Norway Nris

• Tug of war for kids continues; Norway NRI couple file police complaints against each other in 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.

• NRI in Sweden claims son being held in foster care

  Close on the heels of the Norway child custody row, a similar case has come to light in Sweden where an NRI woman has claimed that her son is being held in foster care on charges of neglect and sought the help from Indian authorities.

• Norway court gives custody of two Indian children to their uncle

  A Norwegian court has ruled that the custody of two children of an NRI couple will be handed over to their uncle.

• Norway custody row: Court verdict on children likely today

  Will the children of the NRI couple, engaged in a custody battle in Norway, return to their homeland? After several twists and turns in the case, a Norwegian court is expected to deliver its verdict today to finally settle the row.

• 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.

• PM talks to Norway counterpart about custody row, stresses strong family values

  Dr Manmohan Singh has told the prime minister of Norway that he hopes there will be "a positive outcome" for the Indian parents fighting to bring their children back home from there. Sagarika and Anurup Bhattacharya have been trying their best to convince Norwegian officials that their young son and daughter should be released from foster care.

• Norway custody row: Indian government and parents reconcile

  After hitting near-crisis mode, India's case to bring back two young children placed in foster care in Norway appears to be back on track. Sources say that the Indian government has finalized the terms of the children's care when they are sent back here. As discussed earlier, one-year-old Aishwarya and three-year-old Abhigyan will be placed in th...

• Norway custody case: Decision on govt intervention after talking to parents, say sources

  In a bizarre turn of events in the custody case of Indian children in Norway, Indian government sources said the father of the children had told the authorities in Norway that he wanted his children to stay on in the country. The father, Anurup Bhattacharya, however has denied the reports.

• Norway custody case: Husband accuses wife of 'psychological problems'

  The Norway child custody case involving an NRI couple which has already sparked off a diplomatic row has taken a curious turn following the husband and his parents alleging that the wife had "psychological problems". Anurup Bhattacharya, a geophysicist and the father of two children Abhigyan aged three and one-year-old Aishwarya, who were taken in...