'3 idiots' actor Akhil Mishra passed away
Mumbai: Actor Akhil Mishra, known for his role as a librarian in the movie ‘3 idiots’, passed away at 67 on Thursday. The actor is survived by his wife, Suzanne Bernert who is also an actor, reports Indian Express.
Speaking to Indian Express, a close friend of the couple said, the actor was unwell for some time due to blood pressure-related issues. He was working in his kitchen, sitting on a stool, when he reportedly fell down and hurt his head. He was found in a pool of blood and was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors pronounced him dead after a few hours.
According to sources, his wife Suzanne Bernert was in Hyderabad. After hearing the news, she rushed back and has been in shock since then.
Over the years, Mishra has appeared in films like 'Don', 'Gandhi My Father' and 'Shikhar'. Besides films, Akhil has also been a part of several popular television shows, like 'Uttaran', 'Udaan', 'CID', 'Shrimaan Shrimati', 'Hatim' and others.
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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.
