July 5, 2009 0030 IST
Was Election 2009 rigged?
The Election Commission has now officially taken up the investigation of charges of rigging and fraud through the Electronic Voting Machines.

News Headlines
• Rain cripples Mumbai
• My heir will be Dalit: Maya
• Case against TDP MLA
• Appeal against JuD chief release
• WB:6 killed in bus mishap
• Sarah Palin to step down
• Aus to hold 'Harmony March'
• What new foreign secy says
• Mayawati's statue-craze
• 26/11 accused' hearing adjourned
• PM to decide over AFSPA: Ansari
• Lalu against legalising gay sex
• Shopian case: Exhumation ordered
• JK: 2 militants killed
• 'Black money impede elections'
• Tension prevails in Mysore
• Chennai: SL aid ship offloads
• Petition seeks CBI probe
• Kerala: Will VS be removed?

Message board
• Share your water woes

Interviews
• 'People will rethink about Maoists'
• Richard Watson on 26/11 report

Column
• China arsenal can be aimed at us

Specials
• A fable of blood and bribes
• Student remembers Ali Akbar Khan
• Hitler's secret fighter revealed!
• Chasing the Rain | Rain dance
• Songs of the Monsoon

Images
• Readers' pix: Lush after rain
• NSG hub at Hyderabad unveiled
• It's about saving Kashmir's pride
• Pak among top failed nations
• Mesmerising Sunset
• Reader's pix: It's pouring & how