var _nr_metadata = {
  site_base_url : "http://newsrack.in",
  issue_name    : "Issues",
  category_name : "bmic",
  listing_url   : "/browse?owner=esg&issue=Issues&catID=15"
}
var _nr_stories = [
  {
    title  : "Setback for Bellary MP in court",
    url    : "http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6221379.cms",
    source : "TOI: Cities",
    date   : "27.7.2010",
    desc   : "The high court on Monday rejected the interlocutory applications filed by Bellary MP J Shantha, seeking dismissal of two election petitions filed against her and also for striking down the pleadings in the petitions challenging her election in the 2009 parliamentary elections."
  },
  {
    title  : "NICE plea partly allowed",
    url    : "http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/nice-plea-partly-allowed-077",
    source : "Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore",
    date   : "24.7.2010",
    desc   : "<p\>Bengaluru, July 23: The high court on Friday partly allowed an appeal by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) challenging the single bench order on quashing the acquisition notification. A division bench quashed the final notification on acquiring land in Kengeri for a peripheral road from Bheemasandra Education Trust issued on July 5, 2003 and awarded on June 15, 2004. </p\>\n<p\>However, the</p\>\n<p\><a href=\"http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/nice-plea-partly-allowed-077\"\>read more</a\></p\>"
  },
  {
    title  : "NICE land acquisition: hearing adjourned",
    url    : "http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6193389.cms",
    source : "TOI: Bangalore Times",
    date   : "21.7.2010",
    desc   : "The high court has adjourned to Wednesday hearing on a set of petitions challenging the acquisition of land for peripheral road project, a part of the BMIC."
  },
  {
    title  : "Vested interests hamper BMIC project: NICE counsel",
    url    : "http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6188905.cms",
    source : "TOI: Cities",
    date   : "20.7.2010",
    desc   : "The high court will hear petitions related to acquisition of land for BMIC project on Tuesday. Justice Rammohan Reddy posted these matters on the request of counsel for petitioners who wanted accommodation on Monday."
  },
  {
    title  : "Cost of healthcare diagnosed as real disease",
    url    : "http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6178418.cms",
    source : "TOI: Bangalore Times",
    date   : "17.7.2010",
    desc   : "CII National Health Council chairman Pratap C Reddy on Friday said there is a need to increase the doctor-patient ratio and this can be done only by increasing hospital facilities across the country."
  },
  {
    title  : "SC refuses to hear NICE case",
    url    : "http://www.deccanherald.com/content/81627/sc-refuses-hear-nice-case.html",
    source : "Deccan Herald: National",
    date   : "16.7.2010",
    desc   : "The bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar, Cyriac Joseph and R M Lodha adjourned the matter when it came to know that Justice Joseph had heard the matter while he was heading the Karnataka High Court.The Supreme Court referred the matter to the chief justice to place it before another bench excluding Justice Joseph.The bench is to hear an affidavit by the state government saying it was not prepared to give an additional 770 acres of land in and around Bangalore to project contractor Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited."
  },
  {
    title  : "Firmly in the saddle",
    url    : "http://www.frontline.in/stories/20100730271510900.htm",
    source : "Frontline",
    date   : "14.7.2010",
    desc   : "Firmly in the saddle"
  },
  {
    title  : "Gowda huffs and puffs over demolition",
    url    : "http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6129262.cms",
    source : "TOI: Bangalore Times",
    date   : "5.7.2010",
    desc   : "Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has threatened to take an extreme stand to fight, what he calls, injustice caused to people due to the BMIC project."
  },
  {
    title  : "\'NICE demolished resort illegally\'",
    url    : "http://www.deccanherald.com/content/79377/nice-demolished-resort-illegally.html",
    source : "Deccan Herald: City",
    date   : "5.7.2010",
    desc   : "\'NICE demolished resort illegally\'"
  },
  {
    title  : "New areas under Bangalore police, but cops clueless",
    url    : "http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_new-areas-under-bangalore-police-but-cops-clueless_1405010",
    source : "DNA: Top News",
    date   : "4.7.2010",
    desc   : "Structures inside a resort on Gottigere, Bannerghatta Road, were demolished to make way for NICE Road construction, on Saturday."
  },
  {
    title  : "‘I enjoyed enacting Swami’",
    url    : "http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/‘I-enjoyed-enacting-Swami’/186703.html",
    source : "NIE: Bangalore",
    date   : "4.7.2010",
    desc   : "“Ta na na, na na na na na.” The title track of the famous Malgudi Days brings back fond memories of the magical saga of the mischi.."
