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

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…
Hyderabad

Telangana CS checks preparations for Group 1 Main exams

Hyderabad: Telangana chief secretary Santhi Kumari on Thursday, October 17, took stock of the arrangements for the Group 1 Mains examinations to be held from October 21 to 27. She said that…
News

Firoze Shakir: The saffron clad ‘Sufi’ photographer of Bombay

Hyderabad: Street photography today is a lot more accessible thanks to smart phones and also due to social media and the easy access to technology. But back when the internet was still…

Top Stories

Streetlights on in Hyderabad spite of GHMC’s Rs 144 Cr default: EESL

Hyderabad: Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), said that it has been left in a ‘precarious’ situation by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) with regard to payments for maintaining streetlights in the city.…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Rs 19.5 lakh saved from cyber crime in ICICI bank

Hyderabad: The cyber crime unit of the city police here prevented the transfer of Rs 19.50 lakh to online fraudsters in two separate cases through timely intervention with the help of bank…
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Telangana SC sub categorisation: CM issues orders to form committee

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, October 9, ordered officials to constitute a ‘One-Man Commission’ for the implementation of the Scheduled Caste (SC) sub categorisation in accordance with the Supreme…
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Local Body elections after completion of BC caste survey: Telangana CM

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday said that local body elections in Telangana will be held after the Backward Classes (BC) survey will be completed. At a review meeting, he…
Hyderabad

171 lakes encroached in Hyderabad between 2014 and 2023: Report

Hyderabad: As many as 171 water bodies or local lakes have been encroached in the city over the last decade since Telangana was formed, including those in the Outer Ring Road (ORR),…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Nampally Sarai repair continues to lie in disrepair

Hyderabad: The historic Nampally Sarai, originally built as a rest house for travellers using the Nampally railway station, continues to be in disuse and in shambles. The monument, which is supposed to…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Complaint filed against Azmet Jah as HEH Nizam Awqaf committee head

Hyderabad: A complaint has been filed against the appointment of Azmet Jah Bahadur, the great grandson of Hyderabad’s last Nizam (Osman Ali Khan), as the Chairman/ President of the Awqaf Committee of…
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Protests against Narsinghanand continue in Hyderabad over Prophet remarks

Hyderabad: Protests against Ghaziabad based Seer Yati Narsinghanand continued in the city on Sunday over his comments made against Prophet Muhammad. At Jahanuma, a local social worker Meer Ahmed Ali held a…