New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng posted a video message to Home Minister Amit Shah on November 12. She said the Indian Embassy in Norway had called shortly before she was due to leave for India. According to Lyng, the call came 10 minutes before her planned departure for the airport. She had packed her bags for what would have been her first visit to India.

Lyng said she had a visa in her passport and had received political clearance. Still, she said, the embassy told her she would be denied entry into India. She said the decision had apparently come from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Lyng asked HM Shah why she could not enter the country despite having a visa.

She was due to speak at a conference in Hyderabad, Tela...