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

Banswada violence: AIMIM leaders seek compensation for minority victims

Hyderabad: A delegation of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) legislators met Telangana Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mahesh Bhagwat and Telangana Minority Welfare Minister Mohd Azharuddin, seeking the release of…
Telangana

Will not abandon Kaleshwaram irrigation project: Telangana CM Revanth

Hyderabad: In a major turnaround on the disputed Kaleshwaram Life Irrigation Project, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Sunday, February 22, said that the ruling Congress government will not abandon the project.…

Telangana

Will not tolerate arrest of party workers in Banswada: BJP prez

Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president N Ramchander Rao on Sunday, February 22, warned the state Congress government against resorting to “illegal arrests of BJP and Hindu group workers”. Rao alleged…
Telangana

BRS not worried about Kavitha, says her new party will be non-starter

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders in Telangana are not worried about former party MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha running for elections. Kavitha was expelled from the BRS last year for anti-party activities after…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad businessman, Modi author Ravi Mantha named in Epstein files

Hyderabad: City-based businessman Ravi Mantha, who also reportedly helped Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his 2014 electoral campaign, was among high-profile people who met convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to…
Hyderabad

Under new GHMC limit, AIMIM may become not just kingmaker but the king

Hyderabad: The newly reorganised Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will likely help the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in increasing its hold and number of wards in the next election. The AIMIM…
Telangana

Despite losses, BRS a key force in Telangana municipal polls, says KTR

Hyderabad: Despite the Congress winning over 60 out of the 116 municipalities in Telangana, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday, February 13, said that the verdict…

Hyderabad

Telangana govt splits GHMC, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri corporations created

Hyderabad: Ending weeks of speculation, the Telangana government finally passed orders to trifurcate the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Instead of one large body, the city now has the GHMC, Malkajgiri Municipal…
Hyderabad

Will Modi come and clean drains? Telangana CM attacks BJP

Hyderabad: In a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Monday, February 9, asked Union ministers from the state the logic behind using Prime Minister…
Hyderabad

How authors Aanchal Malhotra, Rana Safvi weave stories with history

Hyderabad: History is often viewed from a very linear perspective when it comes to events that will, in all likelihood, be talked about for generations to come. Be it the partition of…
Telangana

Kaleshwaram scam: Telangana CM demands BJP to arrest KCR, Harish Rao

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minster Revanth Reddy on Friday, February 5, demanded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government to arrest ex-CM K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and ex-BRS minister Harish Rao in the…
Telangana

Congress must be taught a lesson in Telangana municipal polls: KTR

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday, February 6, launched a scathing attack on the ruling Congress and asked the public to “teach” it a lesson…
Telangana

Telangana to table hate speech law, dare Amit Shah on minority quota: CM

Hyderabad: The Telangana government will bring an act to curb hate speeches in the upcoming Assembly session, said Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday, February 5. He added that these purported “stringent…
India

Stand up when you see hate crime happening, urges ‘Mohammed Deepak’

Hyderabad: When Deepak Kumar, aka “Mohammed Deepak,” stepped in to save a Muslim-owned shopkeeper in Uttarakhand’s Kotdwar from right-wing Hindutva members, little did he expect that he would turn into a hero…
Hyderabad

TGHRC seeks report after Telangana govt school students made to sweep floors

Hyderabad: The Telangana Human Rights Commission here has directed the Principal Secretary, School Education Department and the District Educational Officer (DEO), Hyderabad, to submit reports on the disciplinary action against responsible officials who…