JAIPUR: Prolonged prison terms without trial undermine constitutional justice and demand bail, former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said Sunday, citing cases such as Umar Khalid’s and warning courts to rigorously test national security claims.Speaking at Jaipur Literature Festival, Chandrachud said when state invokes national security, “the court is duty bound to carefully scrutinise…

Alwar: Hundreds of angry villagers blocked the Alwar-Thanagazi-Jaipur road Sunday after a collision between two vehicles left one person dead and a dozen others injured. One of the vehicles involved in the accident was a ‘jugad vehicle’, a home-made automobile built from scrapped parts and motors. It was carrying around 30 people when it collided…

Udaipur: In a case that has left investigators searching for answers, a govt school teacher in Pratapgarh district who attacked his sleeping wife and son with a sickle late Saturday and grievously injured both was later found dead the same night in another part of the house.Police are still trying to piece together the sequence…

Bhilwara: Police in Bhilwara district seized 2,300 opium plants allegedly cultivated illegally and hidden among mustard and gram crops in Taswariya Khurd village in Shahpura police station area Sunday. A case was registered under NDPS Act and an investigation begun, police said.Bhilwara SP Dharmendra Singh said the action was taken under supervision of Shahpura ASP…

Jaipur: Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) sold plots worth over Rs 4,000 crore in the past 20 months, riding on Rising Rajasthan investment summit MoUs.It sold 3,150 plots during the period, compared to 2,125 in the last two years of the Congress regime, registering a growth of 48%, according to data from…