{
  "id": 19908744,
  "title": "SC directs TN to explain delay in restoring smuggled idols, artefacts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/sc-directs-tn-to-explain-delay-in-restoring-smuggled-idols-artefacts",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T02:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-directs-tn-to-explain-delay-in-restoring-smuggled-idols-artefacts-101794597784123.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to explain the delay in restoring temple artefacts and idols smuggled to museums and art galleries after a report submitted by the state’s idol wing stated that in the past 12 years, only 29 idols were repatriated from foreign destinations while 75 idols remain to be brought back",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}