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

Telangana, Corning sign MoU for upskilling and glass tubing facility

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday, August 7, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Corning Incorporated, a global company in materials science, to collaborate on skilling the state’s workforce and to…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad police earn Rs 91 lakh through vehicle auction

The Hyderabad police had put out a public notice announcing their intention to auction 1161 vehicles. About 500 biddlers from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra participated in the vehicle auction. A total…

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Will Osmania Hospital’s heritage building finally be restored?

Hyderabad: Over the last few years, there have been several tense moments pertaining to the survival of the heritage building of Osmania General Hospital (OGH). The old building, which is currently in…
Telangana

Telangana: TGCSB returns Rs 85.05 cr to victims of cyber fraud

Hyderabad: The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has managed to facilitate refunds of Rs 85.05 crore back to victims of cyber fraud between March and July 2024, across all commissionerates and districts…
Telangana

Power generation should start in Yadadri power plant by March: Telangana Dy CM

Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka instructed TSGENCO officials to ensure that 4000 megawatts (MW) of power generation happens from the Yadadri Thermal Power Plant “at any cost” by March…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: AKTC hopes to manage Qutb Shahi Tombs post restoration

Hyderabad: With the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) managing to pull-off a spectacular job in terms of restoring the historic Qutb Shahi tombs, the question that begs to be answered if…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Mahboob Radio Service and the challenge of saving heritage

Hyderabad: Monuments are often built to last forever, or at least are built with the intention to last. These edifices are the more obvious markers of our heritage in cities. However, we…

Hyderabad

Withdraw order mandating permission for events at SVK: HRF to DGP

Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has written to the Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) after it was told that prior permission would be required to hold its annual K Balagopal…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Restoration of historic Qutb Shahi tombs complete after 11 years

Hyderabad: It is not everyday that history lovers have something to cheer for in the city, given the sorry state of our heritage. Which is why Sunday, July 28, 2024, will probably…
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Telangana: CM Revanth to address Dharani issues, wants new Act

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday, July 26, asked government officials to hold extensive consultations with people and seek their suggestions to address land related disputes in order to…
Telangana

Telangana administered like estate of private landlord: Dy CM attacks KCR

Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka minced no words during his speech while releasing the state’s 2024-25 Budget in the ongoing Assembly session. Without naming him, Bhatti, in reference to…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Complaint filed against Moghalpura inspector for thrashing public

Hyderabad: A complaint has been lodged against Moghalpura inspector Durga Prasad for needlessly thrashing the public – both pedestrians and commuters – in the Old City of Hyderabad. The complaint was sent…
Telangana

Telangana: Congress aiming at 17 more BRS MLA defections before budget session

Hyderabad: The Telangana Congress unit is aiming to get a total of 26 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs to defect before the upcoming Budget session in order avoid by-elections. So far 10…
Telangana

Telangana govt violating protocol against BRS MLAs: KTR to Speaker

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and ex-IT minister KT Rama Rao on Monday wrote to the Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad claiming that the Congress government is violating protocols during public…
Hyderabad

BRS leaders junk talks of tie-up with BJP in Telangana

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders from Telangana ruled out all possibilities of tying up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The response comes a day after news reports suggesting that BRS…