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

Telangana

Telangana: Five Maoists surrender before Mulugu police

Hyderabad: Five members of the banned CPI (Maoist) party surrendered before the Mulugu district police on Monday, July 14. In 2025 till date, a total of 73 Maoists belonging to various ranks…
Hyderabad

MLC Teenmaar Mallanna attack: Complaint against Kavitha at BC Commission

Hyderabad: The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes chairman G Niranjana wrote to Rachakonda police commissioner G Sudheer Babu asking him to ‘take necessary action’ with regard to the attack by Telangana Jagruthi…

Hyderabad

Will decide next action after talking to workers: Raja Singh

Hyderabad: Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh and ex-BJP leader Raja Singh on Friday, July 11, said that he will continue to raise “issues” pertaining to “gau mata” and “love Jihad”. The legislator, who…
News

Telangana BJP leaders were not expecting Raja Singh’s departure

Hyderabad: As surprising as it was for the public, leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Telangana unit were also equally surprised by the exit of Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh. The legislator…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: TGRERA suspends real estate project in Gandipet

Hyderabad: The Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TGRERA) has suspended a project in Gandipet Mandal, Rangareddy district, after its proprietor failed to complete construction and fulfil its timelines. P Uma Devi, propietor…
Andhra Pradesh

BRS leader seeks FIR over India map without Telangana in it

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Sravan Dasoju censured Andhra Pradesh (AP) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief PVN Madhav for presenting a map the country to AP minister Nara Lokesh which omitted…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Paigah Tombs caretaker Mohd Rahmatullah passes away

Hyderabad: A visit to the historic Paigah tombs is certainly an architectural delight, but an added bonus at the site always was the evergreen hereditary caretaker Mohd Rahmatullah. Alas, that will no…

Telangana

Telangana dy CM calls KCR for debate on AP water row in Assembly

Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday, July 8, challenged opposition leader and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) for a debate in the Assembly on…
Hyderabad

Kotwal House: Old Hyderabad Police Commissioner office restored

Hyderabad: The 125-year-old Kotwal House, also known as the old Hyderabad Police Commissioner’s office, has been fully restored after lying in neglect for years. The heritage structure was donated for the purpose…
Telangana

Ajay Devgn interested in establishing film studio in Telangana

Hyderabad: Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn on Monday, July 7, Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy at his official residence in New Delhi and expressed interest in establishing a world-class film studio in…
Hyderabad

Jubilee Hills by-election: Congress ticket to minority face unlikely

Hyderabad: The ruling Congress is unlikely to give the ticket for the Jubilee Hills by-poll to a Muslim candidate, including former Indian cricket team captain Mohd Azharuddin. Party leaders said that the…
Hyderabad

Telangana CEO seeks report on 13 political parties over de-registration

Hyderabad: The Telangana Chief Electoral Officer on Friday, July 4, sent show cause notices to 13 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RRUP) with regard to the status of their registration. The political parties…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: KCR admitted in hospital after complaining of weakness

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo and ex-Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was admitted to Yashoda Hospital on Thursday night after complaining of general weakness. Investigations into his health by…
Hyderabad

Opinion: Award to Razakar movie by Telangana govt is an insult to Gaddar

Now that the noise has died down, I think it is time we reevaluate how serious we can take the Congress when it comes to its ideological commitment against the BJP and…
Telangana

New ration cards to be distributed on July 14: Telangana min Uttam Kumar

Hyderabad: Telangana irrigation and civil supplies minister Uttam Kumar Reddy, on Wednesday, July 2, said that the state government would begin distributing new ration cards from July 14 at Tirumalagiri in Tungaturthi…