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India Post to contact 30L households in India

Thiruvananthpuram, May 11 (UNI) About 30 lakh households in India will be directly contacted by representatives from the India Post to explain about services and schemes offered by the postal department for families, Union Minister of State for Communications, Dr. Chanda Sekhar Pemmasani has said.
Stating that Department of Posts is planning to conduct the largest survey in the entire country, he said the Central Government's attempt is to transform the India Post into a global logistic entity.
"Post offices are no longer about post cards and stamps, they have also developed into payment banks, savings banks and rural livelihood missions," he said.
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KTR calls for greater support to artists at cartoonist Shekhar Memorial Awards

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Karnataka mulls junk food ban in hospitals, school canteens

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AP: Four killed as car collides with lorry

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Surya alleges Lalbagh tender permits five-storey commercial complex

19 Jul 2026 | 1:32 PM

Bengaluru, July 19 (UNI) BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Sunday alleged that the Karnataka government's tender for the proposed tunnel road project permits construction of a five-storey commercial complex inside Lalbagh Botanical Garden, turning the controversy over land acquisition into a larger debate over the alleged commercialisation of one of Bengaluru's oldest heritage green spaces.

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