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ELECTRONICS March 25, 2019 GAIL pipeline leak creates tension at Electronics City
By: Loknath DasTension gripped Electronics City after Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) began leaking from the GAIL pipeline in AECS Layout on Sunday evening. Fire and emergency officials rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control after an hour. Senior fire officials said residents of Haraluru Road near Singasandra had called the fire control room around 7 […]
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HOME & GARDEN November 29, 2017 Concerns aired over Forest City water supply
By: Loknath DasJohor politician warns of water crisis if project does not source for its own supply ISKANDAR PUTERI • A Johor politician told the state assembly yesterday that the Johor government had told the developer of the Forest City project to source for its own water supply. Tengku Putra Haron Aminurrashid Tengku Hamid Jumat, an assemblyman […]
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ALL DEALS June 17, 2017 Park City acquires Bonanza Flat, grandest of all land deals
By: Loknath DasCity Hall on Thursday completed the $38 million acquisition of Bonanza Flat, the municipal government’s grandest open space purchase, as the Park City Council cast the necessary votes during a joyous meeting that seemed a far-fetched possibility over the decades that Park City desired ownership of the land. The City Council approved three items related […]
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COMPUTERS April 26, 2017 Newark City Hall computers hacked with ransomware
By: Loknath DasSome computers in the City of Newark have been infected with ransomware, rendering them unusable, and the hacker is demanding payment of 24 Bitcoin, or about $30,000 in ransom, according to a document obtained by TAPInto Newark and a city official with knowledge of the hack. The document reveals that that city computers were infected with RSA-2048 encryption, which […]
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COMPUTERS February 8, 2017 City to collect $2.5 million settlement over failed computer aided dispatch system
By: sristy SahaFile photo INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The City of Indianapolis will collect $2.5 million from a contractor that failed to provide a workable Computer Aided Dispatch system for public safety that wildly out promised the capabilities of an untried technology. The agreement with Colossus Incorporated, which took over InterAct Public Safety Systems and N. Harris Computer […]
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ELECTRONICS May 24, 2016 Polls soon for Electronics City authority
By: sristy SahaElectronics City Industrial Township Authority, Karnataka’s first and only such hub, completed three years recently after being conferred the status of “authority” in 2013. The stage is now set for the first ever polls to elect members to the ECITA council as the first batch of members soon after the constitution of the authority were nominated […]
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NEWS February 24, 2016 This City Just Unseated New York City as the Billionaire Capital of the World
By: sristy SahaBeijing just surpassed New York City to become the city with the most billionaires in the world. A hundred billionaires are based in the Chinese capital compared to New York City’s 95, according to findings from theHurun Global Rich List, an annual wealth ranking from the Shanghai-based Hurun Report. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are […]