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.

Telangana

BRS to take it easy for Telangana local body elections?

Hyderabad: While the ruling Congress is gearing up for the upcoming Telangana local body elections, the main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) might not put all of its effort to avoid wasting…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Commercial taxes dept detects new GST fraud via fake bills

Hyderabad: Commercial Taxes Department here unearthed a major Goods and Services tax (GST) evasion scam by a city-based company named. Keshaan Industries LLP, the company, was found indulging in ‘unprecedented tax fraud’…

Telangana

Maximum seats to BCs for Telangana local body elections: BJP chief

Hyderabad: Telangana state BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Monday, July 28, announced that the party will allot maximum seats to BCs in the coming local body elections. Rao said the BJP…
Hyderabad

Meeting held between GHMC, Army for transfer of Defence land

Hyderabad: A crucial meeting was held between the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Defence departments to speed up land transfer Hyderabad with regard to the construction of alternative roads for the…
Hyderabad

9 held for cyber crime in Hyderabad via mule accounts

Hyderabad: Nine persons have been arrested by the Cyberabad police for their operating and providing mule accounts for cyber crime leading to several fraudulent financial transactions. The accused were found to be…
Hyderabad

17 stolen cars recovered by Hyderabad police via Command Control Centre

Hyderabad: As many as 17 stolen vehicles were recovered successfully after theft by the Hyderabad police via the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre (TGiCCC) here. The stolen vehicles were recovered from…
Hyderabad

Rains in Hyderabad: CM warns officials of dereliction; state on alert

Hyderabad: In view of heavy rains in Hyderabad over the last week, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Monday, July 21, instructed all district collectors to be alert and take necessary precautions…

Telangana

KTR launches BRS meetings for coming Telangana local body polls

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday, July 21, announced the launch of constituency-level meetings for key workers this week as part of the party’s preparation…
Hyderabad

Telangana: Raja Singh to remain Goshamahal MLA despite BJP exit

Hyderabad: In an interesting development, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Telangana unit is not going to seek former member Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh to vacate his constituency. Singh had quit the party…
Telangana

Growing centralization of power at expense of south states: KTR

Hyderabad: Batting for a more nuanced decision on the delimitation of Parliament seats, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and ex-Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday, July 20, said…
Entertainment

Superman review: Finally Hollywood grows a spine for Palestine

Hyderabad: When I first read a few reports of James Gunn’s Superman (2025) featuring David Corenswet being about Palestine, I thought maybe people were reading too much into it. But then one…
Hyderabad

BJP’s Madhavi Latha vying for Goshamahal seat after Raja Singh’s exit

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Madhavi Latha, who unsuccessfully contested for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat in 2024, is reportedly vying for a ticket for the Goshamahal Assembly seat which is…
Telangana

Address learning gaps in Telangana schools: MV Foundation to CM

Hyderabad: Urging the need to address low learning levels in Telangana, the MV Foundation has written to chief minister Revanth Reddy to take corrective steps to address the issue. R Venkat Reddy,…
Telangana

Telangana CM seems semiconductor project nod, new rail lines from Centre

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, July 17, met and requested Union minister for IT and Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw to approve the state’s semiconductor projects. Accompanied by state IT…
Telangana

10 students fall ill in govt school in Telangana due to food poisoning

Hyderabad: As many as 10 students from the Mahatma Jyothibapule BC School in Telangana’s Lakshmipur village of Jagityal district fell ill after eating spoiled food. Of them, seven have been reportedly serious…