India election 2019: Voting begins in world’s largest election
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Indians have begun voting in the first phase of a general election that is being seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
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Dalai Lama, 83, taken to hospital in India
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Dalai Lama has been admitted to hospital in the Indian capital, Delhi, with a chest infection, but is reported to be in a...
Alicia to release memoir in November
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Alicia Keys will publish her first memoir later this year. More Myself is decribed as a “360-degree perspective” on her life and is due...
Cambridge beat Oxford in both men’s and women’s races
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Cambridge – Who included double Olympic champion James Cracknell – beat Oxford for the second successive year to win the 165th Boat Race. Holding...
Buwaneka topples national champ Dinuka in men’s singles semis
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Buwaneka Gunatilleka made a fine display to beat National champion Dinuka Karunaratna at the men’s open semifinal of the inaugural Defenders Open Badminton championships...
Former South African Women all-rounder dies in road accident
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Former South Africa Women all-rounder Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie died in a road accident in Stilfontein, North West, on Friday.. Theunissen-Fourie, who was only 25 years...
Former Maldives President in landslide win
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The exiled former leader of the Maldives has led his party to a landslide victory only five months after returning to the country, preliminary...
Arie Irawan: Malaysian golfer dies aged 28 in China
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Malaysian golfer Arie Irawan has died aged 28 in his hotel room during the Sanya Championship on the Chinese resort island of Hainan. A...
ICC to work with Interpol in fighting corruption
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has met with Interpol, the organization that facilitates worldwide police co-operation, to discuss closer working relations as part of...
‘Grave security breaches’ in White House reveals whistleblower
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Some 25 White House officials including top advisors of President Donald Trump were given security clearances despite staff recommendations against it, a whistleblower has...