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  No more 'Sir' or 'Madam'! THIS Kerala panchayat office bans colonial honorifics

  India | Sep 02, 2021, 02:10 PM IST

  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.

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  Meghalaya Governor K K Paul not to use 'His Excellency' honorific

  India | Jul 23, 2013, 03:10 PM IST

  Shillong, July 23: Following President Pranab Mukherjee's footsteps, Meghalaya's newly-appointed Governor K K Paul has ordered dropping of the colonial-era honorific ‘His Excellency' preceding his name for all official purposes in the state.“The Governor desires