French Open: Grand outcome for USA’s Gauff tadepalligudem l sunday l june 08, 2025 l `12.00 l PAGES 24 l city EDITION 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 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 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 reviewing INDIA expects its global partners bilateral ties and advancing coopto fully respect its zero-tolerance eration in trade, security, technolpolicy on terrorism and will not ac- ogy, and migration. He met Prime cept any equivalence between per- Minister Narendra Modi before petrators and victims, External Af- holding extensive discussions with fairs Minister S Jaishankar Jaishankar. said on Saturday during The UK, which had entalks with UK Foreign Secgaged both India and Pakiretary David Lammy . stan last month, was among Jaishankar’s remarks the countries that welcomed came amid unease in New the May 10 understanding Delhi over attempts by sevbetween the two neighbours. eral countries to draw paralLammy’s visit to Islamabad lels between India and Pakion May 16 further highlightstan following their military We will never ed Britain’s active interest exchanges from May 7-10, in regional diplomacy . countenance after India targeted terror perpetrators of During the talks, Jaisinfrastructure in Pakistan- evil being put hankar expressed appreciaoccupied Kashmir and in at par with its tion for the UK’s condemnavictims Pakistan in response to the tion of the “barbaric” terror Pahalgam terror attack. attack in Pahalgam and its S Jaishankar, “We practise a policy of solidarity in the fight External Affairs zero tolerance against teragainst terrorism. He also Minister rorism and expect our parthailed the recently concludners to understand it, and ed India-UK Free Trade we will never countenance perpe- Agreement and the double contritrators of evil being put at par with bution convention as “truly a mileits victims,” Jaishankar said, stone” in bilateral relations, with reinforcing India’s stance against the potential to significantly boost cross-border terrorism emanating trade, investment, and broader from Pakistan. strategic ties. J AYANTH J A C O B @ New Delhi The private chopper coming to a halt on a highway in Rudraprayag | PTI 2 KSCA office-bearers resign over stampede E x p r ess Ne w s S e r v i ce @ Bengaluru KARNATAKA State Cricket Association (KSCA) Secretary A Shankar and treasurer E S 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 two minors, and injuries to over 55 people during the RCB’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.” Meanwhile, City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said the Cubbon Park police handed over the probe to CID on Friday. The CID has begun its probe. 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 by its tail rotor. No parity between terrorists and victims, says EAM Food For Thought PLUS 12 P AGES CM talks tough against non-performing MLAs S V i s w a n at h @ Vijayawada Making it clear that he will not hesitate to show the door to those who cause damage to the party and the government through their actions, Chief Minister and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu said he will soon hold one-on-one meetings with every MLA to review their performance. “We have to review performance from time to time and discharge our duties responsibly he said. ,” Naidu expressed the view that although the majority of MLAs and MPs are earning public appreciation for their performance, the actions of one or two leaders in some areas are causing harm. He informed that survey reports assessing the efficiency of MPs and MLAs are being collected every six months. The TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu stated that he would encourage and provide opportunities to those who perform well, while distancing those who commit mistakes. “There will be no compromise on this issue, and you all should understand that clearly Naidu emphasized ,” during a teleconference conducted with Ministers, TDP MPs, MLAs, MLCs, and leaders at various levels P4 on Saturday  .