Ace veteran director Bharathiraja has decided to return the prestigious 'Padma Shree' award that was awarded to him by Indian Government.
Bharathiraja take this decision in order to show his disapproval over its inactiveness on the Sri Lankan Tamil matter.
The strike, organized by the Tamil film fraternity Eelam support movement, was held at South Indian Film Chamber Theatre on Thursday, April 23, and saw lots of zealot Tamilians from the film society.
The participants speak against the administration for not controlling the killing of Tamils in Lanka.
Tehran - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday blamed the United States and 
Some leaked details about Windows 7 Release Candidate indicate that Microsoft has made minor tweaks and added some new features to the new operating system. The new features introduced to Windows 7 Release Candidate include a feature that will help a Windows 7 PC to stream media from home to any Internet-connected Windows 7 PC. Furthermore, the Windows 7 OS will support a virtual Windows XP environment for running legacy Windows XP apps.
Washington, Apr 25 : A research team led by Indian origin scientist has found no difference in the survival rates of HIV positive and HIV negative patients after undergoing liver transplant.
Gaza - Officials from the rival Hamas and Fatah movements on Saturday pledged to put fresh proposals on the table on the eve of new round of inter-Palestinian talks in Cairo. "Hamas's delegation bears new ideas and various options to make the Palestinian dialogue successful," said Mushir al-Massri, a Hamas lawmaker based in Gaza.
Manila - The Philippines' agriculture department Saturday ordered a ban on the importation of pigs and pork products from Mexico and the United States amid an outbreak of swine flu virus in the two countries. The virus is suspected to have killed 68 people in Mexico over the past three weeks, while at least eight people have been infected in the US.
