French Open: Grand outcome for USA’s Gauff nagapattinam 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 AYA N T H 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 e s s N e w s Se 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 | 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 by its tail rotor. No parity between terrorists and victims, says EAM Food For Thought PLUS 12 P AGES 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 Four killed in mishap at Salem One electrocuted at temple festival Salem: Four Rajasthan natives were killed after the car in which they were travelling hit a retaining wall on a flyover on the Salem-Chennai national highway in Puthupatti near Vazhapadi on Saturday evening | P4 Cuddalore: A man was electrocuted and four others were hurt after a palanquin bearing an idol came in contact with a high-voltage line during a festival at Chinna Irusampalayam near Cuddalore on Friday Chief secy, ex-CS in dock for contempt Chennai: The Madras HC has initiated suo motu contempt of court proceedings against officers who have served as chief secretary of TN from September 19, 2023 until now for failing to take action as per court orders | P4