Tag: Shutdown

YDA threatens to protest against Punjab govt, issues timeline

The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab has announced a phased protest culminating in the shut down of the outpatient department in city hospitals on...

IESCO announces shutdown for 26th

The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Wednesday announced power outages schedule for January 26 in different areas of the city due to electricity...

N Korea says US offered food for nuke shutdown

North Korea said Wednesday that the United States had offered food aid and a suspension of sanctions if it halted its uranium enrichment programme....

Second nationwide shutdown paralyses Nepal

A second general strike in three days brought much of Nepal to a halt Monday as protestors blocked roads and torched cars over the...

Medvedev orders airline shutdown after crash

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday ordered his government to shut down unreliable airlines after 43 people were killed in a chartered plane crash...

‘APCNGA will observe two-day gas shutdown’

Pressure by the industrialists’ lobby forced the government to divert gas shortages to CNG stations with three-day CNG closure but the CNG station association...

University of Balochistan on the brink of shutdown?

Oldest and the largest university of the province, University of Balochistan is facing its worst ever financial crisis and is on the verge of...

Shutdown continues in Mianwali

A shutter down strike against Monday’s killing by police firing on a protest demonstration continued across Mianwali on Tuesday. The administration had called in rangers...

Japan N-firm sees ‘cold shutdown’ in 6-9 months

TOKYO - The operator of Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant said Sunday it aims to reduce radiation leaks within three months and to achieve a "cold shutdown" within six to nine months. Japan's embattled Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) offered the timeline more than five weeks after a giant quake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems at its six-reactor Fukushima Daiichi atomic power station.
The damage sent atomic core temperatures soaring in partial fuel rod meltdowns, in

Japan firm presents roadmap towards nuclear ‘cold shutdown’

TOKYO - Japan's embattled Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on Sunday presented a timeline for stabilising its tsunami-hit and radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Five weeks after a quake and tsunami knocked out the cooling systems of four of its six reactors, TEPCO said it hopes to reduce radiation leaking from the plant in three months and achieve "cold shutdowns" of reactors within six to nine months.
The operator said its ultimate goal is "to enable

Late US budget deal avoids costly shutdown

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struck a last-minute budget deal on Friday to narrowly avert a government shutdown that would have hit the economy and idled hundreds of thousands of workers. With a little over an hour to spare before a midnight deadline, Obama's Democrats and opposition Republicans agreed to a bitterly fought compromise plan that will cut about $38 billion in spending for the rest of the fiscal year. Congress then quickly approved a

Shutdown in IHK against killing of Maulana Showkat

Srinagar - Complete shutdown is being observed on Saturday against the killing of a leading Kashmiri religious scholar and the President of Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith, Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah.
He was martyred in a blast outside a mosque at Maisuma in Srinagar when he was on his was to offer Juma prayers.
Call for the shutdown has been given by the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani and Jammu Kashmir

Obama, Congress make budget deal, avert shutdown

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struck a last-minute budget deal on Friday, narrowly averting a government shutdown that would have idled hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
With little time to spare before a midnight deadline for a government closure, Obama's Democrats and opposition Republicans agreed to a bitterly fought compromise plan that would cut $37.8 billion in spending for the rest of the fiscal year.
Congress moved quickly