Shut Down

Rio to ask big companies to shut down during Olympics

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro is to ask some of the city's biggest companies to shut down during next year's Olympic Games to make transportation easier for athletes and officials.

Mohammedan Sporting dismisses reports of being disbanded, says will not play in I-League Div 2

Mohammedan Sporting have opted against playing in the second division I-League and the club has also pulled out of Durand Cup football tournament, beginning October 28, apparently due to financial crisis.

Major blow to Indian football: Iconic club Mohammedan Sporting to shut down

In a major blow to Indian football, one of the oldest clubs, Mohammedan Sporting has decided to shut shop after going bankrupt.

Sierra Leone's three-day nationwide shutdown over Ebola, ends

The west African country had confined its six million people to their homes for 72 hours in a bid to stem a deadly outbreak of Ebola.

Widespread floods shut down Philippine capital, hundreds evacuated

Heavy rains due to a storm and the seasonal monsoon have caused widespread flooding in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces.

Averting a blackout: 5 states to meet coal minister Goyal over Mundra units' shut down

The five states are facing power crisis as Tata Power and Adani Power have have shut down some units of their power plants in Mundra

Prepare for blackouts as power plants shut due to coal shortage, technical issues

Adani Power has shut down about six generating units and Tata Power two units at their Mundra plants

Robert Vadra shutting down six companies which never filed returns

Businessman Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, is closing down six companies which were set up just two years ago.

LS Polls: Shutdown hits life in poll-bound Mizoram

Six NGOs and student groups called for a three-day shutdown and boycott of the April 9 election to the lone Lok Sabha seat from the state to protest postal ballot facility to its refugees living in Tripura.

AOL May Have Shut its Indian Portal, AOL.in

Possibilities of the shut down are strong.