Mathur grama panchayat in Palakkad has banned the use of ‘sir’ or ‘madam’ to address panchayat members or its office staff. Also, in letters addressed to the panchayat, words like ...

I requested one of our staff Mathur Sir to give me massage. He gave me massage. He called two-three students and asked them to give me massage. They were students of class 10.

Within 48 hours of the Mathur panchayat deciding to drop glorified salutations, an assistant professor at a college in Palakkad district has questioned the need to call teachers ‘Sir’ or ...

Setting aside political difference, the seven CPI(M) nominees and one BJP member of the 16-member Congress-ruled village panchayat had backed the resolution moved in this regard earlier this week.

The Mathur gram panchayat located in Kerala’s Palakkad district held a meeting of its council on Tuesday where a resolution was passed banning the use of salutations like ‘sir’ or ‘madam’.

The Mathur gram panchayat in Kerala’s Palakkad district has become the first local body in the country to ban the use of salutations like ‘Sir’ and ‘Madam’. A special meeting of the ...

KOCHI: Keralites’ colonial hangover of using ‘sir’ or ‘madam’ in government offices appears to be disappearing as local bodies have banned such usage. Mathur panchayat in Palakkad ...

The resolution passed by the Mathur village panchayat in Palakkad district on Tuesday also urges residents to 'demand' and not 'humbly request' Members and officials of a Kerala panchayat will have to ...