Norway Child Welfare Services

• Norway custody row: After eight months, mother gets custody of children

  Eight months after her children returned to India after a lengthy legal battle in Norway, Sagarika Bhattacharya will be able to take them home. The 30-year-old had been granted custody of her son Abhigyan and her daughter Aishwarya by the Calcutta High Court.

• Indian couple arrested in Norway: Court verdict in child abuse case today

  In Norway, a court will announce its verdict today on whether an Indian couple is guilty of child abuse.

• Indian couple arrested in Oslo: Court to give verdict on child abuse case today

  In Norway, a court will announce its verdict today on whether an Indian couple is guilty of child abuse.

• Indian couple arrested in Oslo: Court to give verdict today

  A court in Norway will give its verdict today on the case of the Indian couple arrested in Norway for alleged abuse of their seven-year-old son. Chandrashekar Vallabhaneni and his wife Anupama were arrested on November 28 on charges of "gross repeated maltreatment" of their child by "threats, violence or other wrong".

• Indian couple arrested in Oslo: Government won't intervene, say sources

  As the families of the Indian couple arrested in Norway for alleged abuse of their seven-year-old son anxiously await the verdict on Monday, the Indian government seems reluctant to intervene in what it sees essentially as a legal case.

• Norway children reach Kolkata; their father hopes he can see them soon

  After spending nearly a year in foster care in Norway, toddlers Abhigyan and Aishwarya are back in India. They arrived at the Delhi airport a little before 10 am today with their uncle, Arunabhas Bhattacharya; they are en route to Kolkata now. The children's paternal grandparents received them at the airport. As per the court order, their parents ...

• Norway children back home: Top 10 developments

  The Norway nightmare, which lasted almost 12 months, has finally ended for the Indian family with toddlers Abhigyan and Aishwarya returning home today morning. The children landed in Delhi a little before 10 am with their paternal uncle Arunabhas Bhattacharya, foster father and a case worker from Norway's Child Welfare Services (CWS). Here are the ...

• Return to India in best interest of NRI kids: Norway authorities to court

  The chances of two NRI children returning to India has brightened with the Norwegian Child Welfare Service (CWS), which has kept them in foster care, submitting in a court in Oslo that there is no need to uphold the care order and it was in the best interest of the kids to return to their home country.

• Norway custody row: Crucial hearing begins for NRI couple

  Today is a crucial day for the Bhattacharyas whose children were taken away by the Norwegian child welfare services in May last year. A Stavanger district court has begun hearing their case that will decide the fate of their children who are presently placed under foster care.

• Norway Child Welfare Service recommends uncle to get custody of children

  The Norwegian Child Welfare Service has said that it will recommend that the uncle should take over the care of the two Indian children, who were put away in foster care in May 2011. Three-year-old Abhigyan and one-year-old Aishwarya may be able to return to India with their paternal uncle Dr Arunabhas Bhattacharya who is a dentist in Asansol.