French Open: Grand outcome for USA’s Gauff USA’s Coco Gauff captured the women’s singles title at the French Open with an impressive come-from-behind victory over World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in Paris on Saturday. This is the 21-year-old’s maiden win at the Roland Garros and her second Grand Slam title in singles — her first was US Open in 2023. The final score read 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in Gauff’s favour | P11 BENGALURU  SUNDAY  JUNE 08, 2025  `12.00  PAGES 24  LATE CITY EDITION CHENNAI I MADURAI I VIJAYAWADA I BENGALURU I KOCHI I HYDERABAD I VISAKHAPATNAM I COIMBATORE I KOZHIKODE I THIRUVANANTHAPURAM I BELAGAVI I BHUBANESWAR I SHIVAMOGGA I MANGALURU I TIRUPATI I TIRUCHY I TIRUNELVELI I SAMBALPUR I HUBBALLI I DHARMAPURI I KOTTAYAM I KANNUR I VILLUPURAM I KOLLAM I TADEPALLIGUDEM I NAGAPATTINAM I THRISSUR I KALABURAGI CLOSE CALL FOR SIX AFTER COPTER LANDS ON HIGHWAY ‘PARTNERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND INDIA’S NO-TOLERANCE POLICY’ on a two-day visit aimed at reviewing bilateral ties and adINDIA expects its global part- vancing cooperation in trade, ners to fully respect its zero-tol- s e c u r i t y, t e ch n o l o g y, a n d erance policy on terrorism and mig ration. He met Prime will not accept any equivalence Minister Narendra Modi before between perpetrators and vic- holding extensive discussions tims, External Affairs Minister with Jaishankar. S Jaishankar said on Saturday The UK, which had engaged during talks with UK both India and PakiForeign Secretary Davstan last month, was id Lammy . among the countries J a i s h a n k a r ’s r e t h at we l c o m e d t h e marks came amid unMay 10 understanding ease in New Delhi over between the two attempts by several neighbours. Lammy’s countries to draw parvisit to Islamabad on allels between India May 16 further highand Pakistan following lighted Britain’s actheir military exchangtive interest in rees from May 7-10, after gional diplomacy. India targeted terror During the talks, We will never infrastructure in PakiJaishankar expressed countenance stan-occupied Kashmir appreciation for the perpetrators of evil being put at and in Pakistan in UK’s condemnation of par with its response to the Pahalthe “barbaric” terror victims gam terror attack. attack in Pahalgam “We practise a poliand its solidarity in S Jaishankar, cy of zero tolerance the fight against terExternal Affairs against terrorism and rorism. He also hailed Minister expect our partners to the recently concluded understand it, and we India-UK Free Trade will never countenance perpe- Agreement and the double trators of evil being put at par contribution convention as with its victims,” Jaishankar “truly a milestone” in bilatersaid, reinforcing India’s stance al relations, with the potential against cross-border terrorism to significantly boost trade, i emanating from Pakistan. nv e s t m e n t , a n d b r o a d e r Lammy arrived in New Delhi strategic ties. J AYA N T H J A C O B @ New Delhi The private chopper coming to a halt on a highway in Rudraprayag | PTI Two top office-bearers of KSCA resign EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bengaluru KARNATAKA State Cricket Association (KSCA) Secretary A Shankar and Treasurer ES Jairam have resigned from their posts, taking moral responsibility for the stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday that led to the death of 11 people including 2 minors and injuries to over 55 people during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s victory celebration. In a joint statement on Saturday, Shankar and Jairam said, “Due to the unforeseen and unfortunate events that have unfolded in the the last two days, and though our role was very limited but owing moral responsibility, we wish to state that last night we have tendered our resignations to our respective posts as the Secretary and Treasurer of the KSCA, through a letter dated June 6, to the president of KSCA.” Former India cricketer Raghuram Bhat is KSCA president. Bhat told the media, “There was an emergency meeting on Saturday and the resignations of Shankar and Jairam were accepted.” Refusing to comment on the Chinnaswamy stampede, he said KSCA will extend full support to investigating agencies. CID BEGINS STAMPEDE PROBE: P5 EXPRESS READ Evasion won’t protect ECI, says Rahul New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit back at the Election Commission after sources in the poll panel rejected allegation of rigging in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls, saying evasion would not protect its credibility but telling the truth would | P7 Man severes wife’s head, takes to cops 55 villagers thrash 3 boys in Gadag Bengaluru: A man arrived at a police station on the outskirts of Bengaluru with his wife’s severed head around 12.40 am on Saturday. The accused told the cops that he beheaded his wife over her alleged extramarital affair | P5 Gadag: Banahatti village of Naragund taluk has turned tense after villagers tied three boys to a flagpole and thrashed them for sending obscene messages to girls. One of the boys has been admitted to hospital and his condition is serious | P5 WITH THIS ISSUE DEHRADUN: Five pilgrims and a pilot onboard a helicopter had a narrow escape when the aircraft on its way to Kedarnath made an emergency landing on the highway in Rudraprayag district on Saturday after developing a technical snag during take-off, officials said. The pilot sustained minor injuries and was rushed to a hospital. Videos on social media showed the helicopter standing in the middle of the highway and with a car that was damaged P8 by its tail rotor. NO PARITY BETWEEN TERRORISTS AND VICTIMS, SAYS EAM Food For Thought PLUS 12 P AGES