Yunus Lasania

With over 9 years of experience in reporting, Yunus Lasania is a journalist who has worked with 3 national dailies in his career. He last worked as the state correspondent for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with Mint (HT Media). With a deep love for Hyderabad and its history, he also runs the Instagram page The Hyderabad History Project, and is also the host of Beyond Charminar, a podcast series on the history of Hyderabad, focusing on the lesser known aspects of his city.

Hyderabad

Hyderabad court dismisses case seeking distribution of last Nizam’s properties

Hyderabad: A judge of the City Civil Court in Hyderabad dismissed a case filed by the Majlis-e-Sahebzadagan Society, representing about 4,500 descendants of the Asaf Jahi Nizam family, which sought a share…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Ready to build homes in Old City of for Musi evictees, says CM

Hyderabad: The state government is preparing constructive plans to build houses for the displaced poor under the Musi Rejuvenation Project in the Old City of Hyderabad, said Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy…

Telangana

Palamuru project operational in 20 months: Telangana Irrigation min

Hyderabad: Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday, March 8, said that he will make the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme fully operational in the next 20 months.…
Hyderabad

Historic Town Hall, now Legislative Council inaugurated after restoration

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Sunday, March 8, inaugurated the Nizam-era state legislature called Town Hall, which now houses the Telangana Legislative Council. The heritage building had been in disuse…
Hyderabad

Identify new dump yards, use EVs in Hyderabad Core Urban Region: CM

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday, March 7, instructed officials to use electric vehicles (EV) in the upcoming Core Urban Region (CURE) area that is being developed on the Outer…
Telangana

Telangana: TGSPDCL allows use of private billing meters for 3 months

Hyderabad: In order to reduce the burden on its operations and maintenance personnel, the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana (TGSPDCL) here has decided to utilise the services of private spot billing…
Telangana

Add 40 BC castes to central OBC list before Census: Telangana BC Commission

Hyderabad: The Telangana Backwards Classes (BC) Commission has written to the state Chief Secretary Rama Krishna Rao requesting to initiate action to include the list 40 BC caste communities that in the…

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Power demand touches new record of 4,421 MW in GHMC

Hyderabad: Power consumption in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area touched a new record with the peak demand on Tuesday, March 3, reaching 4,421 megawatts (MW). This is the highest power…
Telangana

Telangana to kick off Census 2027 operations from May 11

Hyderabad: Telangana will begin the first phase of Census 2027 operations from May 11, with House Listing Operations (HLO) running across the state from May 11 to June 9, part of what…
Telangana

Telangana peak power demand surges for second day at 18,139 MW

Hyderabad: Power utilities successfully met a record peak electricity demand of 18,139 mega watts (MW), registered at 11:01 am on Tuesday, without any interruption, said Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu. He…
Hyderabad

GHMC Act to be scrapped: Soon, a new Core Urban Act to govern Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s municipalities are headed for a significant administrative overhaul, with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Friday, February 27, announcing that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Act will be replaced with…
News

Telangana govt to start new public schools in 100 constituencies: CM

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, February 26, announced that public schools will be opened in 100 Assembly constituencies across the state (outside Hyderabad) from this academic year. The…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: AISA student in UoH booked for alleged remarks on Lord Ram

Hyderabad: A student of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) was booked and briefly held by the Gachibowli Police for allegedly uploading an offensive statement on Lord Ram as his WhatsApp status. Srijan, the…
Telangana

Third electricity DISCOM to come up in Telangana soon

Hyderabad: The Telangana government is accelerating the process to establish Steps a third power distribution company in the state. Based on a Government Order (GO) issued by the Energy Department in December…
Featured News

Expo moral policing in Hyderabad: Whose Ramzan is it anyway?

Hyderabad: If the headline was sufficient or catchy enough for you to get curious and read more, I’m glad, because, honestly, I was hoping that I wouldn’t have to write on this…