Defence Ministry website ‘hacked’, ‘Chinese’ characters appear
New Delhi: The website of Ministry of Defence official website has been hacked leading to an error on the page.
Chinese characters are seen appearing on the website home page.
National Informatics Centre (NIC) will investigate the matter.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted that "appropriate action" had been initiated in the matter.
This comes on a day when the Indian Air Force announced that it was starting its largest ever wargames focusing on the dual threat of China and Pakistan.
This is not the first time that the official websites of the Indian Government have been hacked by hackers.
Authorities had temporarily taken down the Ministry of Home Affairs website last year after a cyber-attack was reported.
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Minor boy found hanging inside Mumbai madrasa; cops register accidental death case
Mumbai, Dec 29: An 11-year-old boy was found hanging inside the kitchen of a madrasa in Malvani area of Mumbai, police said on Sunday.
Police suspect the boy hanged himself from the iron rod of the ceiling using clothes, allegedly after he was scolded by a madrasa (Islamic seminary) teacher for trying to go out to play, a Malwani police station official said.
The boy was found hanging on Saturday evening by other students of the madrasa, he said.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead, the official said.
"It is suspected that he took the extreme step after his teacher scolded him when he was going out to play," he added.
Police registered a case of accidental death and further investigation is underway, the official said.
