Norway Children In India

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  Maternity Leave Raised To 26 Weeks As Parliament Clears Landmark Bill

  Women working in the organised sector will now be entitled to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, as Parliament today passed a bill in this regard that will benefit about 1.8 million women. The new law will apply to all establishments employing 10 or more people and the entitlement will be for only up to first two children. For thir...

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  Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech: Full Text

  India's Kailash Satyarthi was conferred the Nobel Peace Prize at a function in Oslo, Norway on Wednesday. Mr Satyarthi also addressed the gathering at the function.

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  Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai Speak to Children Ahead of Nobel Awards Function

  On Wednesday, India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai spoke to children in a special interaction ahead of the Nobel awards function in Oslo, Norway.

• Children from Norway custody case to stay with mother for now, rules court

  Sagarika Bhattacharya, the woman whose children were removed from her custody by child welfare officials in Norway will get to keep them with her for now, a court in Kolkata has ruled. Till this week, the children had been living with their father's younger brother in West Bengal, as directed by a Norwegian court.

• A mother's battle for her children, begun in Norway, stretches in India

  The Calcutta High Court today ruled that the two siblings brought from Norway after a raging custody battle last year could stay with their mother tonight. The final order would be passed tomorrow.

• Norway custody row: Court restores custody of children to uncle

  In a new twist, the custody of two siblings - brought from Norway after a legal and diplomatic fight last year - passed on to their uncle, hours after the Burdwan policemen handed them over to their mother.

• 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.

• Norway custody nightmare continues in Bengal

  The ongoing case in Norway about an Indian couple arrested for abusing their son has revived a nightmare for Sagarika Bhattacharya who used to live in that country but is now back in India. Sagarika and Anurup Bhattacharya's children, Abhigyan and Aishwariya, had been taken away by Norway's child protection agency last May, allegedly because they f...

• Indian couple arrested in Oslo charged with gross maltreatment of their children

  A court in Norway will decide today whether an Indian couple arrested in that country for the alleged abuse of their seven-year-old son are guilty or not. Here is the statement by the Oslo Police Department on the charges that have been pressed against the couple:

• Family of Indian couple arrested in Norway seeks govt to step in: Read full letter

  The family of the couple from Andhra Pradesh, who has been arrested in Norway for alleged child abuse, wants the Indian government to intervene to help bring them home, where their children are being looked after by relatives in Hyderabad. Here's the full text of the letter written to Overseas Affairs minister Vayalar Ravi:

• "I am a fit mother," says Sagarika, fighting new battle for her children

  In a small home in Kolkata's Birati area in West Bengal, Sagarika Chakraborty is not fazed by the cameras and reporters waiting to interview her. What worries her more is when she will be able to bring her two young children home?

• 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.

• Sovereign Wealth Fund: India already has one!

  The government is talking about setting up a new sovereign wealth fund or SWF to buy energy assets abroad. This could mean allocating more financial resources from already strained budgetary resources. But, India already has sovereign wealth. To activate the fund, India needs political will more than money. Here are some pointers.

• 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 ...