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

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Pharma companies ink MoUs with Telangana govt; to invest Rs 5260 Crr

Hyderabad: Representatives of six big pharma companies like MSN Laboratory, Laurus Labs and Aurobindo Pharma held talks with Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy and promised to invest Rs 5,260 crore in the…
Telangana

Telangana: KTR slams govt for asking apartments to set up transformers

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) on Tuesday, November 19, asked the state government about “its decision” to burden apartment residents with the cost of installing transformers…

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Transgenders to be appointed as traffic volunteers

Hyderabad: In a major decision to help the transgender community, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday, November 14, ordered officials to focus on the appointment of Transgenders as traffic volunteers to…
Hyderabad

Telangana Integrated Household Survey for increasing welfare schemes: Dy CM

Hyderabad: Attacking opposition leader and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president, Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka asked KTR to “first explain” where the Congress government is failong. “Is giving jobs…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Heritage dept contract workers unpaid for over 2 months

Hyderabad: Several contract workers from the Telangana Heritage department have not been paid their salaries in the last few months. The issue has been plaguing workers who specifically take care of some…
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Telangana BJP targets Rahul Gandhi over caste census in Islamophobic tweet

Hyderabad: In yet another Islamophobic post, the Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, November 6, put up a tweet on X with a picture of Congress Lok Sabha…
Hyderabad

Telangana: Civil society concerned over back-to-back communal incidents

Hyderabad: A handful of communal incidents within a year have raised concerns of the Telangana government’s efficacy in maintaining peace and harmony. A one-month ban on gatherings by the Hyderabad police commissioner…

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Systems have collapsed in universities: Telangana CM to new VCs

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday, November 2, said that universities in the state have been losing their reputation for some time now and that there is a need to…
Hyderabad

Mayonnaise ban leaves food outlets in Hyderabad scratching their heads

Hyderabad: The Telangana Food Safety department has been on roll over recent months with its enforcement drives, and its culmination in the ban of mayonnaise made with raw eggs on October 30…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: BRS defends Krishank over Meinhardt corruption allegations

Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Legal Cell has defended its statements made on Meinhardt, one of the firms tasked with the Musi river redevelopment project. In a strong statement in support…
Hyderabad

Jeddah: Hyderabad filmmaker’s debut short movie to represent India in film fest

Hyderabad: City-based independent filmmaker Triparna Banerjee is all set for her debut short film, Nails (which is representing India), in the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah this December. The international…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Focus on control of illegal constructions, says GHMC comm’r

Hyderabad: GHMC commissioner Ilambarthi on Monday asked concerned departments to pay special attention and to focus on illegal constructions in the city. He also asked the civiv body’s legal officer to review all…
Crime

Take action on accused in communal incidents: All India Milli Council of Telangana

Hyderabad: Concerned over rising communal incidents in the state which have taken place recent times in the state, the All India Milli Council of Telangana here on Sunday, October 20, asked state…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau to ramp up drug clampdown

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Anti-Narcotic Bureau is likely to double down its efforts to find and curb the sale of drugs in the city. Senior officials from the department, who are also…
Telangana

Telangana Guv approves appointment of 9 VCs for universities

Hyderabad: Telangana governor Jishnu Dev Verma on Friday, October 18, approved appointments to the post of vice-chancellors for various state universities, including the Telangana university in Nizamabad where the post went vacant…