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

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…
Hyderabad

Asaduddin Owaisi skirts question over no cabinet berth in Telangana for community

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, July 2, skirted the issue of the ruling Congress not having a Muslim minister in its…

Hyderabad

Will Raja Singh return to Telangana BJP after resignation drama?

Hyderabad: Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh had been at odds with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) state leadership from quite sometime, but its culmination into him resigning from the party over its…
Telangana

BJP Telangana president election to be finally held

Hyderabad: The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana president is likely to be announced within a week as the internal election for it is all set to be held on July 1.…
Hyderabad

Strict action against all responsible on MAHAA TV attack: Telangana dy CM

Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Saturday, June 28, strongly condemned the attack on MAHAA TV. Calling it an extremely unfortunate and inhumane incident, the deputy CM said that the…
Hyderabad

Muharram: Ashurkhana Mutawallis boycott coordination meeting

Hyderabad: Mutawallis and other caretakers of some of the Shia Muslim Ashurkhanas said on Tuesday, June 24, boycotted a coordination meeting held by the Hyderabad police in preparation of Muharram alleging improper…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Azharuddin may not get Jubilee Hills by-poll ticket

Hyderabad: Congress leader and ex-captain of the Indian cricket team Mohd Azharuddin is unlikely to get be the party candidate for the upcoming Jubilee Hills by-election, which will be held in the…

Hyderabad

Week after Bakrid violence, Telangana CM sets up cow protection committee

Hyderabad: In a surprising move which is likely to raise eyebrows, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, June 17, instructed officials to formulate a “comprehensive” policy for cow protection in the…
Hyderabad

Businesses suffer on Banjara Hills Rd No 12 due to politics, police

Hyderabad: Businesses on Banjara Hills Rd No 12, especially smaller ones, are suffering due to the heavy police and VIP presence on the arterial road, more so due to the Telangana police’s…
Hyderabad

BJP leader funded Razakar movie wins Telangana Gaddar award by Congress govt

Hyderabad: The Razakar movie, which was been produced by BJP leader Gudur Narayana Reddy, has won an award under the best feature film for environment/heritage/history. However, it may be noted that the…
Hyderabad

No HC stay order on Old City Hyderabad Metro Rail works: HAML

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited & Hyderabad Airport Metro Ltd (HAML) MD NVS Reddy on Friday, June 13, denied that there is a stay order from the High Court over ongoing metro…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: AIMIM to support Congress for Jubilee Hills by-poll

Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has decided not to contest the upcoming Jubilee Hills by-election, to support the ruling Congress as part of the unofficial alliance, both sides are currently…
Hyderabad

Navy to consider naming submarine after Abid Hasan Safrani from Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Freedom fighter and former Indian diplomat Abid Hasan Safrani’s niece Dr Ismat Lateef Mehdi has written to the Indian Navy to to name one of its forthcoming submarines after him, and…
Hyderabad

Coffee Sangham: Classic Telugu flavours but with twists like Pistachio Idly!

Hyderabad: I was looking to buy idly one evening and I remembered a friend telling me about Coffee Sangham, a new South Indian (and fusion) eatery that opened up at Jubilee Hills…
Telangana

Telangana: Will Kavitha’s defiance break BRS ‘strong family’ image?

Hyderabad: Most political pundits have always talked about a succession in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) between current working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) and his cousin T Harish Rao, who has…