
The mother of the Norway NRI children, Sagarika Bhattacharya, claimed that her in-laws abused her. ...

01:42 PM, May 26, 2012

Kolkata: There seems to be a new twist in the custody row of the two Norway children. This time it's a domestic battle and not a diplomatic one. Sagarika Bhattacharya, the mother of the two children, Abhigyan and Aishwarya, has claimed that she was beaten by her husband Anurup Bhattacharya, thrown out of their house and tortured in Norway. Sagarika claims that she has not been allowed to meet the...

09:19 AM, May 26, 2012

Kolkata: Within a month of their return to India, two NRI children, who were earlier taken into foster-care by the Norwegian Childcare Services, find themselves in a new controversy - their families have filed police complaints against each other alleging threats to kill. Sagarika Chakrabarty, mother of Abhigyan (3) and Aishwarya (1), has complained to Kulti police station in Burdwan (West Bengal), alleging that her father-in-law, Ajay Bhattacharya, had sent...

11:06 PM, May 25, 2012

Abhigyan and Aishwarya, the two children who were separated from their parents by the child welfare services in Norway, returned to India on Tuesday. ...

11:51 PM, Apr 25, 2012

Kolkata: It was a touching reunion of a mother separated from her two infant children for a year over a custody row in Norway on grounds of alleged 'emotional disconnect' in Kolkata on Wednesday. "I am overwhelmed as I am able to kiss them and take them in my lap after a full one year. I can't express myself," the emotionally choked mother, Sagarika Bhattacharya, said holding her one-year-old daughter...

07:48 PM, Apr 25, 2012

New Delhi: It was an emotional reunion the Bhattacharya family has been waiting. After nearly a year in foster care in Norway, two NRI children, separated from their parents on grounds of negligence, arrived in India to an emotional welcome following a prolonged custody battle and diplomatic pressure by India. The children - Abhigyan (3) and Aishwarya (1) - escorted by uncle Arunabhas Bhattacharya and their Norwegian foster father were...

07:19 PM, Apr 24, 2012

The Norway NRI children at the centre of a custody battle, Abhigyan and Aishwarya, arrived in India on Tuesday. ...

02:22 PM, Apr 24, 2012

Reacting to the return of the kids from Norway to India, their father Anurup Bhattacharya has expressed his happiness. ...

11:56 AM, Apr 24, 2012

The year-long ordeal for the Bhattacharya family in Norway ended on Tuesday as the two children, Abhigyan and Aishwarya, arrived in India with their paternal uncle Arunabhash. ...

10:37 AM, Apr 24, 2012

New Delhi: The year-long ordeal for the Bhattacharya family in Norway ended on Tuesday as the two kids - Abhigyan and Aishwarya - arrived in India with their paternal uncle Arunabhash. The kids were accompanied to India by Norwegian authorities. The kids were welcomed at the airport by their grandmother and Minister of State Preneet Kaur. According to Kaur, the kids will stay in the capital on Tuesday with their...

10:20 AM, Apr 24, 2012

New Delhi: The year-long ordeal for the Bhattacharya family in Norway has finally come to an end. Their two children, Aishwarya and Abhigyan, are set to arrive in India on Tuesday after an Oslo court granted their paternal uncle Arunabhash, their custody. It is a story which put two nations and their governments at loggerheads. Two Indian children were taken away by the Norwegian authorities amid accusations of emotional disconnect...

09:00 PM, Apr 23, 2012

Oslo: A Norway court has given the custody of the two NRI children to their uncle. The two children - Abhigyan and Aishwarya - will reach India on Tuesday morning. Three-year-old Abhigyan and one-year-old Aishwarya will take a flight out of Oslo to Frankfurt and then to India along with their uncle Arunabhash Bhattacharya. The two children will be raised by foster parents in India. The Norwegian Child Welfare Services...

06:00 PM, Apr 23, 2012

New Delhi: The two Indian children caught in the Norway custody battle might finally get to return home. Norway's Child Welfare Service reportedly told a court on Wednesday that a return to India was in their best interest. The children's uncle could now be given custody eventually clearing the way for a retrun home. A final judgement is expected on April 23. Svein Kjetil, lawyer for the Bhattacharyas, said, "It...

06:41 PM, Apr 18, 2012

New Delhi: There seems to be a new ray of hope for the Indian couple Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya locked in a bitter custody row with authorities in Norway. The country's Child Welfare Service has finally recommended giving custody of the two Indian children Abhigyan and Aishwarya to their uncle Arunabhash Bhattacharya in India. A district court is scheduled to take a final decision on the matter on the April...

08:28 AM, Mar 30, 2012

New Delhi: The two Indian children, who have been placed in emergency foster care in Norway since May last, could be back in their "natural habitat" after a court hearing there in June, Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. "We are taking it up, putting pressure on ... indications might be in June (they will be) in their natural habitat. We would like to see the children back in their...

01:50 PM, Mar 29, 2012