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.

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TGPWU seeks legislation for gig, platform workers in Telangana

Hyderabad: Representatives of the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) participated in a consultative meeting for all stakeholders chaired by principal (Labour) Sanjay Kumar at the Labour Department in the Telangana…
Telangana

Singur, Manjeera reservoirs to boost water supply to Hyderabad: Uttam

Hyderabad: Telangana minister for irrigation and civil supplies Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday, November 27, announced plans to divert Godavari river waters to Singur, Manjeera, and Nizamsagar reservoirs. He also called for…

Telangana

92 percent of caste, social survey completed in Telangana: CM

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy said that 92 percent of the ongoing caste, social and economic survey has already been completed, and stated that the caste census in India will…
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CM to unveil Telangana Thalli statue at Secretariat on Dec 9

Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy called on the people of Telangana to celebrate ‘Praja Palana Vijayotsavalu’ from December 1 to 10. Moreover, he will also unveil the Telangana Thalli statue in…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Back to back desecration of idols raise concern

Hyderabad: A series of incidents involving the vandalisation of temple idols have raised concerns amongst civil society given that these events are happening one after another. In November alone, three incidents of…
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Pharma companies ink MoUs with Telangana govt; to invest Rs 5260 Crr

Hyderabad: Representatives of six big pharma companies like MSN Laboratory, Laurus Labs and Aurobindo Pharma held talks with Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy and promised to invest Rs 5,260 crore in the…
Telangana

Telangana: KTR slams govt for asking apartments to set up transformers

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) on Tuesday, November 19, asked the state government about “its decision” to burden apartment residents with the cost of installing transformers…

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Hyderabad: Transgenders to be appointed as traffic volunteers

Hyderabad: In a major decision to help the transgender community, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday, November 14, ordered officials to focus on the appointment of Transgenders as traffic volunteers to…
Hyderabad

Telangana Integrated Household Survey for increasing welfare schemes: Dy CM

Hyderabad: Attacking opposition leader and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president, Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka asked KTR to “first explain” where the Congress government is failong. “Is giving jobs…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Heritage dept contract workers unpaid for over 2 months

Hyderabad: Several contract workers from the Telangana Heritage department have not been paid their salaries in the last few months. The issue has been plaguing workers who specifically take care of some…
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Telangana BJP targets Rahul Gandhi over caste census in Islamophobic tweet

Hyderabad: In yet another Islamophobic post, the Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, November 6, put up a tweet on X with a picture of Congress Lok Sabha…
Hyderabad

Telangana: Civil society concerned over back-to-back communal incidents

Hyderabad: A handful of communal incidents within a year have raised concerns of the Telangana government’s efficacy in maintaining peace and harmony. A one-month ban on gatherings by the Hyderabad police commissioner…
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Systems have collapsed in universities: Telangana CM to new VCs

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday, November 2, said that universities in the state have been losing their reputation for some time now and that there is a need to…
Hyderabad

Mayonnaise ban leaves food outlets in Hyderabad scratching their heads

Hyderabad: The Telangana Food Safety department has been on roll over recent months with its enforcement drives, and its culmination in the ban of mayonnaise made with raw eggs on October 30…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: BRS defends Krishank over Meinhardt corruption allegations

Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Legal Cell has defended its statements made on Meinhardt, one of the firms tasked with the Musi river redevelopment project. In a strong statement in support…