India, June 23 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said the X account of its New Delhi meteorological centre was hacked to make politically partisan posts. IMD said these posts were removed and the matter was being investigated.

"The RWFC New Delhi Twitter (X) handle was hacked on Saturday and some inappropriate posts were made. Corrective actions have been taken to remove those posts," said Gajendra Kumar, head of the Delhi regional meteorological centre, adding they were investigating the incident.

IMD has a national X account and several regional meteorological centre X accounts. Though without a verified symbol, the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) New Delhi account (@RWFC_ND) has 11,300 followers. IMD's...