As part of our weekend special series, here's a roundup of the most popular and trending articles, photo galleries and videos from the week that was
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Coming soon: Mumbai train commuters can book a season pass on their smart phone
The Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) — the software coding agency of the Indian Railways — has prepared the mobile ticketing system and is likely to start it from October 7 (Read more)
Audience wants Amitabh Bachchan songs, sung in Amitabh's voice: Sudesh Bhosle
Sudesh Bhonsle takes to stage, singing in the one voice that the world recognises him for. Wife Hema and their kids make the production a family affair (Read more)
Priyanka Chopra on being lauded for 'Quantico', working in the west, more
On the line from Montreal, Priyanka Chopra, flooded with praise for 'Quantico', tells Aastha Atray Banan she wants to discuss success. And nothing else (Read more)
Photos: Bollywood celebs at a Irani cafe's launch party
Restaurateur AD Singh's new Irani cafe sodabottleopenerwala saw the celeb elite of Mumbai in attendance. Elli Avram, Suchitra Pillai, Simone Khan Arora, Lisa Ray and others were present. We have pictures... (Read more)
First look: The new Harry Potter illustrated series
With the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone set for a worldwide release on October 6, Mumbai fans can't wait to fall under the spell, all over again. Here's what lies inside, along with reactions from city Potterheads (Read more)
From Kanyakumari to Kashmir: Rider in the storm
Mumbai girl, Merryl D’Souza fulfilled a long-held dream of riding solo across India from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. She negotiated 6,886 km of uncharted, and mostly, inhospitable terrain. Looking at some of her favourite snapshots from the ride (Read more)
Mumbai: Portion of Bandra skywalk crashes onto dentist's moving car
Dr Ravindra Diddee is thankful he was in an SUV when a metal panel from the Bandra skywalk crashed onto his car; vehicle's windsreen, roof sustain damage, BMC passes buck to contractor (Read more)
Photos: Indian cricketers and their tales of struggle
Indian pacer Zaheer Khan turned a year older earlier this week, we take a look at the many ups and downs some of our cricketers faced in their lives before reaching the big stage (View pictures)
Gossip over Kabiraji cutlet: The North Kolkata food trail
If you are headed to Kolkata for Pujo, set aside a day to follow this trail across north Kolkata, peppered with quirk, history and eats (Read more)
World Post Day: India Post's survival plan in e-mail riot
Email, instant messaging and mobile phones have side-stepped the humble letter. World Post Day, we thought, is a good time to take stock of how the Indian postal system is embracing change while honouring tradition (Read more)