‘Slumdog Millionaire’ child stars visit Hong Kong for charity performance

September 7th, 2009 HONG KONG - Eleven people were injured when a man threw acid during an altercation Sunday in a bustling market district, the fourth such attack in Hong Kong this year. Local television reports said victims had to be carried on gurneys to ambulances, their heads covered in bandages.

July 5th, 2009 'Slumdog' kid star to move into new home next weekMUMBAI, India — One of the impoverished child stars from "Slumdog Millionaire" will move from his shanty home in one of Mumbai's more wretched slums into a new apartment next week, his mother said Sunday. "On Friday we got the keys," said Shameem Ismail, the mother of child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who played the young Salim in the Oscar-winning hit.

July 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Azharuddin Ismail, child star of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" got his new home in an upmarket Mumbai suburb on Saturday. Ismail, who played the youngest Salim in the movie Directed by Danny Boyle, was exuberant about his newly allocated apartment.

June 10th, 2009 'Slumdog' child star gets new home in MumbaiMUMBAI, India — The makers of the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" have bought a new home for one of the two child stars discovered in Mumbai's slums. The purchase of a 250-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment for the family of Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, was completed Monday, said Nirja Mattoo, who helps oversee a trust set up by the filmmakers to help Azharuddin and his 9-year-old co-star Rubina Ali.

May 14th, 2009 Home of 'Slumdog' star torn downMUMBAI, India — City workers demolishing part of a Mumbai slum on Thursday bulldozed the home of a "Slumdog Millionaire" child star. Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail was asleep in his shanty when a police officer woke him up and told him to leave, he said.

May 14th, 2009 Mumbai authorities tear down 'Slumdog' star's homeMUMBAI, India — City workers bulldozed the home of a "Slumdog Millionaire" child star Thursday as part of the demolition of dozens of shanties in a Mumbai slum. Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail was asleep when a police officer woke him up and told him to leave his family's home, he said.

April 22nd, 2009 Police: No evidence against dad of 'Slumdog' starMUMBAI, India — Indian police said they have so far found no evidence that the father of a child star in the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" tried to sell the 9-year-old girl to an undercover reporter. Police opened an investigation following a complaint from Khurshid Begum, the estranged mother of "Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali, after News of the World reported the father planned to put her up for adoption.

March 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - Slum kid actors of Oscar winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, were awarded scholarships for free education. The initiative by a self-help group called 'We Love India' in association with D.Y.

March 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - 'Slumdog Millionaire' co-director Loveleen Tandan is still to get over the Oscar experience. She says her worst fear before the ceremony was she would trip and fall on her sari on the red carpet.

March 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - Irrfan Khan, who shot to global fame with Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire' and now has another offer from its producers, said Bollywood will see more collaborations with Hollywood following the grand success of the film. 'Look at destiny.

March 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Mumbai Congress will 'welcome' the two young stars from the Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', Azharuddin and Rubina, if they choose to campaign for the party during the Lok Sabha elections, a senior office-bearer said here Thursday. 'If they want to join us in the campaigning or support us like many other children, they shall be welcomed,' Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) president Kripa Shankar Singh told mediapersons this afternoon.

March 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Hollywood stars like Meryl Streep and Brad Pitt were floored by the little kids who featured in Danny Boyle's Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', says Loveleen Tandon, the film's co-director. Rubina Ali, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Tanay Cheda were the cynosure of all eyes at the Oscars ceremony last week.

February 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Oscar contender 'Slumdog Millionaire', which has received global critical acclaim and become a worldwide box-office success, has raked in Rs.215 million since its Jan 23 release in India and is expected to gross about Rs.300 million. 'We expect 'Slumdog Millionaire' to make about Rs.300 million in India.

January 20th, 2009 HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares fell by almost three percent Wednesday as overnight losses on Wall Street and profit warnings from Chinese companies listed in the city deepened market gloom. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index ended the day down 376.14 points, or 2.9 percent, at 12,583.63.

January 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - Danny Boyle's internationally applauded 'Slumdog Millionaire' will have an odd-sounding title for its Hindi dubbed version - 'Slumdog Crorepati'. The intended Hindi title 'Slumdog Millionaire: Kaun Banega Crorepati' was shortened, thanks to copyright issues by the producers of the international game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'.