DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES DECISION 2025 BIHAR ● Bhagalpur victims’ lawyer, SC from general seat in PK’s second list ● How Chirag Paswan outflanked his allies in the NDA ● In Kishanganj, two ‘non-citizens’ flagged, make it to voter list `6.00 (`12 IN NORTH EAST STATES, `20 IN ANDAMAN) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 U.S., EGYPT, TURKEY, QATAR SIGN CEASEFIRE DOCUMENT Hostages back, prisoners freed; Trump says long nightmare over ANAND HOLDS TALKS IN DELHI, CONSENSUS ON A ‘NEW ROADMAP’ Trade, energy, AI: India, Canada take series of steps to restore ties Both underline ‘respect for each Youcanbealittlebitnicer,Bibi...you’renotatwaranymore:TrumptoNetanyahu other’s concerns and sensitivities’ PAGE7 SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 13 BENGAL ‘GANGRAPE’ 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 Not midnight as claimed by CM, MBBS student ‘left campus at 8 pm, returned before 10 pm’ SWEETY KUMARI CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 KOLKATA, OCTOBER 13 AS WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned whytheMBBSstudent,whowas allegedly gangraped on Friday in Paschim Bardhaman district, was out of the campus “after midnight”, triggering a row, the timeline of the incident points otherwise. The medical report of the student, who hails from Odisha, points to the sexual assault takingplacebetween8.30pmand9 pm on Friday. The victim is yet to record her statement. “Sexual assault around 8.30 to 9 pm of October 10, 2025,” reads the preliminary medical CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 2 MORE ARRESTED PAGE 5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand in New Delhi. PTI 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,PAGE14 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 12 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.PMModi,inapost onX,saidIndiasupports Trump’s‘sincereeffortsto bringpeacetotheregion’. PTI REPORT, PAGE 2 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 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. EPFO allows 100% withdrawal of eligible balance, eases corpus access 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 — essentialneeds(illness,education, marriage); housing needs; and ‘specialcircumstances’—fromthe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FEWERCATEGORIES,FLEXIBLENORMS 3withdrawalcategories Essentialneeds(illness, education,marriage) ■ Noreasonneededunder Housingneeds Specialcircumstances withdrawupto100per centof‘eligiblebalance’ Minimumserviceperiod Before Now Housing needs 5yrs 1yr Educationand 7yrs 1yr marriage specialcircumstances ■ Memberscannow ■ Membersmustearmark 25%ofcontributions asminimum balance Source: Ministry of Labour & Employment Trust an expert who knows when to switch the tune Flexi Cap Fund^ for agility Scan to know more or contact your MFD/RIA Benefits of investing in Flexi Cap Fund 1 Flexibility to adjust Market Cap allocation 2 Managed by experts with experience across market cycles 3 Flexible approach helps mitigate risk over the long term ^An open ended dynamic equity scheme investing across large cap, mid cap & small cap stocks. 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