Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): The Indian Navy will hold its Navy Day celebrations on December 3 at Shankumugham Beach here in the afternoon.
President Droupadi Murmu will attend the event as the chief guest.
According to a Defence Ministry release on Wednesday, the programme will feature a series of naval exercise demonstrations, showcasing what the Navy describes as its "combat strength and capabilities."
Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi will host the event.
Full-dress rehearsals are scheduled for the afternoons of November 29 and December 1 at Shankumugham Beach.
Speaking about the preparations, Commodore Viju Samuel said, "Preparations are progressing excellently, with full support from the state government."
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
