Amazon vs Walmart: Great American race begins for $1 trillion annual sales. How will this benefit customers in rural U.S?Amazon last year invested $4 billion to bring same-day or next-day deliveries to 4,000 smaller cities, towns and rural communities.
16 May, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
Walmart and Amazon race to win over rural America with speedier deliveriesWalmart and Amazon are aggressively expanding online delivery services into rural America, a market previously overlooked due to logistical...
16 May, 2026, 02.23 PM IST
8th Pay Commission for postal employees: Rs 1.12 lakh basic pay proposed for postman; what postal employee body wants from 8th CPCFederation of National Postal Organisations's (FNPO) memorandum included issues related to postal assistants, sorting assistants, postmen, ...
28 Apr, 2026, 12.18 PM IST
India Post GDS 2nd Merit List 2026 Released: How to check selection status online and download result PDFIndia Post GDS 2nd Merit List 2026: India Post GDS 2nd Merit List 2026 has been released, allowing candidates to check their GDS selection ...
11 Apr, 2026, 11.39 AM IST
CSC services via India Post on slow laneThe partnership between India Post, which functions under the Department of Posts of the Ministry of Communications, and the CSCs, a specia...
28 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Postmen to do Aadhaar sewa door to doorThe Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is training 48,000 postmen of India Post Payment Bank to go door to door in the remote...
06 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
'80,000 accounts opened under Sukanya Samridhi Account scheme'More than 80,000 accounts have been opened under 'Sukanya Samridhi Account', a small deposit scheme for girl child, in various post offices...
15 Oct, 2015, 08.53 PM IST
Government committed to reviving postal department: Ravi Shankar PrasadThe government will revive the postal department by using over 1.5 lakh post offices for furthering financial inclusion.
20 Aug, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
44 postal ATMs to be installed in OdishaThe postal ATM at Berhampur head post office would be installed very soon, said postmaster general (Berhampur) Kalpana Rajsinghot.
28 Jun, 2015, 02.35 PM IST
Ravishankar Prasad inaugurates first postal ATM in BiharExpanding utilities of Post offices, the Centre is planning to open 1,000 ATMs all over the country to provide facility of cash withdrawal ...
16 May, 2015, 10.01 PM IST
300 postal employees punished for non-payment of money ordersRavi Shankar Prasad said the postal department had received 80,000 complaints out of a total of 10.9 crore money orders worth Rs 12,241 cro...
06 May, 2015, 02.00 PM IST
Union Budget 2015: Postal Department to use its vast network for proposed Payment Bank"Government proposes to utilise vast postal network with nearly 1.55 lakh points of presence across villages of the country," Jaitley said.
28 Feb, 2015, 12.55 PM IST
Government to take postal services to every village: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad said country's postal department is 150 years old and needs improvement and the government is trying its best to do the needful.
21 Jul, 2014, 03.06 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Over 14,000 postal ballots used for Delhi polls so farOver 14,000 of around 75,000 Delhi Police and civil officials deployed on election duty on April 10 here have exercised their franchise thr...
17 Apr, 2014, 04.55 PM IST
Uttarakhand Assembly Election 2012: Setback for BJP as EC receives only 30 per cent postal ballotsElection Commission said it has received less than 30 per cent of the postal ballots on which the ruling party is pinning its hopes.
05 Mar, 2012, 03.57 PM IST
- Postal network must use technology for new services: Raja
The country's vast postal network can use new technologies for providing microfinance services, set up e-knowledge centres and extend banki...
27 Nov, 2007, 06.04 PM IST
- POs look for retail stamp
In a big initiative to give a brand new look to the country’s postal system the Department of Post (DOP) is planning to revamp and revive t...
12 May, 2002, 03.21 AM IST