US has refrained from commenting on allegations by Avani Das, ABC journalist on denial of Visa by the Indian government.

Australian authorities on Thursday acknowledged that India had granted visa to Avani Dias, chief of bureau of the Au

Avani Dias said that she had been denied a visa renewal for weeks because of her reporting on the Sikh separatist movement. Indian officials disputed her account.

India has its own visa policy under which it determines which non-citizens can enter the country, the United States said on Thursday, reacting to allegations by an Australian journalist that the Government of India refused to extend her work visa,