Yunus Lasania

With over 14 years of experience in reporting, Yunus Lasania is a journalist who has worked with 3 national dailies in his career. He has previously worked with Mint (HT Media), The Hindu, The New Indian Express and The News Minute. 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.

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Hyderabad: Fire breaks out near mosque at Seven Tombs Road

Hyderabad: A fire broke out near the Masjid-e-Tawheed Ahle Hadees at the Seven Tombs Road, Tolichowki, due to a short circuit in commercial electric boxes. The incident took place in the middle…
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Telangana Speaker dismissing disqualification pleas of BRS MLAs is hypocrisy

I think expecting the lawful course of action in India is like playing a game of roulette. You never know when it will actually go, because the law is used however anyone…
India

Subhash Chandra Bose’s cap missing from Red Fort museum: Grandnephew

Chandra Kumar Bose, grandnephew of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and a former BJP leader, on Thursday alleged that Netaji’s cap has gone missing from the Netaji Museum at the Red…

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: T-Hub, Japan External Trade Org announce startup partnership

Hyderabad: City-based startup incubator T–Hub, has entered into a partnership with the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) enabling T-Hub to serve as an access platform for Japanese startups, corporates, and investors seeking to…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad is low on commercial LPG and weddings may be unlikely casualty

Hyderabad: The wedding invitations had already gone out. Guests were flying in from abroad, or trying to, through the flight disruptions that the US-Israel-Iran war has caused over the past 12 days. The…
Hyderabad

Iran war: Hyderabad hotel owners to meet over LPG cylinder shortage

Hyderabad: A crucial meeting will be held in Hyderabad on the night on Tuesday, March 10, between hotel and restaurant owners due to the ongoing gas cylinder shortage caused by attack on…
Telangana

All Gram Panchayats to get new buildings in 3 years: Telangana Deputy CM

Hyderabad: At the state government’s pre-Budget meeting, Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu on Tuesday, March 10, said that all Gram Panchayats in the state that currently do not have permanent…

Hyderabad

Hyderabad court dismisses case seeking distribution of last Nizam’s properties

Hyderabad: A judge of the City Civil Court in Hyderabad dismissed a case filed by the Majlis-e-Sahebzadagan Society, representing about 4,500 descendants of the Asaf Jahi Nizam family, which sought a share…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Ready to build homes in Old City of for Musi evictees, says CM

Hyderabad: The state government is preparing constructive plans to build houses for the displaced poor under the Musi Rejuvenation Project in the Old City of Hyderabad, said Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy…
Telangana

Palamuru project operational in 20 months: Telangana Irrigation min

Hyderabad: Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday, March 8, said that he will make the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme fully operational in the next 20 months.…
Hyderabad

Historic Town Hall, now Legislative Council inaugurated after restoration

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Sunday, March 8, inaugurated the Nizam-era state legislature called Town Hall, which now houses the Telangana Legislative Council. The heritage building had been in disuse…
Hyderabad

Identify new dump yards, use EVs in Hyderabad Core Urban Region: CM

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday, March 7, instructed officials to use electric vehicles (EV) in the upcoming Core Urban Region (CURE) area that is being developed on the Outer…
Telangana

Telangana: TGSPDCL allows use of private billing meters for 3 months

Hyderabad: In order to reduce the burden on its operations and maintenance personnel, the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana (TGSPDCL) here has decided to utilise the services of private spot billing…
Telangana

Add 40 BC castes to central OBC list before Census: Telangana BC Commission

Hyderabad: The Telangana Backwards Classes (BC) Commission has written to the state Chief Secretary Rama Krishna Rao requesting to initiate action to include the list 40 BC caste communities that in the…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Power demand touches new record of 4,421 MW in GHMC

Hyderabad: Power consumption in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area touched a new record with the peak demand on Tuesday, March 3, reaching 4,421 megawatts (MW). This is the highest power…