"Markets such as those located in Chandni Chowk, Connaught Place, Greater Kailash, Karol Bagh, Mehrauli, and Sarojini Nagar, can be especially attractive targets for terrorist groups," the advisory said.
United States has 'credible information' about terrorists planning to carry out strike in some Indian cities and target American nationals, and US Embassy in New Delhi has issued a warning alerting its citizens, a senior Obama administration official said on Wednesday.
The United States government has clarified that it has not 'ever discouraged' its citizens from traveling to India, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Replying to a written question, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said the US embassy in New Delhi issued a Warden Message, which is not a Travel Advisory, reminding all its citizens resident in or traveling to India that there is a high threat from terrorism throughout India.
The United States has claimed that India is faced with a 'high threat' from terrorism and asked its citizens to be vigilant, prompting New Delhi to assert that the country is a safe place and such an advisory was unwarranted. Home Minister P Chidambaram said India is "safer than any other country in the world" and New Delhi will try to persuade Washington to withdraw such an advisory. He was reacting to an 'Urgent Warden Message' posted on the American Embassy website.
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