February 21, 2026 09:18 pm (IST)

Make this your homepage

Bollywood

Rahul Gandhi slams Modi as ‘compromised’, says PM can’t renegotiate India-US trade deal | Terror alert in Delhi: LeT may target Chandni Chowk with IED, say reports | US Supreme Court shocks Donald Trump on tariffs — but India may still end up paying more | PM Modi warns ‘AI must not control humans’ as India unveils bold tech vision at AI Impact Summit 2026 | Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life over failed martial law bid | Tata Group joins hands with OpenAI in massive AI push to transform India and global industries | Epstein Files row: Bill Gates to skip keynote address at AI Summit 2026 | AI Impact Summit: Google launches game-changing America-India Connect plan with $15 billion backing | AI takes centre stage as Modi meets Google CEO Sundar Pichai in Delhi | G7 Spotlight: Emmanuel Macron invites Narendra Modi for 2026 Summit

Akshay Kumar, other Bollywood celebrities join to mourn Sheila Dikshit's death

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jul 20, 2019, at 06:06 pm

#SheilaDikshit #AkshayKumar #Bollywood #SheilaDikshitDies

Mumbai, July 20 (IBNS): Bollywood celebrities, including Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon, on Saturday joined the nation in condoling the death of former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar tweeted: " Extremely sad to know about the passing away of #SheilaDixit ji...she effectively changed the face of Delhi during her tenure. Heartfelt condolences to her family."

Extremely sad to know about the passing away of #SheilaDixit ji...she effectively changed the face of Delhi during her tenure. Heartfelt condolences to her family ðŸ™ðŸ»
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 20, 2019

Actress Richa Chadha said: "#SheilaDixit demise will feel like a personal loss to anyone who grew up in Delhi. During my school and college, the green cover of Delhi actually grew by 300% ! A tall leader. Rest in peace ma'am. Condolences to family."

#SheilaDixit demise will feel like a personal loss to anyone who grew up in Delhi. During my school and college, the green cover of Delhi actually grew by 300% ! A tall leader. Rest in peace ma'am. Condolences to family. â£ï¸
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) July 20, 2019

Actress Raveena Tandon condoled the death of the politician and remarked: "Respect and prayers. Condolences to her family.Was a much respected and loved CM.Brought about a positive visible change in Delhi during her tenure. Rest in peace #sheiladixit . Om Shanti."

Respect and prayersðŸ™ðŸ»ðŸ•‰ðŸ™ðŸ». Condolences to her family.Was a much respected and loved CM.Brought about a positive visible change in Delhi during her tenure. Rest in peace #sheiladixit . Om Shanti.
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) July 20, 2019

Congress leader and actress Urmila Matondkar mourned and said: "Rest in peace..Smt.Sheila Dikshit ji You will always be loved and respected for your strength,determination,fierce and yet kind personality that made Delhi more beautiful than ever among many other thingsOm Shanti."

Rest in peace..Smt.Sheila Dikshit ji ðŸ™ðŸ¼ You will always be loved and respected for your strength,determination,fierce and yet kind personality that made Delhi more beautiful than ever among many other things ðŸ™ðŸ¼ Om Shanti
— Urmila Matondkar (@OfficialUrmila) July 20, 2019

Veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, who served as the CM of Delhi three times, died at a hospital in the national capital on Saturday.

She was 81.

Image: Sheila Dikshit picture taken from Wikimedia Commons, Others are file shots

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.