From the Newsroom: P C Chacko resigns from Congress

In your evening news brief, Senior Congress leader P C Chacko resigns from Congress; Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on a PIL against denial of opportunity to eligible and willing female candidates to join the National Defence Academy and BJP MP Tirath Singh Rawat to become the new chief minister of Uttarakhand.

Here is the top news of March 10, 2021:

Senior Congress leader P C Chacko has resigned from the party ahead of Kerala Assembly polls, according to ANI.

"I'd been deliberating upon this decision for past many days. I come from Kerala where there's no Congress party as such. There are 2 parties - Congress (I) & Congress (A). It's a coordination committee of tow parties functioning as KPCC," he said.

Stating that the Congress is a "great tradition", Chacko said, "Being a Congressman is a prestigious thing but today in Kerala nobody can be a Congressman."

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Union government's response on a PIL against denial of opportunity to eligible and willing female candidates to join the National Defence Academy and give them a chance to emerge as future leaders of the Indian Armed force.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued notice to the Union government's Ministry of Defence, National Defence Academy and the UPSC on the petition by advocate Kush Kalra.

BJP MP Tirath Singh Rawat to become the new chief minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat announced on Wednesday after a meeting of BJP legislature party in Dehradun.

Trivendra Singh Rawat had resigned as the chief minister yesterday. Tirath Singh Rawat will be sworn-in as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand in the evening, official sources said. They said preparations have begun at the Raj Bhawan here for the swearing-in ceremony.