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

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…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: FIR against 4 for destruction at Khajaguda rock site

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has suspended a Village Revenue Assistant (VRA) after it was found that four persons had encroached and destroyed rocks at the historic Khajaguda rock site. Municipal Administration and…

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: How rumours of a secret tunnel are ruining the Charminar

Hyderabad: From years and decades, rumours have been afloat that some kind of ’secret tunnel’ exists, connecting the historic Charminar to the Golconda fort. However, time and again it has been proved…
Telangana

Telangana: Federal Front to hiring IPAC, what is KCR thinking?

Hyderabad: In the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and TRS supremo created a flutter after meeting various regional political party leaders for…
Telangana

Telangana: For KCR, BJP is a threat he can no longer ignore

Hyderabad: In Telangana’s political circles, chief minister and TRS supremo K. Chandrasekhar (KCR) was always considered to be a ‘secret ally’ of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre. The implication…
India

Muslim girls fighting against Hijab ban will win: Aakar Patel

Hyderabad: A Gujarati liberal man. It might sound like an oxymoron, but that conflicting nomenclature is the impression one gets after meeting journalist and editor Aakar Patel, who is the Chair for…
Raymond’s Tomb: Hyderabad’s last French connection gets facelift

Hyderabad: After years of neglect, the tomb of Monsieur Raymond, who was the last French commander in the city, is finally getting a much needed facelift. While the structure has largely been…

Hyderabad

Mr Assam CM, here’s how Hyderabad would be without the Nizams

Hyderabad: It has become a fashion these days to attack anything and everything that is connected to Muslims, which is why our city, also founded by Muslims, is always a target for…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad police to revoke passports of NRIs for hateful posts

Hyderabad: In a warning to those indulging in social media abuse, newly appointed city police commissioner CV Anand on Tuesday warned non-resident Indians (NRIs) against posting hateful and derogatory posts on social…
Top Stories

Govt, NIN to undertake COVID-19 survey in Telangana from Jan 4

Hyderabad: The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) along with the Telangana government will undertake a statewide SARS Cov-2 or a COVID-19 serosurvey starting tomorrow. The massive study will be held across all…
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COVID-19: Telangana govt bans public meetings, mass gatherings

Hyderabad: With the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus now spreading rapidly, the Telangana government on Saturday said that it has issued an order “strictly prohibiting” rallies, public meetings and mass gatherings…