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Aligarh, June 6

The Uttar Pradesh BJP unit on Monday expelled Rishi Sharma, the alleged kingpin in the hooch tragedy case, from the party and said he was not an active member.

District president of BJP Rishipal Singh has cancelled Rishi Sharmas primary membership, a party press release said.

Hooch tragedy accused Rishi Sharma is neither an active member in the BJP nor has he been given any responsibility in the organisation.

However, if he is saying that he is in some way connected to the party, then, on the direction of the state leadership, his primary membership is immediately annulled and he is expelled from the party, it said.

Aligarh police have started the process of charging all the five main accused including Sharma, who was arrested on Sunday, under the stringent National Security Act and the Gangster Act, Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani said.

The accused are being interrogated and are expected to reveal the entire network of the liquor mafia, police sources said.

They said Rishi Sharma was in disguise and hiding among a group of sadhus at an ashram at Garhmukteshwar near Hapur to evade the police.

Police had managed to trace his whereabouts from the video footage of one of his close associates with whom he was last seen when the news of the liquor tragedy, which has claimed at least 35 lives, started trickling on the night of May 27.

During the past week, police raided the premises of several of Sharmas associates in different states including Himachal Pradesh.

After they traced him to Garhmukteshwar Ashram on Saturday evening, a police party rushed there only to discover that he had escaped.

With the help of some informers, he was tracked down at the Aligarh-Bulandshahr border where he was ultimately nabbed after a manhunt lasting nine days. PTI

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THE National Sheep Association (NSA) says it welcomes any strengthening of legislation on livestock worrying by dogs, however, the sheep farming association believes that strengthening police powers to seize dogs should have been further backed up by a significant increase in the maximum fines that could be imposed.

The views come following the announcement that stricter measures to crack down on livestock worrying were to be introduced in England and Wales through the Kept Animals Bill introduced to Parliament earlier this week. NSA chief executive Phil Stocker said: This was an opportunity to create a major deterrent to this antisocial behaviour by substantially increasing the maximum applicable fine alongside more proactive measures to prevent attacks occurring. Defra and Ministers responsible for English legislation are missing a trick in not taking the opportunity to increase fines in line with what the Scottish Parliament has done.

The provisions of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2021, which received Royal Assent on May 5, 2021, includes imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, a fine not exceeding 40,000, or possibly both. A person who commits a similar offence in England under this new proposed Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill is liable to a summary conviction and a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale currently 1,000.

Mr Stocker added: There are significant and very welcome improvements contained in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill to support the police and rural crime teams after an offence has occurred, but very little to reduce the number of incidents that are increasing year-on-year. In fact, the lack of clarity in defining under close control puts farmers and dog owners in a difficult, potentially conflicting position.

Recent reports of out-of-control dogs causing harm to livestock including a Highland cow being chased over an embankment leading to its death and an MP being fined for his dog chasing deer in Richmond Park, London, underline a significant increase in the number of incidents that have come with increased dog ownership and more people using farmland for leisure. The results from NSAs own sheep worrying by dogs survey also revealed a concerning increase in dog attacks on sheep over the past year.

NSA believes these incidents all point to an urgent need for simple, straightforward and effective measures to radically reduce the number of cases. NSA urges ministers to avoid any ambiguity by legislating for non-working dogs to be on a lead when around or likely to come into contact with livestock.

DEFRAs Action Plan for Animal Welfare highlights the UKs long tradition of protecting animals and outlines its ambitions to raise welfare standards further with tougher penalties for animal cruelty, raising the maximum prison sentence from six months to five years, and a new range of (unlimited) fines to be applied to those who are cruel to animals. NSA believes that the injury and stress involved when sheep and other livestock are attacked results in serious animal cruelty and should be subject to similar maximum penalties and deterrents.

While the NSA would like to see legislation strengthened beyond what appears to be proposed it will also continue to campaign to improve attitudes to responsible dog ownership, to protect its members livelihoods and reduce stress and anxiety. NSA looks forward to working with DEFRA and other organisations to improve responsible dog ownership and a better situation for all involved.

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Ellie Bishop (Emily Wickersham) made an unexpected exit during the NCIS Season 18 finale. If Bishops exit has you puzzled, well explain what happened. Heres the real reason Bishop left the NCIS team.

Bishop was accused of leaking classified NSA documents about a secret operation where Syrian refugees were used as bait to lure an Al-Qaeda leader out of hiding. The information leak, which occurred 10 years ago while she was still working with the NSA, appeared to get into the hands of arms dealers.

Director Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll) tried to defend Bishop. He told her to go home until things settled down. However, she came back to the office and said she was responsible for the information leak. Bishop then quit and left the building. McGee goes after her to ask her what happened.

