Hosts Russia stunned pre-tournament favourites Spain 4-2 (1-1) via penalty shootouts here on Sunday to enter the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2018.

The first Assembly Session of the JDS-Congress government would begin from Monday, for which, Vidhana Soudha was decorated and stage is set for big debate between ruling and opposition parties.

The Indian hockey team lost 1-1 (1-3) to world No.1 and defending champions Australia in the final of the Champions Trophy in Breda on Sunday. Australia won the tournament a record 15th time as India had to be content with a silver medal finish.

Paintings created by Sayed Haider Raza, when he was in his 90s, are not songs of farewell or leave-taking but of joy and life, said poet Ashok Vajpeyi at an exhibition of these artworks.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) had made India a more tax-compliant society while also enhancing the ease of doing business.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday ruled out single GST rate, saying milk and a Mercedes can't be taxed at the same rate while claiming that the new tax regime has showcased Indian cooperative federalism at its best.

The Coordination Committee of the JDS-Congress coalition government on Sunday gave a green signal for the Common Minimum Programme to waive off loans, invest Rs 1.25 lakh crore for irrigation, construct 20 lakh houses, and to create one crore jobs in the next five years.

The health condition of former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, under treatment in a private nursing home here following a cerebral haemorrhage, continues to be critical with no further signs of deterioration, a hospital official said.