Our news standards

What we publish

Each live city gets a local Desi news roundup written from named, linked sources — openings, events, festivals, community achievements, civic news that affects Desi residents. Every claim in a roundup traces to a source a reader can open. If fewer than two solid local sources exist on a given day, we publish nothing for that city rather than pad.

The named-subject rule

Desi.Net does not publish negative stories about named local businesses or named private individuals. Not accusations, not health-code write-ups, not court coverage of private people — even when a larger outlet has reported it, and even when it is true. We are a community's home page, not its police blotter. Civic and public-interest news — protests, policy, public officials acting in office, disasters — is reported normally.

We adopted this rule after getting it wrong once: in July 2026 a summary article wrongly attached a health-inspection report to a named restaurant the source never named. The owner told us; the story came down the same day; and the rule above — plus a check that blocks any story pairing a named subject with an allegation its sources don't support — now runs on everything before and after publication. We publish this because owning a mistake beats pretending it never happened.

Frequently asked

Who writes the news? The Desi.Net newsroom writes original roundups from the linked sources; nothing is copied, and headline+link+snippet is the most we ever take from another outlet's work.

Can I send news? Yes — community news, events and openings are welcome at desi.net/contact.

Something about me/my business is wrong? See corrections & removals — errors are actioned in minutes.