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 WASHINGTON: Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81.

McCain, with his irascible grin and fighter-pilot moxie, was a fearless and outspoken voice on policy and politics to the end, unswerving in his defense of democratic values and unflinching in his criticism of his fellow Republican, President Donald Trump. He was elected to the Senate from Arizona six times but twice thwarted in seeking the presidency.

An upstart presidential bid in 2000 didn’t last long. Eight years later, he fought back from the brink of defeat to win the GOP nomination, only to be overpowered by Democrat Barack Obama. McCain chose a little-known Alaska governor as his running mate in that race, and turned Sarah Palin into a national political figure.

After losing to Obama in an electoral landslide, McCain returned to the Senate determined not to be defined by a failed presidential campaign in which his reputation as a maverick had faded. In the politics of the moment and in national political debate over the decades, McCain energetically advanced his ideas and punched back hard at critics — Trump not least among them. AP

Nawalparasi, Aug 26 :Efforts made by the Indian side to expand road in the disputed territory of Susta has led to a dispute. 
The dispute has resurfaced by the Nepali side stopped the Indian side from expanding the road in the area. It may be noted that the two sides had agreed in 2064 B.S. to not carry out any work, including building roads or vegetation in the disputed land in Susta. 

However, the Indian side has violated the agreement by trying to expand road in the area, said Vice-chair of the Save Susta Campaign Adam Khan. 

The act of the Indian side to expand road in the disputed territory has become a problem of the residents of Susta, said Chair of Susta Rural Municipality Ram Prasad Pandey. 

Meanwhile, Chief District Officer Devendra Lamichhane has said that initiative has been taken to resolve the problem through facilitation by the security agencies of the two countries at the local level. RSS

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that it is his dream to ensure that every Indian has his own house by 2022. 
Prime Minister Modi, who is on a visit to Gujarat for a day to inaugurate a series of schemes, was speaking at a function of certificate distribution to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G) here. 

Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said, "It is my dream; it is our endeavour to ensure that every Indian has his own house by 2022. Till now, we only heard about politicians getting their own residence. Now, we are hearing about the poor getting their own homes." 

Prime Minister Modi asserted that homes under the PMAY-G scheme came up successfully because of the absence of middlemen. "I got an opportunity to talk to women across the state today who got their homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin. The wonderful homes under this scheme are being made possible because there are no middlemen in it," Prime Minister added. 

Referring the women of Gujarat as his sisters, Prime Minister Modi said that gifting them houses ahead of the Raksha Bandhan festival would give him great satisfaction. "When festival of Raksha Bandhan is around the corner, nothing can be better than getting a house as a gift. Just days before the festival, gifting a house as a brother to more than one lakh families give great satisfaction to me," he noted. 

During the event, Prime Minister Modi distributed certificates and employment letters to selected beneficiaries under various development schemes including the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Vikas Yojana, Mukhya Mantri Gramodaya Yojana and the National Rural Livelihood Mission. He also distributed appointment letters and mini-ATMs to women bank correspondents. 

Later in the day, the Prime Minister will also visit Junagadh to inaugurate several development projects, including a government civil hospital, 13 projects of Junagadh Municipal Corporation and a milk processing plant at Khokharda. He will also deliver the convocation address of the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University at Gandhinagar before attending a meeting at the Somnath Trust in Gandhinagar. (ANI)

US President Donald Trump's national security adviser warned Wednesday that the United States will respond "very strongly" if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uses chemical weapons in an offensive to retake Idlib province. 

Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Jerusalem, John Bolton also said that the Trump administration was not seeking to oust Iran's leadership with its reimposition of sanctions on Tehran. 

"Regime change in Iran is not American policy but what we want is massive change in the regime's behaviour," he said. AFP