India, South Africa ink pact on postal service
September 6th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) India's Department of Posts Thursday said it has signed an agreement with South Africa Post for starting a speed post service between the two countries."This ... Read more...
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India Post to give discount on gold coins this Rakhi
August 1st, 2012 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) India Post has announced a discount of 6.5 percent on gold coins this Rakhi.According to an official statement, the postal service will give a discount ... Read more...
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Russian postal service among world’s worst: Study
June 27th, 2012 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Post is among the world's worst postal services, outperformed even by counterparts in countries like Angola, Honduras and Mongolia, says a new study.The ... Read more...
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Airport Metro opens postal service counter
April 26th, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The swanky high-speed Airport Metro has opened a counter at its New Delhi station to offer postal services, an official said Thursday."The commuters of ... Read more...
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India Post inaugurates National Philatelic Museum
July 11th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Department of Posts (DoP) Monday inaugurated the National Philatelic Museum which will exhibit rare postage stamps from across the world and also provide a ... Read more...
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Royal Mail turns down ‘rude’ Bamforth postcard stamps
April 8th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 8 (ANI): Britain's national postal service Royal Mail has rejected Bamforth's suggestive postcards featuring buxom women displaying their cleavage as stamp designs.Leeds firm Bamforth applied to have 10 of ... Read more...
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Recipient of WWII letter found alive
March 9th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It is always better late than never. A 67-year-old World War II letter has finally reached the recipient.The letter was intended for Miss R.T. Fletcher but ... Read more...
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Minneapolis Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty For Trying To Mail Puppy
February 2nd, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Feb 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Stacey Champion has been charged for animal cruelty for her attempt to ship away a puppy from Minneapolis to Atlanta in a sealed box without any ... Read more...
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Mail Carrier Sells Discount Coupons On eBay Illegally, Gets Caught
January 29th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A mail carrier hailing from Long Island of New York has been accused of selling discount coupons in thousands which were meant for the mailboxes ... Read more...
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Cuba suspends mail service to US
January 22nd, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Havana, Jan 22 (IANS/EFE) The Cuban postal service has suspended mail deliveries to the US until further notice after large amounts of US-bound mail using airlines of other countries returned to Cuba, ... Read more...
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Queen Elizabeth to remain on stamps
January 10th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 10 (IANS) Queen Elizabeth's head will continue to grace British stamps even if the Royal Mail, the national postal service, is privatised, the government has said.The government said that after ... Read more...
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Gloucester Residents Shocked To Learn That Their Mailman Delivered Drugs
August 7th, 2010 - 8:07 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 7, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Stephen Hale, 30, mailman of Gloucester Massachusetts was apprehended by the police when they found drugs in his mail bag. He is said to ... Read more...
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Mailman Stephen Hale Facing Drug Selling Charges
August 7th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Aug 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A postal worker named Stephen Hale of Gloucester has been slapped with charges of drug delivery by the cops. The mailman allegedly supplied drugs in his ... Read more...
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Villagers supported thieving postmaster
March 26th, 2010 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 26 (IANS) A popular sub-postmaster who stole more than 28,000 pounds (about $41,000) from Royal Mail to help keep his branch open has been spared jail after a judge heard ... Read more...
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Blizzard 2010 disrupts postal services
February 7th, 2010 - 1:55 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Postal services in many parts of the country have been disrupted due to the blizzard. In some places, the situation is so bad that the postal ... Read more...
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Cuba ready for `respectful’ dialogue with US
December 9th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Dec 9 (EFE) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has said his government was ready for a "respectful" dialogue with the US and noted that there was "less tension" and "less ... Read more...
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Zooey Deschanel ties the knot with Ben Gibbard
September 21st, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 21 (ANI): American actress Zooey Deschanel has reportedly tied the knot with Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben Gibbard.According to a source, Deschanel, 29, and Gibbard, who is also in ... Read more...
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Reverend Al Sharpton calls for Jacko stamp honour
July 7th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jul 7 (ANI): American Baptist minister Reverend Al Sharpton has called on US Postal Service officials to honour late King of Pop Michael Jackson with a commemorative stamp.Sharpton, 54, a ... Read more...
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French firm enters India’s parcel services sector
July 2nd, 2009 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) GeoPost, the express parcel arm of French postal service provider Groupe La Poste, and India's Continental Air Express Thursday announced a joint venture to offer domestic and ... Read more...
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Cuba open to more direct talks with the U.S.: Clinton
June 1st, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
San Salvador, June 1 (ANI): Cuba has notified the Obama administration that it is ready to resume talks on migration issues and to negotiate direct postal service between the countries for the ... Read more...
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The rate of Postal Stamps sees an increase
May 11th, 2009 - 11:26 pm ICT by GD
Economic recessions or economic booms, mails, they must go on. However, come Monday the mails will be going on a bit expensive rate. Yes from Monday that is from the 11th of ... Read more...
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The Simpsons get stamped!
April 2nd, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 2 (ANI): America's favourite dysfunctional family, The Simpsons, is set to appear on postage stamps.The Postal Service has announced that the 44-cent first-class stamps, designed by show creator Matt ... Read more...
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Suspected militants hijack postal service cargo in Manipur
March 23rd, 2009 - 7:31 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Mar 23 (ANI): A postal service cargo, worth tens of thousands of rupees was hijacked by suspected militants of the Revolutionary Peoples Front (RPF) recently.The RPF is believed to be ... Read more...
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Britains Royal Mail delivers letter after 89 years
December 9th, 2008 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 9 (ANI): An RSVP reached a Dorset guesthouse through Britains Royal Mail 89 years after it had been posted.The letter dated November 29, 1919 left recipient Janet Barrett baffled ... Read more...
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Global postal union adopts new strategy
August 13th, 2008 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Geneva, Aug 13 (Xinhua) The 24th congress of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) has adopted a new world postal strategy. The strategy focuses on modernising global postal services at all levels, postal ... Read more...
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General Kapoor launches e-post service for soldiers
August 5th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, August 5 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor today launched e-Post service that will benefit not only the soldiers, but also their families.General Kapoor praised the important ... Read more...
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Armed forces’ voting rights to be discussed with poll panel
June 15th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) India's defence ministry will take up the issue of voting rights of armed forces personnel with the Election Commission to remove anomalies in the postal ... Read more...
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Postal service centres to be opened in Jharkhand
April 24th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by admin
Ranchi, April 24 (IANS) The Jharkhand postal department will set up Pragya Kendras (common service centres) to help villagers seeking information about various government schemes. "To begin with, the service centres will ... Read more...
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New Indian Army medical college to begin MBBS course
February 26th, 2008 - 8:51 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) A newly established Army College of Medical Sciences (ACMS) here is to commence its first MBBS course later this year, it was announced Tuesday. Affiliated to the ... Read more...
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