New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The US Embassy in India has announced that its office in New Delhi and the five consulates located in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru will remain closed from Wednesday, 24 December, to Friday, 26 December.

The closure comes following a newly issued Presidential Executive Order by Donald Trump, which provides for the closure of federal executive departments and agencies on these dates.

While Christmas Day, 25 December, is a standard federal holiday, the executive order grants federal employees additional holidays on Christmas Eve and the next day of the festival, creating a five-day break for US government staff, according to an official notice.

In an official statement on X (formerly Twitter), t...