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 SHIVAMOGGA  SUNDAY  JUNE 08, 2025  `12.00  PAGES 24  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’ Lammy arrived in New Delhi on a two-day visit aimed at INDIA expects its global part- reviewing bilateral ties and ners to fully respect its zero- advancing cooperation in tolerance policy on terrorism trade, security, technology, and will not accept any equiv- and migration. He met Prime alence between perpetrators Minister Narendra Modi beand victims, External Affairs fore holding extensive discusMinister S Jaishankar said sions with Jaishankar. on Saturday during The UK, which had talks with UK engaged both India and Fo r e i g n S e c r e t a r y Pakistan last month, David Lammy. was among the counJ a i s h a n k a r ’s r e tries that welcomed the marks came amid unMay 10 understanding ease in New Delhi over between the two neighattempts by several bours. Lammy’s countries to draw parvisit to Islamabad on allels between India May 16 further highand Pakistan following lighted Britain’s active their military exchanginterest in regional es from May 7-10, after diplomacy . We will never India targeted terror During the talks, countenance infrastructure in PakiJaishankar expressed perpetrators of evil being put at stan-occupied Kashappreciation for the par with its mir and in Pakistan in UK’s condemnation of victims response to the Pahalthe “barbaric” terror gam terror attack. attack in Pahalgam S Jaishankar, “We practise a policy and its solidarity in External Affairs of zero tolerance the fight against terMinister against terrorism and rorism. He also hailed expect our partners to under- the recently concluded Indiastand it, and we will never coun- UK Free Trade Agreement and tenance perpetrators of evil be- the double contribution coning put at par with its victims,” vention as “truly a milestone” Jaishankar s a i d , in bilateral relations, with the reinforcing India’s stance potential to significantly boost against cross-border terrorism trade, investment, and broader emanating from Pakistan. 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