BREAKING: Sidhu's resignation not accepted, says Congress MLA Bawa Henry

The Rajasthan government has suspended one RAS and two RPS officers, along with 13 government teachers and three police personnel, on suspicion of their role in the REET 2021 cheating scandal, ANI reported quoting the state education department.

Congress MLA Bawa Henry told news agency ANI on Tuesday that Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation as the party's Punjab president has not been accepted, and the matter will be resolved soon. “There are 3-4 issues, they are being discussed in the party forum, high command will resolve them,” he added.

As many as 60 students from a boarding school in Karnataka's capital Bengaluru tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, ANI reported by quoting J Manjunath, DC Bengaluru Urban District.

The deputy commandant of Jaguar unit of Jharkhand Police, Rajesh Kumar, who sustained injuries during an encounter in Latehar, succumbed to his injuries, ANI reported quoting the state police on Tuesday.

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee on Tuesday imposed a complete ban on bursting and sale of all kinds of firecrackers till January 1, 2022, ANI reported.

Tamil Nadu government has decided to allow reopening of schools for classes 1 to 8 from November 1.

Gautam Seth resigns as the general secretary (in-charge training) of Punjab Congress following the resignation of party's state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu earlier in the day, ANI reported.

Yoginder Dhingra on Tuesday resigned as the general secretary of Punjab Congress "in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu" who resigned as the state party president hours before, ANI reported.

Mumbai Police has filed an around 350-page charge sheet in the Sakinaka rape and murder case, ANI reported. Earlier, a man was held for the alleged rape of a 30-year-old women, who was also assaulted with an iron rod inserted in her private parts. The victim had later died during the treatment in Mumbai.

Punjab cabinet minister Razia Sultana resigned on Tuesday in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned as the president of Punjab Congress chief hours before. Sultana took oath as a minister two days before.

The office of Director General of the Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday announced that scheduled international commercial flight services suspension has been further extended till October 31, 2021.

After reaching Delhi, former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh said that he is “not going to meet any politician” in the city. “I am here to vacate Kapurthala House, the residence of Punjab CM in New Delhi,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

The Union home ministry on Tuesday issued fresh Covid-19 guidelines for the upcoming festival season, asking states and Union territories (UTs) to follow five-fold strategy and enforce compliance.

Kanhaiya Kumar, and Jignesh Mevani join Congress in presence of Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday. Gandhi has called a special press conference in the national capital.

Former chief minister of Goa, Luizinho Faleiro, who resigned from Congress on yesterday will join Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata tomorrow, news agency ANI reported.

Soon after Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation as the Punjab Congress president, chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi said that whatever was the matter behind the former's resignation “will be settled if he (Sidhu) is upset.” However, Channi quickly noted that Sidhu is “not upset with me.”

Punjab Congress treasurer Gulzar Inder Singh Chahal, who is also Navjot Singh Sidhu's protege, has resigned from his post. This development comes soon after Sindhu's resignation as the Punjab Congress chief.

Following the resignation of Navjot Singh Singh as Punjab Congress chief and former CM Captain Amarinder Singh's Delhi visit, television producer Nikhil Alva said on Tuesday that the Punjab Congress is “living proof of the maxim that reality is stranger than fiction.”

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as the Punjab Congress president because he "could not bear" that a Dalit has been made the state's chief minister - referring to Charanjit Singh Channi's recent appointment to the top spot in the state cabinet.

The Uttar Pradesh government's home department on Tuesday announced that it will allow holding wedding ceremonies and other events at open spaces, with the number of people in attendance to depend on the area. Till now, the cap at weddings and such events was 100 persons.

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday took to Twitter to indirectly comment on what looked like Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation as the president of Punjab Congress. “I told you so…he is not a stable man and not fit for the border state of punjab,” Singh tweeted without naming or tagging anyone in the post.

Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns as the president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC). In his letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu wrote that he will continue to serve the party. Read more here.

Former chief minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh departed for Delhi this afternoon. This is his first trip to the national capital following his resignation from the CM's post. Singh is likely to meet Union home minister Amit Shah tonight.

Sensex recovers after plunging more than 1000 points on Tuesday, while Nifty down by 222 points.

After arriving in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said that they will raise the issues of farmers of the state. He added that MSP is the biggest problem in the country, and they will raise that issue as well. “We'll talk about how vegetable farmers of state can be more benefitted and what policies need to be made for them,” Tikait was quoted as saying by ANI.