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S.P. Sethuraman won the National Chess title after nine years, with 9.5 points from 11 rounds. Vishnu Prasanna finished runner-up, scoring 9 points. Aronyak Ghosh, N.R. Vignesh, Diptayan Ghosh, Mithrabha Guha, Neelash Saha, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Abhijeet Gupta and Abhimanyu Puranik were among the top 10. Sethuraman credited Vishnu for…

S.P. Sethuraman (3rd seed) won 10th round of National chess title, overpowering Neelash Saha in 53 moves. He has 9 points, 1 ahead of nearest rivals. 15 rating points earned should help him return to 2600-bracket. Top-10 share ₹30 lakh prize-fund. Abhijeet & Puranik (1st & 2nd seed) look for…

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Comment: For a party that just days ago celebrated women making up the majority of its top 40 candidates on its list, gender seems to be the hardest word for National, writes political editor Jo Moir

Both the Labour government and the opposition National Party have now released major transport polices that put the emphasis on maintaining and expanding roads.

National’s party list is a big improvement on its previous one, although it's still not as diverse as Labour’s, writes Peter Dunne

Prime minister Chris Hipkins says Labour now ‘underdogs’ as National gains ground ahead of 14 October election

As National hints it will overturn the ban on overseas buyers, there's reassuring preliminary analysis that migration isn't driving house prices up

After starving voters of any vision for what a Chris Hipkins government might look like, the governing party drowned voters in policy last week but is yet to see any reward, writes political editor Jo Moir