New Delhi, April 23 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has decided to cut short her official visit to US and Peru, in the wake of the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam,

At least 26 people, mostly tourists, including two foreigners, were killed in one of the deadliest attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in the recent past.

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.

Sitharaman was on ...