India, Feb. 5 -- India on Thursday dismissed a media report claiming that India-US relations improved after National Security Adviser Ajit Doval travelled to Washington last September and told American officials that New Delhi wouldn't be bullied, with the External Affairs Ministry (EAM) saying that no such visit took place.

"Regarding the report by Bloomberg, I would like to say that there is absolutely no basis for that report. No such meeting or no such visit has taken place," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a weekly media briefing when asked about the report.

Bloomberg had reported that Doval met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington during the visit in early September and said the two nation...