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: Congress leader files nomination from Karimnagar sans B-form

Hyderabad: In typical Congress fashion, party leader Velichela Rajendra Rao filed his nomination for the Karimnagar Lok Sabha seat even as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) is yet to formally announce…
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Hyderabad: UoH student groups on 3-day protest against ABVP attack

Hyderabad: Student organisations in the University of Hyderabad (UoH) have begun a three-day sit-in relay protest demanding the arrest and expulsion of “criminals” who attacked students on April 17. The student bodies…

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Andhra: Congress pins hope on Sharmila for revival, denting YSRCP

Hyderabad: The Congress in Andhra Pradesh (AP) has been more or less non-existent over the last decade ever since the bifurcation of Telangana and AP in 2014. Having been politically decimated in…
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Hyderabad: Several UoH students injured in clashes; ABVP blamed

Hyderabad: Several University of Hyderabad (UoH) students were injured in clashes after members of the right-wing Akhila Bharatiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP) reportedly assaulted Students Federation of India (SFI) members. The incident took…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: BJP MLA Raja Singh booked for unauthorised Ram Navami rally

Hyderabad: The Afzalgunj police on Thursday booked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh for carrying out an unauthorised rally during the Sri Ram Navami procession a day earlier on…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad CP warns ex-BRS MLA Shakeel of legal action in accident case

Hyderabad: In an indirect warning to ex-Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Aamir Shakeel, City police commissioner Kothakota Srinivas Reddy said that legal action will be initiated against people who are trying to…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Moroccan national deported for overstay, drug peddling

Hyderabad: A Moroccan national was deported from the city for overstaying and selling drugs. Achbili Amine, the accused, was arrested by the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (HNEW) and had studied in Osmania…

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Revanth will join BJP with MLAs after Lok Sabha polls: KTR

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has claimed that Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy along with several Congress MLAs will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after…
Hyderabad

Congress likely to field Sameer Waliullah from Hyderabad LS seat

Hyderabad: The Congress leadership is likely to announce the name of city District Congress Committee (DCC) chief Sameer Waliullah as the candidate for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat. He will be taking…
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Amaravati will be permanent capital of Andhra, promises Naidu

Hyderabad: Promising to continue with Amaravati as Andhra Pradesh’s capital if he wins the upcoming Assembly elections, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo and ex-chief minister Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said that Amaravati…
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Hyderabad: Falaknuma sub inspector caught napping; inquiry ordered

Hyderabad: In a major embarrassment for the Hyderabad city police, a sub-inspector from the Falaknuma police station was caught on camera napping inside his car while on night duty on Friday, April…
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LS polls: MBT to take on AIMIM in Hyderabad; no alliance with Congress

Hyderabad: The Amjadullah Khan-led Majilis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) is all set to take on the AIMIM and will contest the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat on its own for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.…
Andhra Pradesh

Andhra: TDP, BJP, JSP seek NHRC inquiry into deaths of old age pensioners

The opposition in Andhra Pradesh (AP) has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking direction to the state government to deliver old age pensions at the door steps of pensioners instead…
Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh: Naidu promises ‘full security’ for Muslims in his govt

Andhra Pradesh: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday assured Muslims of “full security” if his coalition government with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jana Sena Party (JSP)…
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Telangana: VHP writes to ECI against KTR over ‘Jai Shri Ram’ remark

Hyderabad: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) Telangana unit has written to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Telangana, against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama for allegedly hurting the sentiments of…