New Delhi, May 10 -- India said late on Saturday that Pakistan had violated the understanding for a ceasefire that the two countries had reached earlier in the day, and said that the Indian Army was maintaining strong vigil to repel such violations. Pakistan was violating the ceasefire across the international border and the Line of Control, said foreign secretary Vikram Misri in a late evening statement.

"For the last three hours, there have been repeated violations of the understanding that I stated this evening between the director generals of military operations of India and Pakistan. This is a breach of the understanding arrived at this evening. The armed forces are giving an adequate and appropriate response to these violations, an...