DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA 111 136 74 Hostages back, prisoners freed; Trump says long nightmare over NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 13 AMID THE strain in ties with the US over the Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs and the “ongoing global economic uncertainty”, India Monday signalled the revival of bilateral relations with Canada as the two sides agreed on a roadmap to deepen cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, science andtechnology,civilnuclearcollaboration, artificial intelligence, critical minerals and energy. Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand, who reached MUMBAI, OCTOBER 13 DECISION 2025 BIHAR P7 Trade, energy, AI: India, Canada take series of steps to restore ties SHUBHAJIT ROY ALOK DESHPANDE CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ANAND HOLDS TALKS IN DELHI, CONSENSUS ON A ‘NEW ROADMAP’ Both underline ‘respect for each Youcanbealittlebitnicer,Bibi...you’renotatwaranymore:TrumptoNetanyahu other’s concerns and sensitivities’ Defer SIR in Maharashtra until local polls are held in Jan: SEC to ECI AMID ELECTION Commission’s plan for a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) has requested the Election Commissiontodefertheprocess in the state till January 2026. It has pointed out the upcoming local body polls as a reason for the same as it said ‘officials will be busy in the electoral process.’ InaletterdatedSeptember9, the SEC wrote, “The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India has vide its order dated 6th May 2025 directed the State Election Commissiontomakeanendeavour to conclude the elections to local bodies in Maharashtra `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 U.S., EGYPT, TURKEY, QATAR SIGN CEASEFIRE DOCUMENT 83 REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES 14/10/2025 ● Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand in New Delhi. PTI Hitting the reset button THE CHILL in bilateral relations owing to the then Trudeau government’s charges against India now appears to be in the past. With the change of guard in CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Alon Ohel, one of the 20 hostages released by Hamas, reunited with his family in Reim, Israel; (right) a Palestinian prisoner freed from an Israeli jail hugs his family member in Ramallah, West Bank, on Monday. Reuters FULLCOVERAGE,PAGE16 NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI & MAAYAN LUBELL CAIRO, JERUSALEM, OCTOBER 13 HAMAS FREED the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal andIsraelsenthomebusloadsof Palestinian detainees, as US President Donald Trump told Israel's Parliament that peace had arrived in the “holy land”. TheIsraelimilitarysaidithad received all 20 hostages confirmed to be alive, after their transfer from Gaza by the Red THE EDITORIAL PAGE BUSINESS AS USUAL HOPE IN GAZA BY UNNY Trump, disruptor-in-chief, becomes the unlikely peacemaker; what next depends on Hamas and Israel moving to Phase 2 PAGE 10 Cross. The announcement promptedcheering,huggingand weeping among thousands waiting at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv. In Gaza, thousands of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MoSKirtiVardhanSinghwith PresidentTrumpinSharm el-Sheikh.ThePM,inapost onX,saidIndiasupports Trump’s‘sincereeffortsto bringpeacetotheregion’. PTI REPORT, PAGE 2 EPFO allows 100% withdrawal of eligible balance AANCHAL MAGAZINE NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 13 IN A significant change in the withdrawalconditionsforover30 croremembersoftheEmployees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), the retirement fund body’s Central Board of Trustees, in its 238th meeting Monday, streamlined the categories for drawing funds to just three — essential needs (illness, education, marriage); housing needs; and ‘specialcircumstances’—fromthe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Ottawa, the two sides have pressed the reset button, moving to restore stability in ties and cooperation amid the fallout of the Trump tariffs, global economic uncertainty. At least 10 TISS students booked over G N Saibaba death anniversary event EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, OCTOBER 13 THE MUMBAI police Monday registered an FIR against at least 10 students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) for allegedly commemorating the death anniversary (October 12) of former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba, and raising slogansinsupportof formerJNU students Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid currently behind bars in the Delhi riots case. The FIR was registered on a complaint from the TISS administ-ration. Confirming the development,apoliceofficersaidanoffencewasregisteredonchargesof causing prejudice to the nation, causing enmity between various groups,unlawfulassembly,amongothers.Theofficersaidthestudentswerebookedandissuednoticesaccordingly.“Nopermission was taken from the Mumbai policefortheevent,”theofficersaid. 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