Here's a recap of the events from the past 24 hours.
On his 84th birthday, the much loved author shares his latest thoughts.
Director Paresh Mokashi talks about his film Harishchandrachi Factory, India's entry for Oscars 2010.
The SAT asked Sebi as to what it was doing all these seven years and why it did not object to the revised IPO documents.
A victory in Nandigram would not only establish him as one of the tallest BJP leaders in Bengal but would push him miles ahead of others in the chief ministerial race if the party is voted to power.
Director Paresh Mokashi deserves a pat on his back for making such a low budget film with such great actors, and such interesting direction.
Reader Arindam Chakraborty spotted former India captain Sourav Ganguly at 'Oh! Calcutta' restaurant in Kolkata.
V K Murthy is credited with providing some of Indian cinema's most breathtaking visual moments in classics like Guru Dutt's Kagaz Ke Phool, Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam, Baazi, Jaal, Chaudavin Ka Chand, Pyasa, 12 O'Clock and Ziddi.
'I have been tagged the next superstar for a long time, but I have not reached that stage.' 'So it's very important to accept your failures, not be in denial.' 'Those films happened because I chose them.' 'Nobody put a gun to my head and asked me to sign them.'
Legendary Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao passed away at Care Hospital in Hyderabad early on Wednesday at around 2 am. He was 91, and was under going cancer treatment.
The cinematographer, famous for his camera work in Guru Dutt's classics like Pyaasa and Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam, believes that only Aamir Khan can play Guru Dutt onscreen.
Harbhajan Singh believes Jasprit Bumrah will forever remain indebted to Virat Kohli's "gut feeling", which got him the hat-trick, just as he is grateful to Sadagopan Ramesh for an incredible catch at forward short-leg 18 summers ago.
Kolkata Knight Riders' owner and Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan on Monday said he would try and find a role for Sourav Ganguly in his IPL team after the former India skipper remained unsold.
V K Murthy is the first ever cinematographer to be chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his outstanding contribution to films.
Priyanka Chopra and Arjun Rampal joined an elite club of winners on Friday after being presented with the National Awards at a ceremony in New Delhi which also saw veteran cameraman V K Murthy receiving the Dada Saheb Phalke amid a standing ovation from the audience.
Hazarika and Deshmukh were given the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
Had Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) played under the leadership of former India skipper Sourav Ganguly in the Indian Premier League (IPL), they might have avoided the tag of tournament-laggards, feels teams young pacer Ashok Dinda. Under New Zealand's Brendon McCullum the Kolkata side had a disastrous campaign as they earned the dubious distinction of losing eight matches on the trot.
The terrorists were identified by the police as Azad Ahmad Malik of Arwani in Bijbehara, Unais Shafi of Takiya Maqbool Shah, Bijbehara, Basit Ishtiyaq of Pushwara Anantnag, Atif Najar of Waghama Bijbehara, Firdous Ahmad of Muchpuna Pulwama and Shahid Bashir of Kawni Awantipora.
Cinematographer V K Murthy talks about his prestigious award.
In a controversial move, the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra is set to enact a law to make it mandatory for multiplexes in the state to screen Marathi movies during prime time slots.
Pele has unveiled an unusual line of diamonds using strands of the football legend's own hair, local media reported.
In a career spanning six decades, Chatterjee has acted in more than 300 films.
'He was a nobody then.' 'And whatever little his contribution was there, it was restricted to Gujarat.'
Vidya Balan gets candid about playing legendary actress Geeta Bali on the big screen!
A look at the top tweets from your Bollywood celebrities.
Even in this darkest hour of a crumbling economy and raging disease, there is hardly a murmur of protest against the government, observes Sumit Bhattacharya.
The city rejoices the news of the singer's Dada Saheb Phalke award nomination.
After former India captain Sourav Ganguly and senior batsman Gautam Gambhir called for freezing ties with the arch-rivals Pakistan till the time cross-border terrorism does not end, veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has made it clear that he wants to play cricket with India. The 38-year old cricketer wants India and Pakistan to resolve their disputes and resume playing cricket for the love of their fans. Younis also said that he wants cricket to return to Pakistan with the blanket ban on his nation's hosting rights lifted.
Though it suffers a bit from the lack of a strong melody or a catchy, take-home hook or riff, this album is an audacious attempt.
Career highlights of Sourav Ganguly who retired from international cricket at the end of the fourth and final Test of the series against Australia, in Nagpur, on Monday
Former India team director Ravi Shastri has expressed his disappointment on losing out his job with the Indian cricket team. Despite running as one of the frontrunners for the job, the three member advisory panel of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman selected their former teammate Anil Kumble as the coach of India team.
Sanath Kumar and Dada Nabeel found the net as Karnataka drew curtains to Maharashtra's semi-final hopes, beating them 2-0, while Goa got the better of Services by a solitary goal in league matches of the 63rd Santosh Trophy National Football Championship in Chennai on Friday.
Interestingly, Sourav Ganguly's run-aggregate since his comeback in December 2006, is the highest by any Indian batsman in Test matches in this period.
Legendary Diego Maradona finally kept his date with the football-crazy Kolkata for a three-day private trip, which was originally scheduled in September.
Reader Nishit Shah sent us this picture from London.
Reader Rajagopal sent us these pictures from Melbourne.
Kolkata sheds its white-blue nocturnal hue with pink ball day-night Test.
Reader Rahul Palem sent us this picture from Nagpur.
'Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Harbhajan and Irfan Pathan. The bunch that formed the formidable force of Dada's team. Have we seen the last of them?' wonders Abhijit Masih.
