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WWW.EASTERNMIRRORNAGALAND.COM EASTERN MIRROR BJP to contest all 40 seats in Ariana Grande to stay away from South Africa paceman Steyn Mizoram — Amit Shah | P4 social media following split | P10 named for Australia tour | P11 REGION ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS VOL. XVII NO. 287 | PAGES 12 ` 5/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018 Akbar resigns amid #MeToo storm; more Khango Konyak in Nagaland, not averse than 2,500 cases in past four years to ceasefire with GoI Eastern Mirror Desk Eastern Mirror Desk my resignation from the of- Indian states / UTs that received most complaints on Only one case in Nagaland since 2015? meetings from August 15-17 Dimapur, Oct. 17: Editor- fice of Minister of State for sexual harassment of women at workplace during Dimapur, Oct. 17: Former at the group’s headquar- turned-politician MJ Akbar External Affairs,” he said in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (till July 27). The official data from the “The atmosphere is still chairman of the NSCN (K), ters in Taga village, Nanyun on Wednesday resigned Lt. Gen. (Retired) Khango a statement. State 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total government said that only not conducive for wom- town. as the Minister of State for Konyak, has reportedly ar- A k b a r h a s d e n i e d Uttar Pradesh 120 129 147 231 627 one case was registered in en to speak on violence Khango, who is western External Affairs amid sexual sexual harassment allega- rived at Yongkhao village Naga or an Indian national, Delhi 100 82 77 55 314 Nagaland under sexual against them and fight for harassment and molesta- tions made by over a dozen under Tobu sub-division in was appointed as chairman Haryana 33 30 39 37 139 harassment of women at justice. Repressiveness is tion allegations levelled women against him and Mon district and a welcome of the faction on June 20, Madhya Pradesh 38 35 39 23 135 workplace in 2015 and still there in our society,” against him by more than threatened to sue them. programme for him was 2017, after the death of the Maharashtra 28 35 41 22 126 no such cases thereaf- she added. a dozen women. He had He later lodged a criminal held on October 16. founder SS Khaplang. Rajasthan 23 31 31 28 113 ter. However, there have She said that NSCW has initially refused to resign defamation case against been instances of female organised several aware- It is learned that repre- The NSCN (K) had a bi- Tamil Nadu 24 38 17 17 96 and filed a criminal defama- journalist Priya Ramani, the staff being “groped and ness campaigns on legal sentatives from civil socie- lateral ceasefire agreement Karnataka 21 22 38 14 95 tion case against one of the first woman who opened up kissed” by an officer and rights of women, human ties and NGOs from Eastern with the Sagaing regional West Bengal 19 23 28 15 85 complainants, claiming the his misconduct. colleague in Nagaland (re- trafficking and other issues, Nagaland were present at government in 2012 and was allegations as false. Ramani said that she is Bihar 12 20 15 20 67 the welcome programme invited to sign the Nation- Source: Ministry of Women and Child Development ported by Eastern Mirror and is working with tribal The move came after ready to fight the case with on July 27, 2018), hinting women hohos to reach out held in Yongkhao village. wide Ceasefire Agreement several journalist organisa- “truth as her defence.” the last three-and-a-half protect women from sexual that there could be several to the common people but Reliable sources informed (NCA), which was drafted in tions demanded his resigna- years. As per the data, 522 harassment in workplaces, will take time Eastern Mirror that Khango 2015. However, as the outfit Sexual harassment on unaccounted incidents in tion pending investigation cases were filed in 2015, 539 be it public or private. It the state. “Every year, we (NSCW) Konyak was not averse to focuses on having a united women at workplace not on the matter. The Network in 2016, 570 in 2017, and 533 mandates any establish- Chairperson of Naga- have fortnight observation signing a ceasefire with the Nagaland for the Naga peo- of Women in Media in India new in India in the last seven months. ment with more than 10 land State Commission of International Day for Government of India. ple in both Myanmar and (NWMI) had also written to The #MeToo movement Among the Indian states employees to constitute for Women (NSCW) Dr. elimination of violence However, speculation India, its chance of signing President Ram Nath Kovind may have started a year ago and union territories, Uttar Internal