  },
  {
    title  : "Gottigere resort gives way for NICE link",
    url    : "http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6125992.cms",
    source : "TOI: Bangalore Times",
    date   : "4.7.2010",
    desc   : "Demolition of residential units started as early as 6 am on Saturday, by 250 men who arrived with bulldozers at the resort, owned by H K Pattabhiraman."
  },
  {
    title  : "Easy run for E-City commuters",
    url    : "http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6126033.cms",
    source : "TOI: Bangalore Times",
    date   : "4.7.2010",
    desc   : "The demolition of Sunny Holiday Village resort on Saturday will ensure completion of the 41-km peripheral road."
  },
  {
    title  : "\'Lathicharge wasn\'t on farmers\'",
    url    : "http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6117756.cms",
    source : "TOI: Cities",
    date   : "2.7.2010",
    desc   : "The government on Thursday clarified that police lathicharge on June 27 was against protesters trying to destroy public property, and not on farmers."
  },
  {
    title  : "‘NICE can have land elsewhere’",
    url    : "http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/%E2%80%98nice-can-have-land-elsewhere%E2%80%99-408",
    source : "Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore",
    date   : "1.7.2010",
    desc   : "<p\>June 30: In a fresh affidavit to the Supreme Court on the controversial Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, the Karnataka government admitted that 13 acres, which includes some forest land, has to be transferred to NICE for building link roads for the Peripheral Road project. It, however, rejected the demand of construction company Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NIC</p\>\n<p\><a href=\"http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/%E2%80%98nice-can-have-land-elsewhere%E2%80%99-408\"\>read more</a\></p\>"
  },
  {
    title  : "JD(S) supremo Devegowda meets Governor",
    url    : "http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-136935.html",
    source : "New Kerala: Karnataka",
    date   : "30.6.2010",
    desc   : ""
  },
  {
    title  : "ನೈಸ್ : ದೇವೇಗೌಡರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಸುತ್ತಿನ ಜಯ",
    url    : "http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/news/2010/06/30/govt-to-submit-status-report-on-bmic-to-sc.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oneindia-all-thatskannada+%28Oneindia+-+thatsKannada%29",
    source : "Thats Kannada",
    date   : "30.6.2010",
    desc   : "ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ಜೂ. 30 : ನೈಸ್ ಕಂಪನಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿಯಾಗಿ 776 ಎಕರೆ ಭೂಮಿ ನೀಡದಿರಲು ಸರಕಾರ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿ ಸುಪ್ರಿಂಕೋರ್ಟ್ ಗೆ ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ಪತ್ರ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದೆ. ಸರಕಾರದ ಈ ನಿರ್ಧಾರದ ನೈಸ್ ವಿವಾದ ತಣ್ಣಗಾಗುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಯಿದ್ದು, ಮಾಜಿ ದೇವೇಗೌಡರಿಗೆ ಹೋರಾಟಕ್ಕೆ ಒಂದು ಸುತ್ತಿನ ಜಯ ಸಿಕ್ಕಂತಾಗಿದೆ.ಸಿಎಂ ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಉನ್ನತ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಸಮಿತಿ ಕಳೆದ ರವಿವಾರ ಸಭೆ<img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oneindia-all-thatskannada/~4/YVgTeL31q0Y\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/\>"
  },
  {
    title  : "State files affidavit on NICE project",
    url    : "http://www.deccanherald.com/content/78304/state-files-affidavit-nice-project.html",
    source : "Deccan Herald: City",
    date   : "30.6.2010",
    desc   : "State files affidavit on NICE project"
  },
  {
    title  : "Gowda poll vaults and a not so NICE controversy",
    url    : "http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/gowda-poll-vaults-and-not-so-nice-controversy-608",
    source : "Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore",
    date   : "29.6.2010",
    desc   : "<p\>June 28: With the deadline for handing over land to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) as per the commitment made by the state government in the Supreme Court approaching on June 30, and JD(S) supremo H.D.</p\>\n<p\><a href=\"http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/gowda-poll-vaults-and-not-so-nice-controversy-608\"\>read more</a\></p\>"
  },
  {
    title  : "Cops slap stringent charges on farmers, but feel SHRC heat",
    url    : "http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_cops-slap-stringent-charges-on-farmers-but-feel-shrc-heat_1402712",
    source : "DNA: Top News",
    date   : "29.6.2010",
    desc   : "Rights panel looks into allegation of police highhandedness in tackling sunday\'s protest over nice road."
  },
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]