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

Hyderabad

Telangana cabinet clears Azharuddin, Kodandaram for MLC posts

Hyderabad: In a surprising decision, the Telangana cabinet has reportedly cleared the names of Congress leader and ex-cricketer Mohd Azharuddin along with that of Prof M Kodandaram for MLC posts under the…
Telangana

Rains in Telangana: Disaster Response DG denies wrongdoing during evacuation

Hyderabad: Director of the Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence, Hyderabad Y Nagi Reddy on Friday, August 29, denied allegations of any wrongdoing by department officials during rescue operations in…

Hyderabad

BRS leader slams CM for FIR over Jubilee Hills protest for minority graveyard land

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Shaik Abdullah Sohail attacked the Congress government on Thursday, August 28, for registering a First Information Report (FIR) against some Muslims who staged a peaceful protest…
Telangana

Heavy rains in Telangana: 1357 poles collapse, 280 transformers damaged

Hyderabad: As many as 1357 electricity poles have collapsed and 280 transformers have been damaged due to the heavy rains that have been lashing Telangana over the last few days. TGSPDCL chairman and…
Hyderabad

Telangana CM tells officials to prepare Musi river Rejuvenation DPR

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, August 27, instructed officials to prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Musi Rejuvenation Project and to start the works at the earliest.…
Hyderabad

Internet outage in Hyderabad: Operators misusing power poles, says TGSPDCL

Hyderabad: Even as the Cellular Operation Association of India (COAI) here continues to blame the TGSPDCL for chopping down cables, leading to internet outages in Hyderabad, electricity department officials however maintained that…
Hyderabad

Internet outage in Hyderabad: TGSPDCL violating HC orders, says COAI

Hyderabad:The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Tuesday said that the TGSPDCL or electricity board officials are violating orders of the Telangana high court by continuing “rampant” fiber cuts which has resulted…

News

Secret deal Between Telangana CM Revanth and PM Modi: KTR

Hyderabad: In a scathing attack, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KTR Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday, August 25, alleged that Telangana chief minister has a ‘secret deal’ with Prime Minister Narendra…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Congress caught in a bind over ‘Marwari go back’ campaign

Hyderabad: While the ‘Marwari go back’ campaign has brought out fissures between the local and migrant trading communities, the issue has also put the Congress here in a bind, especially since it is…
Telangana

BRS to take legal action against ‘paid’ defamatory content online

Hyderabad: The main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has begun the process of taking legal action against digital media agencies and certain influencers which it claims is “spreading malicious propaganda” against it…
Hyderabad

Forces obstructing Musi River project are my enemies: Telangana CM

Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s ambitious Musi river rejuvenation project will bring Old City’s glory back and help the city compete with global cities like Tokyo said chief minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, August…
Telangana

Check cable wiring at Pandals during Ganesh Chaturthi: TGSPDCL MD

Hyderabad: Chairman and managing director of the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited Musharraf Faruqui on Tuesday, August 19, urged Ganesh Chaturthi Pandal organizers and the general public to be cautious…
Telangana

Telangana facing shortfall of urea by 3 L metric tonnes: CM

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, August 19, said that there is a shortfall of urea for farmers by almost three lakh metric tonnes this Kharif season. Stating that while…
Telangana

Telangana local body elections: Congress to give 42 pc seats to BCs even without reservations

Hyderabad: The ruling Congress will give Backward Classes (BC) group 42 percent reservations in the coming Telangana local body elections even if the ordinance passed by the government is not accepted by…
Telangana

Telangana CM Revanth seeks report on T-Fiber works from officials

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Monday, August 18, instructed the officials to submit a comprehensive report on the present status of the execution of the T-Fiber works and action plan…