At first, Bishop says she doesnt want to talk about what happened with the NSA leak, but McGee (Sean Murray) refuses to back down. You and I have been through too much together for you to box me out like this, says McGee. Bishop decides to talk, telling McGee she wasnt in agreement with the NSAs treatment of Syrian refugees. However, McGee doesnt understand how capturing Al Qaeda leaders could be wrong.

Bishop explains capturing the leaders wasnt what was wrong. She didnt agree with the methods used for making the captures. Using innocent people as pawnsthats wrong, says Bishop. However, McGee says he dug deeper into the NSA intel and found that some of the refugees were foreign fighters using civilians as a cover. Bishop says the information is just from one source and it was unreliable.

McGee asks Bishop if she has regrets about the leaked documents. She says her only regret is not releasing the documents sooner. However, McGee says she should have thought about filing a whistleblower report. McGee goes to Gibbs house to talk about Bishop. Hes upset because Bishop could face up to 20 years in prison for what she did. He asks Gibbs how he can help her, but he says theres really nothing he can do.

Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) has a difficult time with the investigation into Bishop. He was in denial, not wanting to believe the accusations. Torres insists shes being framed.

When Torres tracks Bishop down, he learns the truth. Odette planted the leaked documents in the arms dealers bag. Now, Bishop is on her way to continue training with her. The information leak was all part of an operation led by Odette. Bishop needed to be a disgraced NCIS agent to move on to wherever shes going next. Torres assumes her next step is probably CIA or Homeland Security.

When Torres asks Bishop why she pushed him away, Bishop explains it was all about doing what was best for her. She was given an opportunity to join Odette and work with her, so she took it. If we worked regular 9-5 jobs, things could be different, she tells Torres. I didnt mean for us to happen. With that, Bishop kisses Torres and walks away.

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi lashed out at Afghanistan's National Security Advisor for allegedly calling the former's country a 'brothel house'. Shah Mehmood Qureshi's remarks come a month after Afghanistan's NSAHamdullah Mohib allegedly made the remark during a public speech in Nangarhar province nearly a month ago. Asking NSAHamdullah Mohib to listen carefully, the Pakistan Foreign Minister threatened him that no Pakistani would shake hands if the former did not desist himself from making such remarks & levelling accusations.

As per ANI, Pakistan has conveyed to Afghanistan that it would no longer conduct official business with NSAHamdullah Mohib due to his outburst against Islamabad. A statement issued by the Pakistan Foreign Ministry called the NSA's allegations baseless and added that such remarks undermine trust and mutual understanding between Islamabad and Kabul. Qureshi said that Pakistani officials from the prime minister to the army chief to the foreign minister had visited Kabul for peace yet the NSA had still likened Pakistan to a "brothel house".

"You should be ashamed and you should be guilty at your words and my blood is boiling ever since your speech in Nangarhar," he added.

"Correct your behaviour and reflect on it. I say this to the international community that if this behaviour continues, then this person, who calls himself the national security adviser of Afghanistan, will actually be playing the role of a spoiler [for peace]."

President Biden in April announced that all American troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11 this year, thus bringing to end the country's longest war, spanning across two decades. The US and the Taliban signed a landmark deal in Doha on February 29, 2020, to bring lasting peace in war-torn Afghanistan and allow US troops to return home from America's longest war. Under the US-Taliban pact, the US has agreed to withdraw all its soldiers from Afghanistan in 14 months.

There are currently 2,500 American troops left in Afghanistan, the lowest level of American forces in the war-torn country since 2001. Since the US-led invasion that ousted the Taliban after the September 11, 2001 attacks, America has spent more than USD 1 trillion in fighting and rebuilding in Afghanistan. About 2,400 US soldiers have been killed, along with tens of thousands of Afghan troops, Taliban insurgents, and Afghan civilians.

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ALIGARH:The BJP on Monday expelled Rishi Sharma, the alleged kingpin in the hooch tragedy case, from the party.

District president of BJP Rishipal Pal Singh has cancelled Rishi Sharma's primary membership, a party press release said.

Aligarh Police has started the process of charging all the five main accused including Sharma, who was arrested on Sunday, under the stringent National Security Act and the Gangster Act, Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani said.

The accused are being interrogated and are expected to reveal the entire network of the liquor mafia, police sources said.

They said Rishi Sharma was in disguise and was hiding among a group of sadhus at an ashram at Garhmukteshwar near Hapur to evade the police.

Police had managed to trace his whereabouts from the video footage of one of his close associates with whom he was last seen when the news of the liquor tragedy, which has claimed at least 35 lives, started trickling on the night of May 27.

During the past week, police raided the premises of several of Sharma's associates in different states including Himachal Pradesh.

After they traced him to Garhmukteshwar Ashram on Saturday evening, a police party rushed there only to discover that he had escaped.

With the help of some informers, he was tracked down at the Aligarh-Bulandshahr border where he was ultimately nabbed after a manhunt lasting nine days.

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