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: Paigah Tombs caretaker Mohd Rahmatullah passes away

Hyderabad: A visit to the historic Paigah tombs is certainly an architectural delight, but an added bonus at the site always was the evergreen hereditary caretaker Mohd Rahmatullah. Alas, that will no…
Telangana

Telangana dy CM calls KCR for debate on AP water row in Assembly

Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday, July 8, challenged opposition leader and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) for a debate in the Assembly on…

Hyderabad

Kotwal House: Old Hyderabad Police Commissioner office restored

Hyderabad: The 125-year-old Kotwal House, also known as the old Hyderabad Police Commissioner’s office, has been fully restored after lying in neglect for years. The heritage structure was donated for the purpose…
Telangana

Ajay Devgn interested in establishing film studio in Telangana

Hyderabad: Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn on Monday, July 7, Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy at his official residence in New Delhi and expressed interest in establishing a world-class film studio in…
Hyderabad

Jubilee Hills by-election: Congress ticket to minority face unlikely

Hyderabad: The ruling Congress is unlikely to give the ticket for the Jubilee Hills by-poll to a Muslim candidate, including former Indian cricket team captain Mohd Azharuddin. Party leaders said that the…
Hyderabad

Telangana CEO seeks report on 13 political parties over de-registration

Hyderabad: The Telangana Chief Electoral Officer on Friday, July 4, sent show cause notices to 13 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RRUP) with regard to the status of their registration. The political parties…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: KCR admitted in hospital after complaining of weakness

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo and ex-Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was admitted to Yashoda Hospital on Thursday night after complaining of general weakness. Investigations into his health by…

Hyderabad

Opinion: Award to Razakar movie by Telangana govt is an insult to Gaddar

Now that the noise has died down, I think it is time we reevaluate how serious we can take the Congress when it comes to its ideological commitment against the BJP and…
Telangana

New ration cards to be distributed on July 14: Telangana min Uttam Kumar

Hyderabad: Telangana irrigation and civil supplies minister Uttam Kumar Reddy, on Wednesday, July 2, said that the state government would begin distributing new ration cards from July 14 at Tirumalagiri in Tungaturthi…
Hyderabad

Asaduddin Owaisi skirts question over no cabinet berth in Telangana for community

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, July 2, skirted the issue of the ruling Congress not having a Muslim minister in its…
Hyderabad

Will Raja Singh return to Telangana BJP after resignation drama?

Hyderabad: Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh had been at odds with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) state leadership from quite sometime, but its culmination into him resigning from the party over its…
Telangana

BJP Telangana president election to be finally held

Hyderabad: The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana president is likely to be announced within a week as the internal election for it is all set to be held on July 1.…
Hyderabad

Strict action against all responsible on MAHAA TV attack: Telangana dy CM

Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Saturday, June 28, strongly condemned the attack on MAHAA TV. Calling it an extremely unfortunate and inhumane incident, the deputy CM said that the…
Hyderabad

Muharram: Ashurkhana Mutawallis boycott coordination meeting

Hyderabad: Mutawallis and other caretakers of some of the Shia Muslim Ashurkhanas said on Tuesday, June 24, boycotted a coordination meeting held by the Hyderabad police in preparation of Muharram alleging improper…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Azharuddin may not get Jubilee Hills by-poll ticket

Hyderabad: Congress leader and ex-captain of the Indian cricket team Mohd Azharuddin is unlikely to get be the party candidate for the upcoming Jubilee Hills by-election, which will be held in the…