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Rupee rises 21 paise to 90.73 against the US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Feb 23 (PTI) The rupee surged by 21 paise to 90.73 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, aided by a sharp fall in global crude oil prices and a weaker greenback amid renewed uncertainties over US President Donald Trump hiking tariffs to 15 per cent. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was down 1.09 per cent at USD 70.98 per barrel. A strong opening in domestic equity markets, along with a jump in forex reserves, provided further support to the local unit, according to forex traders. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 90.76

Firing heard outside BHU hostel

Varanasi(UP), Feb 22 (PTI) Gunshots were allegedly heard outside a hostel here at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), officials said on Sunday. No one was injured in the incident. Roshan Mishra, a third-year BA student, alleged that he was standing outside the hostel when three youths arrived on a motorcycle and suddenly opened fire in the air. Police have registered a case against three persons allegedly involved in the incident and efforts are underway to catch them, they said. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Vaibhav Banker said that ACP, Bhelupur received information regarding the firing at BHU around 9:30

Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional

NEW YORK, February 22, 2026 (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, saying a law used to force the public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional. The lawyers filed papers late Friday in Manhattan federal court to try to block the release of documents from a since-settled civil defamation lawsuit brought a decade ago by the late Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre against Maxwell. The Justice Department recently asked a judge to lift secrecy requirements on the files. Maxwell’s attorneys said the

Clueless foreign policy or one-sided surrender?, asks Kharge on US interim trade deal

New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday questioned the Modi government’s haste in falling into a ‘trap deal’ with the United States, asking why the government did not wait for the US Supreme Court’s judgment on tariffs. “Clueless foreign policy or one-sided surrender? Why did the Modi Government not wait for the US Supreme Court judgement on tariffs before rushing to fall into a TRAP DEAL, which extracted huge concessions from India?,” Kharge asked in a post on X. Clueless Foreign Policy or One-Sided Surrender? Why did the Modi Govt not wait for the US Supreme

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