cargo ship comes under attack near Oman (opens India Today in a new tab)
Iranian state media reported hearing five explosions on Qeshm Island, near Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province. Some residents reported seeing two aircraft in the sky. No official confirmation of the source has been released.
India Today reported it asUS strikes Iran's Qeshm Island after Trump says deal with Tehran 'could happen' (opens India Today in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated he would become 'Mr. Veto' if Democrats gain a majority in Congress, indicating he would reject legislation before eventually making deals. The comments were made in an interview with the New York Post.
India Today reported it asTrump vows to become Mr Veto if Democrats capture Congress in midterm polls (opens India Today in a new tab)
The Indian Ministry of Defence has signed contracts worth ₹53,866.50 crore for eight Next Generation Corvettes for the Indian Navy. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited will build five, and Goa Shipyard Limited will build three. This marks the first time the Navy has indigenously designed ships to be built by public sector undertakings.
India Today reported it asNavy gets firepower boost with Rs 53,866-crore deal for 8 next-gen corvettes (opens India Today in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington evaluated potential renewed military action against Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated diplomatic talks with Iran have continued without interruption.
India Today reported it asDoomsday Iran strike loading? Israel polls, US mid-terms and Trump's big dilemma (opens India Today in a new tab)
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation removed a video featuring actor Dia Mirza from its pollution-free Diwali campaign after objections from BJP Mumbai chief Ameet Satam. The move sparked controversy, with the deputy mayor calling for its restoration.
India Today reported it asBMC deletes Dia Mirza's pollution-free Diwali video after BJP objection (opens India Today in a new tab)
Three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi. The move follows the AAP's announcement of its first list of candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. The AAP has approached the Assembly Speaker regarding the defecting MLAs.
India Today reported it asNo Punjabiyat left in Punjab: 3 AAP rebels join BJP, attack Mann government (opens India Today in a new tab)
Delhi traders are warning of significant business disruption and potential losses of up to Rs 12,000 crore due to the INDIA bloc's rally at Ramlila Maidan. The Chamber of Trade and Industry estimates 2.5 lakh shops could remain shut, impacting trade during the crucial Diwali shopping season.
India Today reported it asPolitics has its place, business too: Delhi traders fume after INDIA bloc rally (opens India Today in a new tab)
Donald Trump told a campaign rally he could have won the Vietnam War in a week and the Afghanistan War in three weeks. He also referred to the use of Agent Orange and suggested bombing Ho Chi Minh City.
India Today reported it asCould've won in a week: Trump's Vietnam War claim draws flak on internet (opens India Today in a new tab)
Tamil Nadu Minister Adhav Arjuna has proposed the creation of a separate state flag and making Tamil a compulsory subject in all schools. The BJP criticized the flag proposal as reflecting a separatist mindset.
India Today reported it asTVK minister revives demand for Tamil Nadu flag, BJP slams separatist mindset (opens India Today in a new tab)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has criticised the INDIA bloc's rally in Delhi, held on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Shah stated that Rahul Gandhi's turn to become Prime Minister would never come and accused the Congress of hurting Sikh sentiments.
India Today reported it asRubbing salt in wound: Amit Shah slams Rahul over rally on anti-Sikh riots anniversary (opens India Today in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington evaluated potential renewed military action against Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated diplomatic talks with Iran have continued without interruption.
India Today reported it asIsrael prepares for renewed Iran war as Trump, Netanyahu speak ahead of US midterms (opens India Today in a new tab)
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has claimed the Trump administration could launch a nuclear strike on Iran within days. He alleged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressuring President Trump to attack an underground facility known as 'Pickax Mountain'. Carlson did not provide evidence for his claims.
India Today reported it asIsrael prepares for renewed Iran war as Trump, Netanyahu speak ahead of US midterms (opens India Today in a new tab)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has criticised the INDIA bloc's rally in Delhi, held on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Shah stated that Rahul Gandhi's turn to become Prime Minister would never come and accused the Congress of hurting Sikh sentiments.
India Today reported it asAmit Shah Mocks Rahul Gandhi Over Mock Parliament, Predicts Opposition Stint Beyond 2029 (opens India Today in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that the US has neutralized much of Iran's military but still needs to address one or two targets, including a suspected nuclear site. He suggested these could be dealt with quickly.
India Today reported it asOne or two targets to take care of: Trump's Iran threat after Mojtaba's warning (opens India Today in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
India Today reported it asTrump loses $10bn lawsuit against WSJ over Epstein letter, barred from suing again (opens India Today in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that there is growing international interest in a limited ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure the passage of grain and energy shipments. India and Turkey have put forward proposals to facilitate this, which the US is currently examining.
India Today reported it asIndia, Turkey propose ideas to resume Black Sea grain shipments amid war: Rubio (opens India Today in a new tab)
The US Embassy in Moscow issued a warning about a credible threat of a mass casualty event at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve. Russia's FSB confirmed receiving the information and stated that appropriate measures are being taken.
India Today reported it asUS warns Russia of planned 'mass casualty' terror threat at Moscow museum (opens India Today in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
India Today reported it asNo geographic restriction: Mojtaba Khamenei orders Iran military to prepare for immediate US attack (opens India Today in a new tab)
President Donald Trump attended a Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Saturday, arriving dressed as himself. He told reporters that his costume preparation took only ten minutes, while other guests spent significantly longer.
India Today reported it asShut up, dope, you loser: Donald Trump loses his cool at heckler in Florida rally (opens India Today in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleanRightCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Mixed factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckmixedCheck it
Who owns it
- Living Media India LimitedMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, India
- Official site
- indiatoday.in
- Seen publishing on
- indiatoday.in
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 765
- Reports listed
- 857
- We could read
- 42
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
815 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 42 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 145 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and India Today ran the story anyway.
Across the 765 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than India Today’s on 8 of them. Overall it filed a median of 19 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as India Today, also publishing from India, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
Think this page is wrong?
The leanings above are published by AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check, and we republish them rather than make them. If you think one is misapplied, the strongest place to say so is with the organisation that made it, and every verdict here links to their page.
What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where India Today publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
Report something wrong on this page
Anything we correct is written up in the public corrections log. We do not publish reader votes as a rating, because an unattributed rating is the thing this site exists to argue against.
Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.