
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

Norway NRI children, Aishwarya and Abhigyan, were on Wednesday reunited with their mother, Sagarika Bhattacharya. ...

09:48 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

CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday lauded the efforts put in by the External Affairs Ministry over the issue. ...

02:29 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

Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur on Tuesday confirmed that the Norway NRI children will stay in Delhi for the day. ...

12:08 PM, Apr 24, 2012

Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium was found steeped in garbage on Wednesday morning after the municipality refused to clean it up. ...

10:52 PM, Apr 18, 2012

Kolkata: A Kolkata-based NGO has appealed to External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to assist it in bringing back to India the two children who are in the midst of a custody row in Norway. The NGO, India's Smile, which had earlier urged the government to bring back Abhigyan (3) and Aishwaraya (1), children of Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya, residing in Oslo, said it was willing to bear all expenses in...

10:20 AM, Mar 25, 2012

The Norwegian Embassy has confirmed that decks have been cleared for the children to be handed over to their uncle soon. ...

11:13 PM, Feb 28, 2012

The grandparents of the children met External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Tuesday to convey their concerns. CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat accompanied them. ...

05:53 PM, Feb 28, 2012

India's special envoy Madhusudhan Ganpathi has taken up the matter with the Norwegian Foreign Minister in Oslo. ...

10:36 PM, Feb 27, 2012

New Delhi: The counsel for the Norway NRI couple fighting for its children's custody has said that it may take another six weeks before Norway decides to send the children with their uncle to India. "Next hearing is on March 23," said Sven Svendson, the couple's lawyer. "We will get the decision from court. Hopefully, the children will be able to return to India after the court hearing." He added,...

04:27 PM, Feb 27, 2012

New Delhi: India has reportedly asked Norway to expedite the return of the children of NRI couple Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya, urging it to do so keeping in view the "humanitarian dimension". A terse government statement said, "The children are neither orphans, nor Stateless persons. They enjoy the protection of the Indian State." "India urges Norway to expedite the process of return of the children to India in view of...

06:13 PM, Feb 22, 2012

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