At B News, our core mission is to deliver truthful, fearless, impartial, and public-interest journalism to our readers across Karnataka, India, and the global diaspora. This Editorial Policy defines the principles, ethics, and standards that govern how our journalists, editors, contributors, and technology systems report, verify, translate, and publish news.

Every news item published on B News undergoes rigorous scrutiny before publication. We rely primarily on eyewitness accounts, on-the-ground reporting, verified official gazettes, press releases from public institutions, court filings, and recognized news wire agencies (such as PTI, ANI, and official government information bureaus).

• Two-Source Verification: Except in cases of official government communiques or verified on-the-record press conferences, critical factual claims require corroboration from at least two independent credible sources.
• Anonymous Sources: We grant anonymity only when sources face demonstrable professional, legal, or physical danger, and only when the underlying information is of profound public interest and verified by senior editorial leadership.
• Verification of Digital Media: Photographs, video recordings, and social media claims are subjected to reverse image lookups, metadata inspection, and geolocation checks to prevent the dissemination of deepfakes, manipulated clips, or out-of-context historical imagery.

B News embraces ethical technology to broaden linguistic access and deliver real-time news across five vital languages: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), English, Hindi (हिन्दी), Marathi (मराठी), and Urdu (اردو). Our use of Artificial Intelligence (such as Google Gemini and neural machine translation models) is strictly governed by the following editorial safeguards:

• Multilingual Translation Fidelity: Automated translation converts content into other languages while striving to preserve the original journalistic context, tone, and factual fidelity rather than literal word-to-word translation.
• Mandatory AI Disclaimer: In adherence to global transparency standards, any story that involves AI assistance, automated rewriting, or machine translation features a clear, prominent disclosure box below the article content.
• Zero Tolerance for Hallucinations: Editors are prohibited from publishing AI-generated claims or numbers that have not been checked against primary source materials.

B News maintains an impenetrable "Chinese Wall" separating our newsroom from advertising sponsors, commercial advertisers, and political interests. Our editorial coverage is never influenced by:

• Advertiser investments or threats of commercial boycott.
• Commercial relationships of our technology partner R Techub.
• Personal political, economic, or religious beliefs of individual reporters or editors.

All sponsored editorial, paid advertorials, or partner features are clearly and conspicuously labeled with disclosures such as "Sponsored Content", "Partner Message", or "Advertisement".

B News strictly abides by the Norms of Journalistic Conduct issued by the Press Council of India (PCI) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. We never publish the names, photographs, or identifying details of:

• Victims of sexual assault, harassment, or gender-based violence (Section 228A, Indian Penal Code / Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita).
• Juveniles in conflict with the law or child victims.
• Sensationalized depictions of suicides, self-harm, or graphic gore.