Author: Rahul M

Late Joseon-era Buddhist painting returns to South Korea after 70 years in US Seoul, Nov 14 (IANS) A Buddhist painting dating to the late Joseon Dynasty has been returned to South Korea from the United States, about 70 years after it is believed to have been removed from a temple in the aftermath of the 1950–53 Korean War. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York said Friday it has repatriated ‘Siwangdo’ — one of a 10-piece series depicting the 10 kings of the afterlife — to Sinheung Temple in the eastern coastal city of Sokcho. Painted in 1798 during…

The celebrated environmentalist and Padma Shri awardee died at a private hospital in Jayanagar due to age-related ailments.Karnataka’s beloved environmentalist Salumarada Thimmakka, often hailed as the “Mother of Trees,” passed away today at the age of 114. She breathed her last at a private hospital in Jayanagar, Bengaluru, where she was being treated for age-related ailments. Hospital authorities confirmed that despite medical care, her health had been fragile for the past few days, leading to her demise early today.Thimmakka, born in Gubbi Taluk of Tumakuru district, gained national and international recognition for her remarkable contribution to the environment. Alongside her…

November 14, 2025 12:27 PM IST First published on: Nov 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM IST Even though the Bihar election was supposed to be a battle between the NDA and the Opposition Mahagathbandhan, electoral trends show that it is NDA allies JD(U) and BJP that are vying for the position as the single-largest party, with the ruling coalition in the lead in over 180 seats. The Tejashwi Prasad-led RJD, which was the single-largest party in 2020, has suffered a massive blow, with its leads falling below 50 constituencies while the Congress leads are in single digits. These equations, however,…

Early election trends from Bihar indicate a strong surge for Nitish Kumar and the JDU, with the party emerging as the largest political force in the state. Initial results suggest that the JDU may comfortably cross the 160-seat mark, while the opposition, including the RJD and Congress, struggles to keep pace. Despite aggressive campaigning by Tejashwi Yadav and repeated allegations of vote theft, EPIC duplication, and multi-booth voting raised by Congress leaders, the party appears headed for one of its weakest performances, hovering near the 10-seat mark. Political dynamics on the ground such as caste equations, booth-level coordination, and alliance…

Bangladesh: Jamaat, allies slam Yunus for giving ‘flimsy reasons’ to hold election and referendum simultaneously Dhaka, Nov 14 (IANS) As political tensions intensify in Bangladesh, the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami has accused the interim government’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus of creating confusion by announcing that national elections and referendum would be held simultaneously in the first half of February 2026, local media reported. In his address to the people of Bangladesh on Thursday, Yunus said, “The referendum will take place in the first half of February, simultaneously with the general election. This will not in any way hinder the goals…

In the Red Fort terror attack case, the investigators have traced the origins of the explosives used in the deadly blast to Haryana’s Nuh. The explosives procurement network has been traced to the Basai Meo village in the Nuh district and neighbouring areas of Faridabad, Gurugram, and Saharanpur.  The authorities say that Jihadi Dr Umar Un Nabi and his accomplices from the Faridabad module purchased fertilisers and ammonium nitrate from here in the last few months. Posing as farmhouse owners while approaching fertiliser shops in Nuh, the deceased Umar Un Nabi and other accused persons started buying NPK fertilisers in…

North Korea denounces G7’s denuclearization statement Pyongyang, Nov 14 (IANS) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has denounced a joint statement issued recently by G7 foreign ministers in Canada about the DPRK’s “complete denuclearization,” the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday. “The present position of the DPRK does not change according to the rhetorical assertion of the outsiders, and in the present grim geopolitical environment, the possession of nukes is the most correct option to deter the most dangerous and hostile states,” Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui was quoted as saying. A substantial nuclear threat to global…

Washington, Nov 14 (IANS) The United States has officially approved South Korea’s push to build nuclear-powered submarines and voiced its support for the ally’s drive to secure uranium enrichment and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing capabilities, according to a released joint fact sheet. The White House released the document outlining the results of the two summits that President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump held at the White House in Washington in August and in Korea’s southeastern city of Gyeongju last month ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The fact sheet, the first high-level bilateral official document since…

New Delhi: Popular folk singer Maithili Thakur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Alinagar, is leading by 8,500-plus votes.Thakur had got 22,236 votes votes till 11.50 am after six rounds of counting. Binod Mishra of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was second with 13,692 votes, while Biplaw Kumar Choudhary of the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) was a distant third with 686 votes. Alinagar is part of Darbhanga district, while Thakur hails from Benipatti in the neighbouring Madhubani district, about 35 km from the Mithilanchal region in north Bihar.  Show Full Article The BJP, in fielding Thakur, chose to focus…

Early trends show that despite statewide rallies, anti-corruption attacks and a caste-neutral pitch, Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party is struggling to convert its 2-year buzz into votes.