NRI kids' custody row a closed chapter: Norway

NRI kids' custody row a closed chapter: Norway Kolkata: Amidst the renewed fight over the custody of two children of an Indian NRI couple in Norway even after their return to India, the country's embassy in Delhi has said they consider the issue closed. In reply to a e-mail by city-based NGO India's Smile, counsellor of the Royal Norwegian embassy in Delhi Laila Tronsdal Moen said, "The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Delhi considers the issue as closed from...
12:50 AM, May 29, 2012
I was threatened, abused: Norway NRI kids' mother

I was threatened, abused: Norway NRI kids' mother

The mother of the Norway NRI children, Sagarika Bhattacharya, claimed that her in-laws abused her. ...
01:42 PM, May 26, 2012

Norway NRI kids' mother claims torture by husband

Norway NRI kids' mother claims torture by husband 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

Norway NRI mother reunited with children

Norway NRI mother reunited with children 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
All is well that ends well: Krishna on Norway custody row

All is well that ends well: Krishna on Norway custody row

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday thanked the Norway authorities for sending NRI kids back to India. ...
12:05 PM, Apr 24, 2012

Norway custody row ends as kids return to India

Norway custody row ends as kids return to India 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

Norway court gives NRI kids' custody to uncle

Norway court gives NRI kids' custody to uncle 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

Norway case: Uncle should get kids' custody, says Panel

Norway case: Uncle should get kids' custody, says Panel New Delhi: After being kept in foster care for nearly ten months, NRI children Abhigyan and Aishwariya will be handed to their paternal uncle, Norway's Child Welfare Service (CWS) recommended on Thursday night. Norway Child Welfare Service said that the kids' uncle Arunabhash Bhattacharya be given care of the two Indian children in the child custody row case. The Stavanger District Court will make the final decision on April 17....
09:44 PM, Mar 29, 2012

Custody row: Norway looks for 'new solutions'

Custody row: Norway looks for 'new solutions' Oslo: Norway on Friday said it was willing to look for "new solutions" in the interest of the two NRI kids kept in foster care, a day after it expressed its inability to hand them over to their uncle in the wake of a "conflict" in the family which has now prepared a fresh custody agreement. "Although Friday's hearing was cancelled, this does not affect the child welfare's willingness to...
06:49 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Solution to Norway kids' custody likely in March: Lawyer

Solution to Norway kids' custody likely in March: Lawyer

Child Welfare Society agreed to the uncle to come over to Norway and talk to them, said Indian couple's lawyer Svein Lode Svendson. ...
09:35 PM, Feb 27, 2012

Norway NRI case: Parents to meet children today

Norway NRI case: Parents to meet children today New Delhi: In a breakthrough in the Norway custody row involving Indian couple Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya and their children, an agreement has been reached with the Norwegian child welfare services to allow the couple to meet their children on Friday. In what is being seen as a patch-up between the couple and the Norwegian authorities, the latter have agreed to give the children's custody to their uncle, but with...
08:16 AM, Feb 17, 2012
We plan to return to India with kids: Norway NRI couple

We plan to return to India with kids: Norway NRI couple

The NRI couple in Norway fighting for the custody of its children, said on Wednesday that they were happy with the out-of-court settlement reached between the two countries whereby the children will be handed over to their paternal uncle. ...
10:33 PM, Jan 25, 2012

Norway NRI row ends, uncle to get kids' custody

Norway NRI row ends, uncle to get kids' custody New Delhi: There was finally some good news with the end of an ordeal for an Indian couple in Norway. Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya's two children, three-year-old Abhigyan and one-year-old Aishwarya, who were taken by the Norwegian authorities after allegations of poor treatment by parents, will now finally return to India. The Norwegian government has agreed to return the children to their uncle Arunabhash Bhattacharya, but will take assurance from...
08:41 PM, Jan 25, 2012

Norway NRI case: Uncle to get custody of kids

Norway NRI case: Uncle to get custody of kids New Delhi: NRI couple Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya's children, who are in the custody of Norway's Child Welfare Services, would be handed over to Anurup's brother Arunabash Bhattacharya. The lawyer of the couple told the Indian Embassy in Oslo that Arunabash would take custody of the children. He would travel to Norway when the custody case came up for hearing in the court. Arunabash said that he had not spoken...
03:21 PM, Jan 25, 2012
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