Complaint Com- Temsula Ao told Eastern against women from No- on whether Khango Kon- the NCA was hindered. and Prime Minister Naren- in the Western countries Pradesh registered most mittee (ICC) for looking Mirror that it will take time vember 26 to December yak would join other insur- The group has been dra Modi to sack the union after dozens of women ac- number of sexual harass- into complaints on sexual for women in the state to 10 to bring about a bet- gency groups operating in barred by the NLD gov- minister to pave the way for cused American film pro- ment of women at work- harassment, and the gov- open up on sexual mis- ter awareness of women’s Nagaland state or form his ernment from signing the an impartial probe. ducer Harvey Weinstein place with 627 cases in the ernment to constitute a Lo- conducts and fight against rights and make them able own group is shrouded in NCA because of its demand Akbar, who headed of sexual misconduct but last three years and seven cal Complaint Committee injustice. to fight against violence,” darkness. It is also not clear for an independent Naga many newspapers before Indian government data has months, followed by Delhi (LCC) for receiving com- “People in the state are said Dr. Temsula. if the new leadership of the homeland comprising of turning to politics, said in revealed that hundreds of (314), Haryana (139), Mad- plaints from organisations very reluctant to open up She went on to say Khaplang group will allow more than two million Na- a statement that he decid- cases related to sexual har- hya Pradesh (135), and Ma- with less than 10 workers. and lodge complaint re- that no complaint related other northeast Indian rebel gas in India’s northeast and ed to step down and fight assment of women at work- harashtra (126). Among the The Ministry of Women lated to sexual harassment to sexual harassment of groups to retain camps in Myanmar’s Sagaing Divi- against the case in his per- place had been reported in northeastern states, Assam and Child Development at workplace because of women at workplace has their base area in Taga. sion. The Myanmar’s 2008 sonal capacity. the last few years. is on top with 16 cases, two has also launched an online so many factors in our so- been put to its (NSCW) It may be mentioned constitution does not allow "Since I have decided According to the data each in Sikkim and Tripura, complaint management ciety, like (society) turning knowledge in the last few that Khango was removed secession by any ethnic to seek justice in a court of tabled in the Lok Sabha on and one in Nagaland. system called Sexual Har- against complainants, vic- years but mentioned that from his role as chairman of group or region. law in my personal capac- July 27, 2018 by the Ministry It may be mentioned assment electronic–Box tim shaming and the way there is supposed to be the NSCN (K) in August and In the meantime, the ity, I deem it appropriate of Women and Child De- that the government of (SHe-Box) so that women our society protects man. committees in all organisa- replaced by Ying Aung, dep- outfit abrogated its cease- to step down from office velopment, a total of 2,164 India passed Sexual Har- employees in both govern- That is why even crime tions, including education- uty minister of the NSCN fire with India in 2015 and and challenge false accusa- complaints were registered assment of Women at ment and private sectors records against women in al institutions, to solve such (K) defence department started a series of attacks tions levelled against me, under the category of sexual Workplace (Prevention, can register complaints re- the state are inaccurate,” issues by reporting it to the and nephew of the late SS against the Indian forces. also in a personal capacity. harassment of women at Prohibition and Redressal) lated to sexual harassment said Dr. Temsula. concerned authorities. Khaplang. The replacement (With inputs from I have, therefore, tendered workplace in India during Act, 2013, with an aim to at workplace. was made after three days of Mychinland website) Gov. extends Nagarjan Bridge: Reopening being awaited Conman dupes Dimapur businessman of INR 10 lakh Eastern Mirror Desk ately. It has warned that the public would Eastern Mirror Desk As per the complainant's version INR 10 lakh handed over by the ac- durga puja, Dimapur, Oct. 17: The bridge across hit the streets if it is not completed before Dimapur, Oct. 17: The Dimapur Police to the Dimapur police, the accused cused in their first meeting as security Dhansiri River at Kuda ‘B’ khel of Nagar- the Christmas season. arrested a 35-year-old man last week named Srivastava had a meeting with was a sham.