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. Yunus is the City Editor of Siasat.com

World

Trump praises Mamdani after meeting; says he is ok being called fascist

In a historic moment that left many on the left and right amused, US President Donald Trump not only praised New York city Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani, but also publicly acknowledged being…
Telangana

Telangana local body polls: KCR to stay away from campaigning

Hyderabad: With the Telangana government all set to conduct the local body elections in the coming weeks, many are wondering if ex-chief minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao…

Hyderabad

Munshi Naan reopens after old location razed for Hyderabad metro

Hyderabad: Close to a month after the demolition of its 174-year-old building, Munshi Naan has now reopened in the same vicinity. The new location of the shop is on the Chatta Bazar…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Biological-E’s PNEUBEVAX vaccine gets WHO pre-qualifitication

Hyderabad: City based leading pharma company Biological E. Limited (BE) on Thursday, November 20, announced that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted pre-qualification (PQ) status to its 14-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine…
Telangana

Telangana govt in talks with Amazon to provide SHGs online market

Hyderabad: The Telangana government is holding talks with e-commerce giant Amazon to provide women self-help groups (SHG) a big online market. Chief minister Revanth Reddy said that the government aims to provide…
Telangana

Telangana CM Revanth seeks Centre’s help to develop Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, November 18, requested Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to approve state’s projects including the Musi Rejuvenation project and the Hyderabad Metro Rail expansion. The…
News

Telangana cotton farmers unable to sell cops: KTR attacks govt

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former IT minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday, November 16, slammed the Telangana and central governments for not helping cotton farmers in the…

Hyderabad

Jubilee Hills by election: CM promises 4K homes to eligible poor

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, November 4, announced that 4000 houses will be given to the eligible poor in the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency soon after the upcoming November…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Germany’s Deutsche Borse to open Global Capability Center

Hyderabad: German company Deutsche, one of the world’s leading exchange organisations and market infrastructure providers, will soon launch its Global Capability Center (GCC) in Hyderabad. The development was conveyed to Telangana chief minister…
Hyderabad

Mohammad Azharuddin appointed as Telangana minorities welfare minister

Hyderabad: Newly inducted cabinet minister and ex-Indian cricket team captain Mohammad Azharuddin was alloted the minorities and public enterprises portfolios by the Telangana government. The public enterprises ministry was earlier held by…
Telangana

Will complete world’s largest 40 km SLBC tunnel project: Telangana CM

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Monday, November 3, said that the state government is committed to complete the pending work on the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project, which is touted…
Telangana

Telangana CM to launch aerial electromagnetic survey at SLBC tunnel

Hyderabad: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy left for the SLBC tunnel in a chopper from the Begumpet airport on Monday, November 3. Accompanied by cabinet ministers N Uttam Kumar Reddy and Komatireddy Venkat…
Hyderabad

Opinion: Azharuddin’s cabinet inclusion is worse than minority tokenism

Hyderabad: Sometimes I think that the Congress does not even try to hide that it is out of cards in politics. With the Jubilee Hills by election coming up soon, one would…
Telangana

Cycle Montha: Telangana CM to go on aerial survey in flood hit areas

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday, October 30, instructed government officials to set up relief camps for the 2000 evacuees in Wsarangal district who were affected by floods caused by…
Hyderabad

Jubilee Hills bypoll: BJP says ministry for Azharuddin violates MCC

Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here has objected to Congress MLC and ex-cricketer Mohd Azharuddin’s reported inclusion into the Telangana cabinet claiming it is appeasement of minorities before the upcoming November 11…