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

Hyderabad: Bhagyanagar Gas Ltd warns public of Whatsapp scam

Hyderabad: Bhagyanagar Gas Limited (BGL), which supplies gas in the city and in Andhra Pradesh, has issued a circular warning customers of scamsters who are using the company logo to cheat people.…
Hyderabad

CM Telangana Revanth announces establishment of Skill university

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Monday, July 8, announced that a new ‘Skill’ university will be established soon. He ordered officials to make arrangements on ‘war footing’ and also asked…

Telangana

Telangana defections: BRS getting a taste of its own medicine

Hyderabad: Ever since its loss to the Congress in last year’s Assembly elections, the K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has been losing its legislators to the grand old party.…
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Hyderabad: Authorities finally build Baadhshahi Ashoorkhana’s boundary wall

Hyderabad: After years of fighting for its protection, the state government has finally begun erecting a boundary wall for the protection of the historic Baadshahi Ashoorkhana, which is a house of mourning…
Hyderabad

Muharram: Hyderabad Shia Muslim leaders still wait for police bandobust

Hyderabad: Leaders from the Shia community are worried as the city police has reportedly not yet made bandobust arrangements for Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar) which starts from July…
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Naidu to discuss appointment of new TDP Telangana president

Hyderabad: Will the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) once again be revived in Telangana? TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh chief minister, who is coming to Hyderabad for official purposes on Friday evening, is…
Telangana

KTR condemns removal of Telangana govt sites built by BRS regime

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former IT minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) raised “serious concerns” regarding the alleged removal of certain Telangana government websites that were created during the…

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Powers of Disaster Management dept increased; renamed HYDRA

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, July 1, decided to entrust more responsibilities to the Disaster Management department under the Greater Hyderabad limits. The department will also be rechristened…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Murders in Old City spark discussion of political instability

Hyderabad: Over the last few weeks, one after another, violent murders have taken place in the city, mostly in the Old City areas of Hyderabad. Not only has this caused a serious…
Hyderabad

Remembering Syed Abdul Rahim, Hyderabad’s legendary football coach

Hyderabad: When one thinks of football, India, let alone Hyderabad, does not usually come to mind. This is why exactly why many would be surprised to know that in the post-independence period,…
Telangana

NAPM writes to Telangana CM on police surveillance, seeks review

Hyderabad: The National Alliance for People’s Movement (NAPM) has demanded the Telangana government to have necessary protocols be placed to stop illegal use of large surveillance infrastructures with oversight on every request…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Green tile work at Qutb Shahi Tombs reveals stunning dome

Hyderabad: Every visitor who has been to the historic Qutb Shahi tombs in the city is usually in awe of the place. And often, the incredulous restoration of the site is also…
Telangana

Withdraw trivial cases against politicos: Forum for Good Governance to Telangana CM

Hyderabad: Forum For Good Governance (FFGG) has written to Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy asking him to review and withdraw all ‘trivial’ cases against politicians, including those registered against them during…
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Will BRS regain its foothold in Telangana after LS poll debacle?

Hyderabad: With the dust now settled after the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will now focus on building its grassroots organisational strength to be ready for the local body…
Hyderabad

Telangana Congress Muslim leaders miffed over ‘friendship’ with AIMIM

Hyderabad: The new found bonhomie between the Telangana Congress and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) seems to be causing some consternation amongst the party’s Muslim leaders. A section of them are…