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    Despite the weakened informal sector contributing to half or more of the GDP, data indicates that its growth continues to surpass the indicators of the formal sector during FY23-FY25 and in the first quarter of FY26 [Representative Image: iStock]
    India

    India overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy: Govt

    30 Dec 2025 6:59 PM IST
    Why Trumps tough stance on trade and visas puts Modi govt in a bind
    India

    Jaishankar to represent India at Khaleda Zia’s funeral in Dhaka

    30 Dec 2025 6:00 PM IST
    Texas student arrest
    Assam

    11 arrested in Assam, Tripura for links to Bangladesh fundamentalist groups

    30 Dec 2025 5:33 PM IST
    Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
    West Bengal

    Chowdhury meets PM Modi over 'attacks' on Bengali-speaking migrants, Matua concerns

    30 Dec 2025 5:24 PM IST
    Sunita Williams
    India

    Astronaut Sunita Williams to participate in Kerala Literature Festival 2026

    30 Dec 2025 5:00 PM IST
    The court acquitted all of the 20 accused, including a minor, ruling that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges alleged beyond reasonable doubt
    Keralam

    Kerala court acquits all accused in 2012 murder of ABVP activist

    30 Dec 2025 4:26 PM IST
    SC directs EC to display SIR discrepancy lists at West Bengal panchayat offices
    India

    Supreme Court brings SOP fixing timelines for oral arguments

    30 Dec 2025 4:07 PM IST
    The Federal top stories of 2025
    Features

    Politics to economy to education to food, what The Federal offered in 2025

    30 Dec 2025 3:55 PM IST
    Bengaluru court discharges HD Revanna in sexual harassment case
    India

    Bengaluru court discharges HD Revanna in sexual harassment case

    30 Dec 2025 3:42 PM IST
    Raihan Vadra and Aviva Baig
    India

    Priyanka Gandhi’s son Raihan gets engaged; who is Aviva Baig?

    30 Dec 2025 3:20 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee rejects Amit Shah’s border fencing claim, slams BJP over SIR
    West Bengal

    Mamata Banerjee rejects Amit Shah’s border fencing claim, slams BJP over SIR

    30 Dec 2025 3:19 PM IST
    Student found dead in hostel of BITS Pilani Goa campus; cops launch probe
    Uttar Pradesh

    Retired railway employee dies; daughter found starving after alleged caretaker abuse

    30 Dec 2025 2:44 PM IST
    PM Modi ‘deeply concerned’ over alleged Ukranian drone attack on Putin’s residence
    India

    PM Modi ‘deeply concerned’ over alleged Ukranian drone attack on Putin’s residence

    30 Dec 2025 2:42 PM IST
    Union Home Minister Amit Shah
    West Bengal

    Amit Shah vows to remove infiltrators from Bengal, slams TMC govt

    30 Dec 2025 1:34 PM IST
    Tripura MBA student Anjel Chakma killed in fight over racial slurs; incident sparks outrage
    Uttarakhand

    Tripura student’s killing in Dehradun triggers NHRC probe

    30 Dec 2025 1:29 PM IST
    Khaleda Zia
    World

    Yunus, Hasina, Modi offer condolences as Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia dies

    30 Dec 2025 1:22 PM IST
    Indian-origin Ricky Gill awarded for peace talk between India and Pakistan (Image: X/Ricky Gill)
    India

    Who is Ricky Gill, Indian-origin Trump adviser awarded for ‘Indo-Pak ceasefire’?

    30 Dec 2025 12:45 PM IST
    Uttarakhand bus accident
    Uttarakhand

    Uttarakhand bus accident: Six to seven feared dead as bus falls into gorge

    30 Dec 2025 12:40 PM IST
    A ‘yellow’ alert was issued for Delhi till 9 am due to the fog and low visibility, by the India Meteorological Department
    Delhi

    Fog continues to disrupt Delhi airport services; 118 flights cancelled

    30 Dec 2025 12:37 PM IST
    Bhandup bus accident
    Maharashtra

    Four killed, nine injured as BEST bus runs over pedestrians in Mumbai’s Bhandup

    30 Dec 2025 10:58 AM IST
    Khaleda Zia dead
    World

    Khaleda Zia’s death marks the end of an era in Bangladesh politics

    30 Dec 2025 9:34 AM IST
    China encircles Taiwan with
    World

    China launches 'Justice Mission 2025' war games to encircle Taiwan

    29 Dec 2025 7:24 PM IST
    Tripura MBA student Anjel Chakma killed in fight over racial slurs; incident sparks outrage
    India

    No evidence of racism in Tripura student’s killing so far: Uttarakhand Police

    29 Dec 2025 6:54 PM IST
    Nepal women
    World

    Nepal cracks down on illegal 'bride buying' for Chinese nationals

    29 Dec 2025 6:19 PM IST
    Unnao, Unnao rape, Kuldeep Singh Sengar, BJP MLA, bribe, The Federal, English news website
    India

    ‘We were not heard’: Sengar’s daughter on SC stay in Unnao case

    29 Dec 2025 6:00 PM IST
    TN attracted Rs 10.14-trillion investments over 4 yrs: State govt
    Business

    India's industrial production grows at 2-year high of 6.7 pc in Nov

    29 Dec 2025 5:48 PM IST
    Migrant worker brutally beaten in Tamil Nadu
    Tamil Nadu

    4 TN teens held for brutally attacking migrant worker; Congress MP seeks action

    29 Dec 2025 5:20 PM IST
    Student found dead in hostel of BITS Pilani Goa campus; cops launch probe
    India

    Two Telangana women die in California road accident, families seek govt assistance

    29 Dec 2025 5:17 PM IST
    Rahul Gandhi
    India

    Rahul Gandhi slams BJP over Anjel Chakma's murder, says ruling party 'normalised hate'

    29 Dec 2025 4:26 PM IST
    Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav
    India

    'Committed to protect Aravallis': Bhupender Yadav welcomes SC stay

    29 Dec 2025 4:15 PM IST
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