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Who is Mohammed Deif, the Hamas commander behind the attack on Israel?

Palestinians march during the funeral of the wife of Hamas's military leader, Mohammed Deif, his infant son Ali and other Palestinians whom medics said were killed in Israeli air strikes, in the northern Gaza Strip August 20, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

DUBAI, Oct 11 (Reuters): Israel calls last week’s devastating attack by Hamas its 9/11 moment. The secretive mastermind behind the assault, Palestinian militant Mohammed Deif, calls it Al Aqsa Flood. The phrase Israel’s most wanted man used in an audio tape broadcast as Hamas fired thousands of rockets out of the Gaza strip on Saturday signalled the attack was payback for Israeli raids at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque. It was in May 2021, after a raid on Islam’s third holiest site that enraged the Arab and Muslim world, when Deif began planning the operation that has killed 1,200 people in

Congress attacks govt over transfer of CAG officers involved in audit of Dwarka Expressway, Ayushman Bharat schemes

New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of intimidating officers of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), who had exposed “corruption” in various schemes, and demanded that their transfer orders be revoked. Citing a media report on the transfer of the officers, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh charged that it is the modus operandi of the Modi government to threaten and remove anyone who “exposes” them. “We demand that these transfer orders should be cancelled immediately, the officers return to the CAG and action must be taken on these mega scams relating to Dwarka Expressway,

Bank of Baroda falls after RBI ban on adding new app customers

BENGALURU, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Shares of Bank of Baroda fell nearly 4% on Wednesday, a day after the Reserve Bank of India stopped the state-run lender from adding customers to its mobile app citing “certain material supervisory concerns.” Shares of the bank were last down 3.4% at 10:59 a.m. IST. It was also the top drag in the Nifty public sector bank index, which was down 0.2%. Bank of Baroda will be allowed to onboard customers to its bob World app only after rectifying certain deficiencies, the RBI said on Tuesday, without giving any details about the issues. “Expect

FCRA violations case: CBI searches at residence of NewsClick founder

New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) The CBI has registered an FIR into the alleged FCRA violations by news portal NewsClick and carried out raids at two locations on Wednesday, officials said. A team of agency officials searched the residence and office of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, who was recently arrested by the Delhi Police in a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, they said. It is alleged that the portal received foreign funds in violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) case, they said. In its probe against the portal, the Delhi Police had alleged that funds were

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