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Covid-19 reaches Himachal’s Hikkim village, home to world’s highest post office
Hindustan Times, Shimla | By Gaurav Bisht
UPDATED ON DEC 15, 2020 12:59 PM IST
State health team sent to remote village at a height of 14,400 ft in Spiti valley after four residents test positive
Post office savings account holders must maintain Rs 500 balance
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2020 02:02 PM IST
Post office will charge Rs 100 plus GST for savings accounts with less than Rs 500 balance from today.
World Post Day: Braving pandemic, postal workers emerge as Covid-19 warriors
Hindustan Times | By Mallika Bhagat, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON OCT 08, 2020 02:22 PM IST
On World Post Day (October 9) and National Postal Day of India (October 10), here’s bringing you how postal staff has been working round the clock to ensure distribution of everything right from testing kits to medicines and money.
Thief breaks into east Delhi post office, finds only Rs 487
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 01, 2020 10:26 AM IST
Whoever carried out the heist, left without spotting a bag containing a tad larger amount – about Rs 5,000 – lying in a bag nearby, said Amit Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara district).
Chandigarh’s vendor-free Sector 17 to get facelift
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Munieshwar A Sagar & Vivek Gupta, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2019 12:40 AM IST
Apart from beautification, landscaping, creation of a new fountain and a dedicated play area for children will be undertaken in areas in front of the general post office
360 and counting: RTI replies to Bhopal man’s single query about post office
Bhopal | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON OCT 13, 2019 09:36 AM IST
Jitendra Surana of Bhopal raised questions about the way his RTI application is being answered. He said that when he has filed the application online then why is he getting responses, most of which are not satisfactory, through post.
50 people allege Rs 1.5 crore embezzled from their Varanasi post office accounts
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By Sudhir Kumar
UPDATED ON AUG 30, 2019 08:18 AM IST
If the money missing from the savings accounts, as claimed by the account holders, were taken together, the amount may be over Rs 15 million (Rs 1.5 crore), said a postal department official who refused to be named.
Chandigarh postal dept restores service to Jammu, Leh
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Amanjeet Singh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON AUG 14, 2019 03:47 AM IST
Scrapping of Article 370: Now, mail operations for J&K suspended
Hindustan Times | By Amanjeet Singh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON AUG 09, 2019 05:44 PM IST
Official sources said that due to the prevailing situation in J&K it has been decided to suspend bookings of all type and class of mails
Seeking safety, girls from Manesar school move HC
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By Sadia Akhtar
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2019 08:30 AM IST
The petitioners are in different grades from classes 7 to 12.
Navi Mumbai gets its passport office at Vashi
Hindustan Times | By G. Mohiuddin Jeddy, Navi Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 14, 2019 12:40 AM IST
The passport office will function from the first floor of the post office building at Vashi’s Sector 16A
Tax relief for senior citizens upto Rs 5 lakh
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rajeev Jayaswal
PUBLISHED ON MAY 24, 2019 10:17 PM IST
“Earlier, banks did not deduct tax at source for total income not exceeding Rs 4.5 lakh; that included Rs 3 lakh under tax-exempt category and Rs 1.5 lakh tax benefit under [section] 80C,” the first official said.
After 25 years, IMT Manesar area to finally get a post office
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By Dhananjay Jha
UPDATED ON APR 22, 2019 08:10 AM IST
Woman molested in Bilaspur, 2 booked
Gurugram | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAR 20, 2019 01:59 AM IST
The police said the woman had given a complaint to Bilaspur police station on March 15, which was forwarded to the women police station in Manesar for investigation.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Ban on party posters, poll graffiti on public property all across Jharkhand
Ranchi | By Sanjoy Dey
UPDATED ON MAR 18, 2019 06:25 AM IST
Guidelines had been issued for the use of school and college grounds for public meetings by political parties, said the poll officer.
Now, wildlife smuggling via post office
New Delhi | By Joydeep Thakur
PUBLISHED ON DEC 02, 2018 09:18 AM IST
At least 50 – 60 cases are being detected almost every year... sometimes live animals are also being smuggled, said Tilotama varma, additional director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.
PM Narendra Modi to launch Post Payments Bank for financial inclusion today
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 01, 2018 12:08 AM IST
As a part of the initiative, around 3 lakh postmen will offer services and financial guidance to customers in places where banking facilities are not available. The postal department have a rural penetration of 1,30,000 post offices, almost 2.5 times higher than the number of banks in these areas.
India Post Payment Bank’s 73 branches to get operational in UP from tomorrow
Hindustan Times, Lucknow/Allahabad | By HT Correspondent, Lucknow/allahabad
PUBLISHED ON AUG 31, 2018 02:55 PM IST
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a subsidiary of India Post, will start 73 branches in Uttar Pradesh from September 1 when PM Narendra Modi launches the bank at the national level with 650 branches and 3,250 access points.
Poland captain Robert Lewandowski gets stamp of approval
Agence France-Presse, Warsaw | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON JUN 15, 2018 01:50 PM IST
Talismanic Poland captain Robert Lewandowski has had a postage stamp issued in his name.
Gurugram: Residents set to highlight issues through cricket
Hindustan Times | By Leena Dhankhar, Gurugram
UPDATED ON APR 20, 2018 11:06 PM IST
The tournament aims to bring the residents together to push for development of new sectors
HT initiative: Pune’s Zero Stone to be restored by PMC
Hindustan Times, Pune | By Abhay Khairnar, Pune
UPDATED ON APR 20, 2018 02:24 PM IST
The work is being undertaken by Arvind Shinde, senior Congressman and leader of the opposition in PMC, as a part of his ward development work.