Original shooting star Jaspal Rana no more Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker pays tribute to her coach Jaspal Rana at his residence in Dehradun. Rana breathed his last in Delhi on Friday | PTI chennai l saturday l june 13, 2026 l `9.00 l PAGES 20 l late city EDITION Jaspal Rana, one of India’s finest pistol shooters who made a hugely successful transition to coaching and guided Manu Bhaker to epoch-making twin bronze medals at the Paris Olympics, has shockingly died at a mere 49 years of age after battling cardiac complications. His death has created a massive void in coaching leadership I P15 CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Giving Wings to Aspirations of Youth `28-crore bribe DVAC to restart probe against former minister E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ Chennai The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Friday told the Principal Sessions Court in Chennai that it would reinvestigate the `27.9 crore bribery case against former minister and DMK MLA R Vaithilingam. Several opposition parties, including BJP and AIADMK, had heavily criticised the then DMK government for “washing machine” politics after the DVAC sought to close the case shortly after Vaithilingam joined DMK in January 2026. The case pertains to an FIR registered against Vaithilingam for allegedly accepting the bribe from a private housing promoter in exchange for planning permission to raise additional housing units at a site in Perungalathur. The alleged bribe was paid when he was serving as the housing minister between 2011 and 2016 in the AIADMK government led by former CM J Jayalalithaa.  P7 10,000+ Atal Tinkering Labs connecting 1.1+ crore students with science and technology US-Iran deal close ment the deal and resolve remaining issues, according THE White House is signal- to a US official. Plans for the ing optimism about a prospec- next round of peace talks are tive peace deal with Tehran, already underway . voicing confidence that it will S e p a r at e ly, Pa k i s t a n’s wrap up the deal with support Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharfrom Iran and Israel after if said Friday that the final weeks of negotiatext of a US-Iran tions on the most inpeace deal had been tractable issues, inagreed upon. cluding the future Earlier, Iranian of Iran’s nuclear Foreign Minister program. Araghchi had sugA senior US adgested progress in ministration offithe negotiations, cial, on condition of saying the “Islamaanonymity, said the bad Memorandum deal was 80% to 85% We can now confirm of Understanding done and that the that a final, agreed h a s n eve r b e e n upon text of the US side believes closer”. peace deal has been “most of the people reached... Peace has “Pending its finalwho have authority” never been this close isation, the media in the Iranian govshould refrain from as it is now er nment want to entering speculaShehbaz Sharif, Pak PM tion about its consign onto the deal. S o u rc e s s ay a tent,” he said in a signing ceremony could be social media post, without held in Geneva, Switzerland, providing any details. Presias early as Sunday. A signed dent Trump shared Araghproposal would trigger a 60- chi’s post on his own social day period for “technical” ne- media timeline, but without gotiations on how to imple- giving further details.  P13 A G E NC I E S @ Dubai/Washington US diplomat summoned J aya n t h J a c o b @ New Delhi US President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Iran for the attacks on Indian ships leaving the Strait of Hormuz, describing the incident as “totally unacceptable.” In a post on Truth Social, he said: “....Their (Iran’s) totally rebuffed drone attack last night against Indian ships leaving the Hormuz Strait is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.” Trump’s remarks came hours after New Delhi summoned US Chargé d’Affaires Jason Meeks for the second time on Friday to lodge a strong protest over recent attacks on vessels that killed three Indian seafarers off the coast of Oman. Iran’s embassy in Delhi said Trump’s statement on Iran drone attack on Indian vessels is baseless and an effort to “divert public attention”. AI-171 crash report wait gets longer S L a li t h a @ New Delhi Exactly a year after Air India flight 171 crashed during takeoff at Ahmedabad, killing 260 passengers and crew, there was no closure for the family members of the victims as the much-awaited final probe report remained elusive. Instead, the Aircraft Accident Investigations Bureau put out a bland interim statement. The final report will take two-three more months, said a source familiar with the developments. Asked about ICAO’s recommendation on the final probe report into any major accident within 12 months of the incident, the source said, “It only encourages the submission of the report. It is not binding. Interim reports also can be submitted, which is what we have done.” The source said the DGCA will visit the US soon to inspect the Boeing’s Fuel Control Switch in the wake of controversy over its malfunctioning. AI-171’s fuel switch moved to OFF shortly after take-off, resulting in the crash. 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