When visiting India, the US advises its citizens to “exercise increased caution.”
"Exercise increased caution in India due to crime and terrorism," said the State Department.The US on Friday asked its citizens to exercise "increased caution" while travelling to India due to "crime and terrorism" and advised them to not to travel to the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.In a new travel advisory issued on Friday, the US State Department reduced the India Travel Advisory Level to 2 on a scale of one to 4 with the latter being the highest.A day before, the State Department had downgraded Pakistan to Level 3 and urged its nationals to rethink their travel plans, particularly to its unrest-ridden areas.The State Department advised heightened vigilance in India because of crime and terrorism."Due to terrorism and civil turmoil, avoid travelling to: ...