Articles by Sajana Nambiar
Fire creates havoc in Dombivli
No casualties or injuries were reported as the workers managed to escape the fire on time
Published on Mar 05, 2016 07:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Dombivli
Three held for kidnapping, killing 10-year-old boy in Mumbai
Class 5 student was abducted on his way home; 3 suspects, including father’s ex-employee, held
Updated on Mar 04, 2016 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Thane
Day before SSC exam, teen falls off train in Mumbai, dies
The police said the train Chavhan took from Badlapur was not crowded
Published on Mar 02, 2016 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Mumbai
Balloon vendor killed in cylinder blast at Kalyan school, 13 hurt
The victim, 52-year-old balloon vendor Ram Prasad, died on the spot. Of those injured, two were shifted to a Mumbai hospital as their injuries were severe
Published on Dec 25, 2015 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Kalyan
Mumbai: This 8-yr-old terminally ill boy becomes a police officer for a day
Sahil Patil is all of eight years old, but is sure of what he would like to be when he grows up – a police officer.
Updated on Sep 09, 2015 12:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Kalyan
9 killed in Thakurli building collapse; owners booked
After a 13-hour rescue operation in the pouring rain, authorities pulled out nine bodies from the debris of a two-storey building at Thakurli, which collapsed on Tuesday.
Updated on Jul 30, 2015 01:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar and Faisal Tandel
Thane building collapse: 9 found dead after 13 hrs of rescue ops
After 13 hours of rescue operations in the rain by the of National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF), Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Mumbai fire department, nine bodies were pulled out of the debris after a three-storey building collapsed at Thakurli, near Dombivli, on Tuesday night. Out of the 15 people rescued, 10 are severely injured
Updated on Jul 30, 2015 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Dombivli
Mumbai: Part of Kalyan skywalk collapses, one injured
Three weeks after a portion of the Kalyan (West) skywalk collapsed, another part fell down on Monday, injuring a pedestrian.
Updated on Jun 22, 2015 11:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Kalyan
Badlapur ashram ransacked: Hunt on for NCP corporator Ashish Damle
Nine people were arrested by the Kulgaon Badlapur police on Friday for accompanying NCP corporator Ashish Damle in ransacking an ashram on Tuesday night.
Updated on Jun 05, 2015 10:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Kalyan
Maharashtra: NCP leader who led ashram attack absconding
The Nationalist Congress Party corporator Ashish Damle, who was expelled from the party after leading a mob that allegedly ransacked an ashram at Badlapur, has been absconding for the past 48 hours, the police said.
Updated on Jun 04, 2015 11:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Thane
Mumbai: Portion of skywalk at Kalyan collapses, stolen wallets rain down
Barely two months after a fire broke out at the Kalyan (West) skywalk, a portion of it collapsed on Monday. As the fibre sheets attached to the bottom of the skywalk fell, garbage – and wallets – rained down.
Updated on Jun 01, 2015 09:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Kalyan
Dombivli: With one ticket counter shut, long queues and chaos at station
A day after ticket counters and ATVMs were vandalised at the Dombivli railway station, the ticket counter at Dombivli station platform no 1, which is behind the station master’s office, remained closed on Saturday.
Updated on Jan 03, 2015 08:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Dombivli
Mumbai: Stranded commuters forced to walk on tracks for hours
From traffic snarls to walking on the railway tracks and remaining stranded without food or water for a few hours, the Central Railway commuters had a harrowing time, with services coming to a halt on Friday.
Updated on Jan 03, 2015 09:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Mumbai News
Cause of Bhiwandi blaze unknown, fire officials don't rule out arson
A day after eight people were charred to death in a blaze at a Bhiwandi warehouse, fire brigade officials and the police are yet to determine the cause of the fire.
Updated on Dec 29, 2014 04:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Bhiwandi
Bhiwandi blaze: Warehouse owner ignored basic fire safety norms
Wooden logs spread across the godown, trucks on the premises and the absence of fire extinguishers ensured the blaze at the warehouse in Bhiwandi, which could have been a minor mishap, claimed eight lives.
Updated on Dec 27, 2014 10:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Thane
Bhiwandi fire: Don’t know who is at fault, say kin
As the news of the warehouse fire spread, relatives and neighbours of the workers, belonging to the Kapil Bast village in Nepal, gathered outside the Indira Gandhi Hospital at Bhiwandi on Saturday.
Updated on Dec 27, 2014 10:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Thane
300 taken ill after tanker discharges effluents into nullah in Thane district
More than 300 people were taken ill with complaints of uneasiness, vomiting, fainting and breathing difficulties after a tanker discharged effluents into a nullah Ambernath MIDC in Thane district on Saturday.
Updated on Nov 30, 2014 02:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Mumbai
‘Kalyan school punishes students for not collecting funds’
Class 8 students of St Jude’s High School in Kalyan are being forced to raise funds for construction of a new building for the school, parents have alleged.
Updated on Nov 10, 2014 10:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Kalyan
Mumbai: Dombivli family stuck in J-K floods
Vikrant Shinde, 44, his wife Archana, 38, and eight-year-old daughter Viviya left Dombivli on September 5. Their family has been waiting to hear from the three.
Updated on Sep 09, 2014 08:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Dombivli
Mumbra building collapse: two bodies pulled out of debris
The rescue operations team on Sunday team pulled out the bodies of two more residents of Banno building in Mumbra, which collapsed on Saturday. Sajana Nambiar reports.
Updated on Sep 23, 2013 03:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Thane
19-year-old raped by three tempo drivers in Bhiwandi
The trio, who are brothers, threatened her with a knife and took her to Anjurphata in a tempo where they raped her.
Updated on Sep 17, 2013 08:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Bhiwandi
School denies responsibility in Mumbai bus rape case
The Badlapur-based school in Mumbai, which the four-year-old girl attended and in whose premises she was raped by a school bus cleaner on September 6, refuses to accept responsibility for the incident, instead pointing fingers at the bus operator
Updated on Sep 16, 2013 08:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Thane
Bus on which child was raped had no woman attendant
A school bus cleaner from Badlapur, arrested for raping a four-year-old girl in the bus she regularly travelled in, was remanded to nine days’ police custody on Sunday. Sajana Nambiar reports.
Updated on Sep 16, 2013 02:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Mumbai
3 month old kidnapped from Kalyan sidewalk
A three-month-old girl was allegedly kidnapped in the wee hours of Tuesday morning at Kalyan.
Updated on Aug 21, 2013 08:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sajana Nambiar, Kalyan