India Post released a stamp to commemorate 175 years of The Times of
India on 13th November 2013. The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian
English-language daily newspaper. In 2008, the newspaper reported that with a
circulation of over 3.14 million it had been certified by the Audit
Bureau of Circulations (India) as the world's largest selling
English-language daily, ranking it as the third largest selling newspaper in
any language in the world. According to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS)
2012, the Times of India is the most widely read English newspaper in India
with a readership of 76.43 lacks (7.643 million). This ranks the Times of India
as the top English daily in India by readership. It is owned and published by
Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. The Times of India was founded on 3
November 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce in Bombay,
during an intermediate period between the Mughal and British Raj. Published
every Saturday and Wednesday, The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce was
launched as a semi-weekly edition by Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar, a
Maharashtrian Reformist. It contained news from Britain and the World, as well
as the Indian Subcontinent. The daily editions of the paper were started from
1850 and in 1861, the Bomay Times was renamed as The Times of India after
amalgamation of three more newspaper. In the 19th century, this newspaper
company employed more than 800 people and had a sizeable cirulation in India
and Europe. After India's independence the owneership of the paper passed on to
the then famous industrial family of Dlmiyas and later it was taken over by
Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Kunal Jain group from Bijnore, UP.
DG(P) No.11-1/2010-Admn dated 18-11-2010 NO.25-20/2008-PE-I Government of India Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Posts (Establishment Division) Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg New Delhi Dated 25.11.2008 TO All Heads of Circles/Regions, Subject: Additional duties for Postman/Delivery Staff. On account of changes in work scenario of the Post offices brought about due to the induction of technology and primacy of business products, the duties and responsibilities of the postman have undergone a vast change. In order to incorporate these changes, the following duties are prescribed in addition to t
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