Postal Services
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India to resume international postal services to US from 15 October
India | Oct 14, 2025, 08:08 PM ISTPostal services to the US were earlier suspended on August 22, following Executive Order 14324 by the US Administration, which withdrew de minimis treatment for all postal shipments.
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National Post Day: How does the 6-digit PIN code system work and what are 9 postal zones of India?
India | Oct 10, 2025, 08:11 AM ISTNational Post Day 2025: The Indian Postal Department was established by Lord Dalhousie in 1854. It functions under the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications and is the largest postal network of the world.
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National Post Day: List of Indian postal schemes still operating, know all about them
Personal Finance | Oct 10, 2025, 07:28 AM ISTNational Post Day: Every year, October 10 is celebrated as National Post Day in India to honor the contributions of the Indian Postal Department, which has been serving the nation for over 150 years.
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Postal history of India: When letters travelled by horses and pigeons | In Pics
India | Jul 16, 2025, 07:57 PM ISTThe story of India's postal system is as vast as the nation's history itself. From barefoot runners in the Mauryan Empire to pigeons in princely states, and from horse-drawn mail carts to rail-bound postal carriages, India's journey in mail and messaging is one of remarkable transformation.
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US Postal Service halts some changes amid outcry, lawsuits
World | Aug 19, 2020, 07:39 AM ISTFacing mounting public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits, President Donald Trump’s new postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery that critics blamed for widespread delays and warned could disrupt the November election.
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Pakistan resumes postal mail service with India: Pak media
World | Nov 19, 2019, 02:30 PM ISTAccording to the Pakistani media, the postal mail service with India has resumed, but the parcel service will remain suspended.
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Pakistan stops sending postal mails to India
India | Sep 28, 2019, 07:06 PM ISTMedia reports quoting Ajay Kumar Roy, Deputy Director-General with the Department of Posts in India, said Pakistan's customs department in an order on August 23 stopped both export and import of mails.
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Shah Rukh Khan urges people to use postal services
Celebrities | Aug 24, 2019, 10:44 AM ISTShah Rukh Khan addressed media at an event where he released a special postal cover on the eve of completion of 130 years of the heritage Bandra railway station on Friday in Mumbai.
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Government assures modernisation of postal services
India | May 11, 2016, 07:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: The faceless postman -- once portrayed poetically by Rabindranath Tagore -- and the need to revamp the postal services in the country figured prominently during question hour in the Lok Sabha today. Answering
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Govt to take postal services to every village: Prasad
Jul 21, 2014, 07:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: In its effort to take postal services to every village, Government has decided to open 80 Gramin Dak Sewa Post Offices and 80 sub post offices in the country under Rural Business and