BARACK gave veteran Curragh trainer Frank Ennis his first success of the season when gaining a narrow victory over Duff in the listed Glencairn Stakes, feature of last night’s action at Leopardstown.

SLUMDOG Millionaire child star Rubina Ali says her home and the awards she won for the Oscar-winning film had been destroyed in a fire that raged through a congested Mumbai slum.

The shanty home of “Slumdog Millionaire” child star Rubina Ali has burned down in a fire that raged through a crowded slum in the Indian city of Mumbai.

British director Danny Boyle said he feels conflicted that his Oscar-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' has distorted the childhoods of its young stars from Mumbai’s shantytowns, but hopes the movie’s huge success will improve their lives.

'Slumdog Millionaire' child actor Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail finally moved into a new permanent home along with his family today.

Director Danny Boyle has promised new homes to two of the youngest stars of his Oscar-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

THE makers of Slumdog Millionaire met with the film’s two impoverished child stars yesterday in Mumbai, but the father of one of the children stormed out of the meeting, saying they have been forgotten since the movie won eight Oscars.

The Slumdog Millionaire child actors who lost their shanty shelters during a civic demolition drive in Mumbai are set to get new homes.

The 'Slumdog Millionaire' child actors have passed their school exams with good results despite poor attendance.

The mother of 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Rubina Ali has blasted her ex-husband over allegations he attempted to sell the nine-year-old.

The father of 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Rubina Ali has been cleared by Indian police over allegations he attempted to sell his young daughter.

A day after 'Slumdog Millionaire' child actor Rubina Ali was at the centre of a controversy surrounding her alleged sale to an Arab sheikh, a Qatar-based businessman has offered to fund her education.

The mother and step-mother of 'Slumdog Millionaire' child star Rubina Ali had a Mumbai street showdown over claims the little girl had been put up for sale, it emerged today.

'Slumdog Millionaire' child star Rubina Ali is at the centre of sensational newspaper claims that her father has offered her up for sale - for $300,000 (€231,000).

THE makers of the movie Slumdog Millionaire have donated $747,500 (€560,000) to a charity devoted to improving the lives of street children in Mumbai.

'Slumdog Millionaire' child actors Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Rubina Rafiq Ali Qureshi may soon leave the slums which won them their fame, it was reported today.

CHILDREN broke into Bollywood dance numbers and crowds cheered in the lanes of a teeming slum as their hometown heroes nabbed Hollywood’s highest honours.