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

Telangana

Telangana: KCR may announce plans for national party in 2 months

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) may announce plans of launching a new national party in the next two months. TRS sources informed that KCR…
Hyderabad

Osmania University: Row over Rahul Gandhi’s visit is due to clash of egos

Hyderabad: In 2017, Osmania University (OU) entered its centenary year, and grand celebrations were to be held. The then President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, also attended the function. However, things turned sour…

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Larger conspiracy behind Osmania Hospital’s demolition call?

Hyderabad: Last week, All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul (AIMIM) president and MP Asaduddin Owaisi drew the ire of heritage activists once again when he said that he has no love for the historical building…
Telangana govt retracts GO 111 laws protecting Osman and Himayat Sagar

Hyderabad: In spite of several protests from civil society groups and scientists, the Telangana government on Wednesday passed an order undoing the restrictions (passed via GO 111 in 1996) that protect the…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Notices issued to King Kothi palace owners on demolition

Hyderabad: Taking cognizance of reports pertaining to the alleged demolition of th historic King Kothi palace (Nazri Bagh), special chief secretary (municipal administration and urban development) Arvind Kumar on Sunday said that…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Goons lay siege on last Nizam’s King Kothi palace

Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at the historic King Kothi palace here on Tuesday, when over 100 goons tried to barge in and forcefully occupy the site. They were reportedly sent by Sukesh Gupta,…
Hyderabad: Residency Building restored, open for public soon

Hyderabad: The British Residency Building, situated in the Koti Women’s College premises, has been finally restored to its past glory. On Thursday, a memorandum of understanding was signed by four parties, including…

Hyderabad

Centre did not support Telangana during Hyderabad floods: Kavitha

Hyderabad: After the 2020 floods that occured in the city, one of the many claims by the state government was that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre had not helped Telangana with…
Andhra Pradesh

AP: TDP – Jana Sena alliance almost sealed, BJP yet to commit

Hyderabad: The opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh (AP) is all set to rekindle its alliance with the Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena Party (JSP). The actor-turned-politician Kalyan is currently in…
Hyderabad: HMDA begins survey of Khajaguda rocks for fencing

Hyderabad: The civic authorities have finally begun surveying the Khajaguda heritage rock site, to figure out its boundary. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) in all likelihood will fence the site, which…
Andhra Pradesh

Decision on capitals is our right: AP CM on High Court verdict

Hyderabad: Taking a swipe at the judiciary, Andhra Pradesh chief minister and YSR Congress supremo Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said that courts cannot preempt or direct not to make…
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Convene meeting with CMs to form procurement policy: KCR to Modi

Hyderabad: Reminding Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India still does not have are uniform national level food grain procurement policy, Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) on Wednesday shot-off a letter…
Hyderabad: Mutawalli of Saidanima’s tomb sacked for forging documents

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Waqf Board (TSWB) here on Tuesday removed Syed Mohammed Ali Khan (son of Syed Ifteqar Ali Khan) as the Mutawalli (caretaker) of the Maqbara (mausoleum) Abdul Haq, popularly…
Telangana

Early polls in Telangana? KCR may dissolve assembly by Dec 2022

Hyderabad: Will Telangana once again witness early elections like it did the last time in 2018? That seems to be where the wind is blowing if Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) insiders are…
Telangana

Centre depriving Telangana of Rs 25k Cr: Harish Rao in budget speech

Hyderabad: Attacking the Narenda Modi-led Centre for its ”autocratic attitude”, Telangana finance minister T. Harish Rao said that the state will be losing “deprived” of Rs. 25000 crore in the next five…