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

Hyderabad

Telangana govt to introduce new education policy, priority for girls: CM

Hyderabad: The Telangana government here is going to introduce a new education policy soon, said chief minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday, January 8. He stated that free transportation for pre-primary school children…
Hyderabad

Esra threw my father Mukarram Jah’s clothes out after death, says Azam Jah

Hyderabad: Three years ago, in 2023, the last and eight titular Nizam of Hyderabad, Mukarram Jah, passed away at the age of 89, leaving behind a legacy that in some ways will…

Hyderabad

Kavitha-led Telangana Jagruthi to form committees, go independent

Hyderabad: The K Kavitha-led Telangana Jagruthi is reportedly on course to become an independent political organisation. The ex-Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC, who was expelled from the party last year for anti-party…
India

Karnataka: Aide of Congress MLA held for death of party worker by bullet

The police in Karnataka have arrested a gunman linked to an aide of Congress MLA Nara Bharat Reddy in connection with the shootout in which a Congress party worker was killed, an…
Telangana

KCR creating water disputes to save BRS: Telangana CM

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, on Thursday, January 1, alleged that the former Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), is creating water disputes between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to keep his…
India

MP: BJP minister says ‘ghanta’ during verbal clash with journo, apologises

Madhya Pradesh minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kailash Vijayvargiya had to eat humble pie and apologise after verbally clashing with a journalist over deaths caused by contaminated water in Indore.…
Telangana

Defended Telangana Godavari Water Rights against AP: Uttam Kumar Reddy

Hyderabad: Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday, December 31, asserted that the government here has “robustly” defended the state’s irrigation interests in the ongoing water dispute…

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: New police commissionerates Future City, Malkajgiri created

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday, December 29, said that it has reorganised the city’s three police commissionerates – Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Rachakonda – into four new ones. The old Rachakonda police circle…
Telangana

Telangana Congress govt has pushed Palamuru back into distress: KTR

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday, December 28, accused the the ruling Congress of reversing the development achieved in the Palamuru district and pushing it…
Hyderabad

Pushpa 2 stampede: Allu Arjun, Sandhya Theater chargesheeted

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police on Saturday, December 27, chargesheeted the management of Sandhya Theatre as the prime accused, as well as Telugu movie star Allu Arjun in the stampede case that claimed…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Prince Mukarram Jah’s son Azam issued removal notice from MJ Trust

Hyderabad: The ongoing feud in the erstwhile Asaf Jahi family of the Nizams between prince Azam Jah and princess Esra is now spilling out in the open. In the latest development, Azam…
Telangana

Will bring Congress to power with 87 seats: CM Revanth to KCR

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, December 24, said that he will bring the Congress back to power by winning 87 out of 119 Assembly seats in the state, and…
Hyderabad

Get defected BRS MLAs to contest by polls: KTR to Telangana CM Revanth

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Saturday, December 20, challenged Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy to get all the 10 defected BRS MLAs to resign and…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad police commissioner flags mule accounts to RBI governor

Hyderabad: To counter ‘mule accounts’ used by cyber criminals, Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar called for the establishment of a dedicated centralised database to identify and track such mule accounts in a…
Telangana

Telangana: GI tag filed for Siddipet Batik paintings

Hyderabad: A Geographical Indication (GI) application has been filed for the Siddipet Batik paintings from Telangana. It was formally filed by Subhajit Saha, known as the ‘GI Man of Telangana’, with support…