DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2025, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES `7.00 (`8 RAIPUR, `15 SRINAGAR) 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 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. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Mayawati rules out alliances; praises Yogi, slams Akhilesh BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 9 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at the White House. AP GEORGE MATHEW SANTOSH SINGH 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 RJD LEADER Tejashwi Yadav Thursday promised to enact a law, DECISION ifvotedtopowerin 2025 next month's BIHAR Assembly elections,toensureeachfamilyinthe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 AFTERISRAELandHamasagreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostagedeal,withtheUSplaying acentralroleintheprocess,Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that he spoke to his “friend”PresidentDonaldTrump Blocked from Tata Sons board, trustee points to Tejashwi poll promise: TRADE, DEFENCE, EDUCATION, INNOVATION AT BILATERAL MEET rift: ‘Unprecedented... Law to give each family Amid global instability, India-UK now in a different era’ ties key pillar of stability, says PM a Government job FULLCOVERAGE, P18 GAZAPLAN,BESTOFBOTHSIDES,THEIDEASPAGE, P13 Palestinians celebrate in Gaza. AP MAULSHREE SETH LUCKNOW, OCTOBER 9 SHUBHAJIT ROY PATNA, OCTOBER 9 state has a government job. Tejashwi, the Leader of the OppositioninthestateAssembly, said the proposed Act would be brought “within 20 days of formationof thenewgovernment”. “My first announcement CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PK’S FIRST LIST OUT PAGE 6 2025NOBELPRIZEIN LITERATURE HUNGARIAN MASTER OF LÁSZLÓ KRASZNAHORKAI APOCALYPSE PAGE19 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 P5 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 New Delhi VijaySinghis vice-chairman of TataTrusts E EXPLAINED MAAYAN LUBELL & NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI Modi speaks to Trump, Netanyahu: ‘Historic’ ● TUSSLE CAN HURT INDIA INC PAGE 19 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