So friends.. I kind of lost hope after keeping an eye on timelines posted here and observing that people whose photos re-submission happen on or after Jan11 were getting ghost updates / approvals where I didn't got any updates as such.
Well today by noon i received an email telling profile updated. And now the status got changed to Approved and the message line -
"Your application is approved. We have mailed the card and delivery will be within 6 weeks."
Landing on Nov 21st 2018 .
photos re-submission request on Jan 7 2019.
photos delivered on Jan 11 2019
Feb 05 2019 - received IRCC survey email
March 08 2019 - ircc email on profile update
March 08 2019 - PR card Application approved
Waiting for the card now....