https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Norwegian tourist on Friday said authorities had ordered her to leave India after taking part in protests against a new citizenship law, becoming the second European to be ejected over the demonstrations. https://www.thelocal.no/20191227/india-ejects-norwegian-for-protesting-against-citizenship-law Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:21:57 +0100 india-ejects-norwegian-for-protesting-against-citizenship-law Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has taken Indian industrial giant Bharat Heavy Electricals out of its investment portfolio due to environmental concerns, the Norwegian central bank said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170505/norway-wealth-fund-drops-indian-group-over-environment-concerns Fri, 05 May 2017 17:37:11 +0200 norway-wealth-fund-drops-indian-group-over-environment-concerns India's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Norway to return a five-year-old boy to his Indian-origin parents after authorities took the child into their custody over suspected abuse. https://www.thelocal.no/20161227/india-intervenes-in-norway-child-abuse-row Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:55:39 +0100 india-intervenes-in-norway-child-abuse-row The work towards brokering peace between India and Pakistan that earned Malala Yousafzai a Nobel Peace Prize this year, faces belittlement after both nations' prime ministers refused to attend the Nobel Awards ceremony held in Norway next month. https://www.thelocal.no/20141113/india-and-pakistan-to-snub-nobel-awards-ceremony Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:02:00 +0100 india-and-pakistan-to-snub-nobel-awards-ceremony Norwegian fertiliser giant Yara International has been fined 295 million kroner ($50m) for bribing high-ranking government officials in Libya and India after an investigation by Norway's economic crime agency Økokrim. https://www.thelocal.no/20140115/yara-fined Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:41:00 +0100 yara-fined As a prodigal genius and fashion model, newly-crowned world chess champion Magnus Carlsen has already lit up the game and has now added the world crown to his list of achievements. https://www.thelocal.no/20131122/magnus-carlsen-norways-chess-supertalent Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:13:00 +0100 magnus-carlsen-norways-chess-supertalent Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen claimed the crown of world chess champion on Friday after drawing a tense 10th game against holder Viswanathan Anand to take an unassailable lead in the 12-round duel. https://www.thelocal.no/20131122/carlsen-claims-world-chess-crown Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:02:24 +0100 carlsen-claims-world-chess-crown The Progress Party's rising star, Himanshu Gulati, has been investigated by his party for signing up twenty three new party members without mentioning that they all lived in India. https://www.thelocal.no/20130827/progress-party-star-probed-for-india-membership-scam Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:16:00 +0200 progress-party-star-probed-for-india-membership-scam An Indian man whose wife died after giving birth to a Norwegian couple's surrogate child may sue the Norwegian state for damages within days, Dagsavisen has reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20130801/surrogate-death-husband-may-sue-norway Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:46:00 +0200 surrogate-death-husband-may-sue-norway A Norwegian court said on Tuesday it has sentenced an Indian couple to prison for physically abusing their then six-year-old son in a case that has drawn widespread attention in India. https://www.thelocal.no/20121206/indian-couple-in-norway-for-abusing-son Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:35:25 +0100 indian-couple-in-norway-for-abusing-son Norwegian telecom group Telenor said on Thursday that it has settled a dispute with former Indian joint venture partner Unitech, after their jointly owned company's licences were cancelled by a court. https://www.thelocal.no/20121011/telenor-settles-dispute-with-former-indian-partner Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:22:00 +0200 telenor-settles-dispute-with-former-indian-partner India will lose vital foreign investment if state-run Norwegian telecom giant Telenor has to exit the country nursing multi-billion-dollar losses, a Norwegian minister warned on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.no/20120514/norways-telenor-warns-india-on-telecom-impasse Mon, 14 May 2012 12:57:07 +0200 norways-telenor-warns-india-on-telecom-impasse Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor reported on Tuesday a plunge in quarterly net profit owing to a big write-down in India where the group has lost its licences for mobile services. https://www.thelocal.no/20120508/telenor-treasure-chest-dented-by-india-retreat Tue, 08 May 2012 15:52:10 +0200 telenor-treasure-chest-dented-by-india-retreat Norwegian telecom giant Telenor on Monday wrote off the rest of its mobile business in India worth 3.9 billion kroner ($680 million) after New Delhi scrapped licences in a massive fraud probe. https://www.thelocal.no/20120430/telenor-writes-off-rest-of-india-mobile-business Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:50:26 +0200 telenor-writes-off-rest-of-india-mobile-business Two Indian children at the centre of an international custody row returned to New Delhi on Tuesday to be cared for by an uncle one year after authorities in Norway removed them from their parents. https://www.thelocal.no/20120424/norway-custody-row-kids-arrive-home-in-india Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:48:46 +0200 norway-custody-row-kids-arrive-home-in-india Two Indian children at the centre of an international row after authorities in Norway removed them from their parents' care can be placed with their uncle in India, a Norwegian court ruled on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20120423/uncle-gets-custody-in-indian-kids-case Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:34:24 +0200 uncle-gets-custody-in-indian-kids-case Norwegian social workers, embroiled in an international row after removing two Indian children from their parents, said on Friday they had decided to place the children with their uncle in India. https://www.thelocal.no/20120330/norway-to-hand-over-indian-children-to-uncle Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:49:00 +0200 norway-to-hand-over-indian-children-to-uncle Norwegian telecom giant Telenor said Tuesday it was planning to seek compensation from India's government after a court last month decided to scrap its mobile phone licences. https://www.thelocal.no/20120327/norways-telenor-to-seek-indian-compensation Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:13:00 +0200 norways-telenor-to-seek-indian-compensation Norwegian social workers, who sparked a diplomatic row by removing two Indian children from their parents, said on Wednesday they were calling off a deal to place the kids with their uncle in India due to a spat inside the family. https://www.thelocal.no/20120322/norway-wont-place-indian-kids-with-uncle Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:25:02 +0100 norway-wont-place-indian-kids-with-uncle The Indian father of two children who were taken into care by Norwegian social services, sparking a diplomatic row with New Delhi, told a newspaper on Tuesday his wife had a "psychological problem". https://www.thelocal.no/20120320/father-lifts-lid-on-india-norway-child-custody-row Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:41:45 +0100 father-lifts-lid-on-india-norway-child-custody-row