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.

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…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad Dharma Raksha Sabha hate speech: Undeterred by cases, says BGUS

Hyderabad: The Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi (BGUS) here has condemned the registration of police cases against speakers at one its events, who were booked for hate speech against Muslims. The BGUS had…
Hyderabad

Phone Tapping case: After SIT questions KCR, KTR attacks Telangana govt

Hyderabad: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) later in the evening on Sunday, February 1, concluded questioning Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and ex-Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR). Hyderabad Police Commissioner…
Hyderabad

Telangana HC bars third-party rights at Abul Kalam Azad Institute

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has ordered the state government not to create “third-party interests” at the Abul Kalam Azad Oriental Research Institute (AKAORI) in Hyderabad, a day after it prevented the…