India Meteorological Department's Twitter Handle Hacked

The hacking comes at a time when the IMD Twitter handle has been attracting a lot of traffic due to the ongoing intense heatwave in parts of India.

The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Twitter handle was hacked on Saturday evening and efforts were on to restore it, officials said.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the hacking.

This comes at a time when the IMD handle has been attracting a lot of traffic due to the ongoing intense heatwave in parts of India.