School Assembly Headlines (24.09.2026): Catch up before the first bell

From major developments around the Election Commission to fresh political appointments, campus developments and key court proceedings, Wednesday’s news cycle has been packed. Internationally, attention is also on US President Donald Trump’s remarks on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor.

NATION

• SIR row: Oppn demands CEC's removal on 'Gyaneshgate', EC defends differing views
  New Delhi: Expansive red flags raised by two Election Commissioners within the poll panel over the Special Intensive Revision of the voter list triggered a political storm on Wednesday, with the Opposition demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's removal and the poll panel asserting that differing views are a normal part of deliberation.
• EC says differing views normal part of deliberations; all orders carry legal sanctions
  New Delhi: Under fire over red flags raised by two of its Commissioners over the SIR process, the Election Commission on Wednesday asserted that differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberation in any institution and all its orders carry full legal sanction and follow established statutory procedures.
• BJP appoints state in-charges; Smriti Irani gets Haryana, Chhattisgarh; Ram Madhav TN, Uttarakhand
  New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday appointed in-charges and co-in-charges for all 28 states and eight Union territories, assigning Haryana and Chhattisgarh to national general secretary Smriti Irani and Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand to party vice-president Ram Madhav, officials said.
• IIT Bombay sets up panel to probe student's suicide, Doolla sent on leave
  Mumbai/New Delhi: IIT Bombay on Wednesday set up a 10-member high-level committee to probe the circumstances surrounding the alleged suicide of B Tech student Sahil Wakode, an official said.
• CGPSC scam: ED alleges Rs 45 lakh 'CSR' payment to ex-CGPSC chief for favouring businessman's kin
  Raipur: The ED has claimed that arrested former Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) chairman Taman Singh Sonwani received Rs 45 lakh through an institution controlled by him in return for favouring a businessman's son and daughter-in-law in the 2021 state service examination.
• Mamata demands CEC's arrest, fresh Bengal assembly polls with pre-SIR voter list
  Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and fresh assembly elections in the state with the pre-SIR voter list, alleging that the BJP and the poll panel had ‘looted’ the polls held earlier this year.
• Jamui case: RJD's women wing takes out protest march in Patna, demands CM's resignation
  Patna: The RJD's women's wing on Wednesday took out a march in Patna against the alleged molestation incident in Jamui, claiming that crimes against women were on the rise in Bihar.
• K'taka CM responds positively to T'gana's request to release Krishna water: Minister
  Hyderabad: Telangana Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Wednesday said Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar responded positively to the request to release water from the Almatty and Narayanpur reservoirs to save crops in downstream Telangana.
• SC gives split opinions on referring to larger bench pleas against 2023 law appointing CEC, ECs
  New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave split opinions on whether a batch of pleas challenging the validity of a 2023 law that excludes the Chief Justice of India from the panel for selecting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a larger Constitution bench.

FOREIGN:

• President Trump voices strong support for India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor
  United Nations: US President Donald Trump has said that his administration strongly supports the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC), saying there is a need to shift energy infrastructure away from Iranian checkpoints amid multiple strikes on West Asian countries.

That’s your quick roundup of the biggest developments making headlines. Stay informed, keep questioning, and follow the latest updates as the day unfolds.