Washington, April 22 -- In the wake of terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman has decided to cut short her official visit to US and Peru to be back with people of India in this "difficult and tragic time."

The Ministry of Finance announced that Sitharaman will take the earliest flight available to return to India.

"Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. @nsitharaman is cutting short her official visit to the USA-Peru. She is taking the earliest available flight back to India to be with our people in this difficult and tragic time," the Ministry of Finance posted on X.

Nirmala Sitharaman was on a five-day official visit to the United States, wh...