President Biden plans to spend $1.58 trillion of the $5.8 trillion in his proposed 2023 budget to bolster America’s defenses and maintain robust economic growth, while also addressing inflation by lowering the federal deficit and costs for working families. Driving the news: Biden on Monday is sending Congress his top line tax and spending requests…Continue Reading

Joe Biden isn’t a dictionary publisher. But, if he gets his way, the folks in Oxford may need to update their definition of “income.”Driving the news: The White House on Monday will unveil its annual budget proposal, including a minimum tax on unrealized gains for the wealthiest Americans. For the most part, this would mean…Continue Reading

The sun rises behind the U.S. Capitol in the morning ahead of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) – A man accused of attacking at least three police officers with a…Continue Reading

NEW DELHI: In a statement issued on Monday, the Enforcement Directorate has said its searches on former IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan and two other ex-deputy commissioners of Kupwara (J&K) besides some arms dealer in the alleged “illegal” arms licences case has revealed generation of ‘proceeds of crime’ to the tune of Rs 40 crore. “The…Continue Reading

NEW DELHI: The opposition forced a vote in Lok Sabha on Monday before a bill seeking to authorise police to take physical measurements and biological samples of convicts and accused persons for purposes of identification and investigation of criminal cases was introduced in the House. The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill was introduced by junior home…Continue Reading

कीव: रूस और यूक्रेन के बीच जंग (Russia Ukraine War) छिड़े एक महीने से ज्‍यादा समय हो चुका है। अब तक कोई नतीजा नहीं निकल पाया है। इस बीच ऐसी खबरें सामने आ रही हैं जिसमें कहा जा रहा है कि यूक्रेन में केमिकल अटैक का दौर शुरू हो चुका है। दरअसल, प्रसिद्ध यूरोपीय फुटबॉल…Continue Reading

CUET scores will be mandatory for admission to 45 universities for undergraduate programmesNEW DELHI: Eight deemed-to-be universities including the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Jamia Hamdard have expressed a desire to use Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores to admit students to undergraduate courses. The vice chancellors/ directors of these higher education institutions…Continue Reading

NEW DELHI: Considering them to be first-time offenders, a Delhi court on Monday granted bail to Niraj Bishnoi, accused in ‘Bulli Bai’ app case, and ‘Sulli Deals’ app creator Omkareshwar Thakur on humanitarian grounds. It said that continued incarceration would be detrimental to their overall wellbeing. Bishnoi (20), a second-year BTech student, was arrested by…Continue Reading

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has informed the Supreme Court that while probing a money laundering case involving 80,000 Bitcoins, it found a well-planned conspiracy hatched by a Singapore-based firm owned by Indians who have footprints in United Arab Emirates and China. Appearing for the ED, additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati informed a bench of…Continue Reading