Government announces ceasefire during Ramzan in J&K
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Published: May 15, 2018, 23:20 IST | Updated: May 15, 2018, 23:20 IST
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Forces to reserve right to retaliate if attacked, the home ministry said.
The home ministrytoday declared a state of ceasefire during Ramzan in Jammu and Kashmir
Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti had appealed for ceasefireearlier.
Forces reserve right to retaliateif attacked, the home ministry said.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had called for a unilateral ceasefire along with other parties in the state.
"Everyone agreed that we should appeal to the Centre to consider a ceasefire-like unilateral ceasefire in former PM Atal BihariVajpayee's time in Ramzan till Amarnath yatra and Eid," chief minister Muft had said earlier.