India has signed bilateral agreements with France and the US that will allow airlines of each country to operate international flights starting Friday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday, adding that similar arrangements with Germany and the UK are being worked out too. Sachin Pilot has "gone to a point of no return", the Congress said today as he and his rebel squad took the party to court today. Team pilot has challenged disqualification notices served to them yesterday for "anti-party activities" after they skipped two meetings of Congress MLAs called by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The Guna incident, in which a Dalit couple consumed poison after they were allegedly manhandled by the police during an anti-encroachment drive, has led to a slugfest between the BJP and the Opposition parties. All entry points of Meghalaya located at Byrnihat, Ratacherra, Bajengdoba, Tikrikilla, Mirjumla and Hallidayganj will be closed from midnight of July 23 to midnight of July 31, an order issued by the Chief Secretary of the state said. Heavy rains in Mumbai led to two building collapses in two different areas of the city today.The first accident took place in the Fort area of south Mumbai when a portion of a six-storey residential building collapsed, leaving several people trapped under the debris. In a separate incident, a three-storied chawl collapsed in Malwani in the Malad suburb of Mumbai, killing one person and leaving several trapped under the debris.
