DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2025, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 TWO YEARS OF WAR: U.S. PRESIDENT MAY ATTEND SIGNING CEREMONY IN EGYPT Israel&HamasagreetoPhase1ofTrump’sGaza peaceplan:Ceasefire;freeinghostages,prisoners Hostages to be freed Monday or Tuesday... Gaza will be slowly redone: Trump JERUSALEM, CAIRO, OCT 9 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY ISRAEL AND the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Thursday agreed to cease fire and free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of US President Donald Trump’sinitiativetoendthetwoyear war in Gaza that has upended the Middle East. NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 9 FULLCOVERAGE, P15 GAZAPLAN,BESTOFBOTHSIDES,THEIDEASPAGE, P9 Teenage boy, girl from Pak cross border, walk 40 km to Kutch village MAULSHREE SETH EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE ADDRESSING A rally near the Kanshi Ram memorial in LucknowThursday,BSPpresident Mayawatiassertedthatherparty will fight the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on its own steam, ruling out any alliances. She urged the BSP’s leaders and workerstostepupeffortstobring thepartytopowerandmakeher theChief Ministerforafifthtime. Mayawatiheldthemegarally afterfouryearsontheoccasionof the 19th death anniversary of partyfounderKanshiRam.Itwas projected as a show of strength TWO TEENAGERS from Pakistan crossed over the International Border and illegally entered India through Gujarat’s Kutch district. The 16-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl told the police they escaped from their village as the girl’s family was opposed to their “relationship”. Both hail from the Bhil indigenous ethnic group. Theirvillage,theytoldthepolice, is very close to the border withIndia.Theycrossedoverand reached Ratanpar in Bhachau taluka of Kutch, before being apprehended by the police. LUCKNOW, OCTOBER 9 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 AHMEDABAD, OCTOBER 9 The Indian side of the IndoPak border includes the hostile terrain of the Rann of Kutch, whichispartoftheThardesertregion. “Two persons (intruders) fromPakistanwereapprehended near Ratanpar village after locals informed the police when they were spotted on the outskirts. They are saying they are minors but they don’t have any identificationdocumentsonthem,sowe will have to confirm using medical tests,” Kutch (East) SP Sagar Bagmar told The Indian Express. Khadirpolicefiledadiaryentry about the incident and both were moved to the Joint Interrogation Centre in Kutch whereillegalimmigrantsaredetained. AFTERISRAELandHamasagreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostagedeal,withtheUSplaying acentralroleintheprocess,Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that he spoke to his “friend”PresidentDonaldTrump US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at the White House. AP Blocked from Tata Sons board, trustee points to TRADE, DEFENCE, EDUCATION, INNOVATION AT BILATERAL MEET rift: ‘Unprecedented... Amid global instability, India-UK now in a different era’ ties key pillar of stability, says PM Palestinians celebrate in Gaza. AP CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Mayawati rules out alliances; praises Yogi, slams Akhilesh SHUBHAJIT ROY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 GEORGE MATHEW Indiaglobalplayer,London-Delhitiesjewelincrown:Starmer SHUBHAJIT ROY & ALOK DESHPANDE NEW DELHI, MUMBAI, OCTOBER 9 UNDERLINING THAT India and the UK are “natural partners”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who met his British counterpart Keir Starmer in Mumbai on Thursday,saidthe“growingpartnership”betweenthetwocountries“standsasanimportantpillar of global stability and economic progress in today's time of global instability” — an oblique reference to the US administration’s unpredictability PM Narendra Modi with UK PM Keir Starmer in Mumbai. PTI afterPresidentDonaldTrumpassumed office earlier this year. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 TALIBAN MINISTER STARTS INDIA TRIP P2 MUMBAI, OCTOBER 9 AFTER A bloc within Tata Trusts reportedly voted against his reappointment as nominee director on the board of Tata Sons, Vijay Singh, a trustee and vicechairmanof TataTrusts,saidthat putting any issue to vote was “unprecedented” within the organisation and went against the late Ratan Tata’s insistence on “consensus and unanimity” in decision-making. Responding to queries from The Indian Express, Singh said, “Theideaof votingonanymatter in Tata Trusts is unprecedented. Ratan Tata was very firm that there should always be consensus and unanimity on issues... and perhaps we are now in a VijaySinghis vice-chairman of TataTrusts E EXPLAINED MAAYAN LUBELL & NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI Modi speaks to Trump, Netanyahu: ‘Historic’ ● TUSSLE CAN HURT INDIA INC PAGE 14 different era.” The vote, which was held recently, brought to light a simmering power struggle within the$180-billionTataGroup,with a bloc of four trustees in Tata Trusts led by M Pallonji director Mehli Mistry reportedly opposing Singh’s reappointment to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Ahmedabad