Two NRI children, who were kept in foster care by authorities in Norway for nearly a year, today arrived in New Delhi to a warm welcome after a protracted legal battle.The children Abhigyan and Aishwarya accompanied by their foster father, were received at the Indira Gandhi International airport by their grandparents and Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur.

A Norwegian court yesterday handed over the two NRI children in foster care to their paternal uncle, ending months of custody row that saw India stepping up diplomatic pressure on Norway to send back the children, taken away by authorities their last year. Welcoming the children, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna thanked Norway for their release, saying the children belonged to India.

The children were taken away from their parents –Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya — by Norway's Child Welfare Agency in May last year on grounds of “emotional disconnect