Mla Sleeps

A first-time lawmaker in Andhra Pradesh has earned fulsome praise from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his "brave" act of sleeping in a crematorium.

A BJP lawmaker from Rajasthan has been heard abusing and threatening a senior medical officer in an alleged phone conversation that has gone viral on social media. Prahlad Gunjal was heard telling Kota's Chief Medical Officer RN Yadav, "I will skin you alive. You won't sleep at night. I will put such fear in you."

One is used to watching MLAs yawn, sleep and snore during Assembly sessions in India. But the recently elected 224 MLAs of Karnataka want to set an example by remaining fit and active.

A photojournalist who had taken a picture of a Congress MLA dozing off during the Assembly session last week was today allegedly assaulted by the legislator inside the House. Walton Lytan, was assaulted within the Assembly premises by Founder Strong Cajee after Chief Minister Mukul Sangma delivered his budget speech.

A Congress lawmaker climbed onto Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat's podium and lay down on it during an agitation in the well to reiterate the demand for resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.The legislator Rajendra Kumar Chatria managed to climb on to the podium after he along with two party members scuffled with the security staff in the assembly...

They don't exactly conjure up images of James Dean, but the Opposition MLAs in Karnataka insist they're rebels with a cause.For the third night in a row, they slept at the Karnataka Assembly - their sleep-in aimed at spurring the BJP government into ordering a CBI inquiry against illegal mining, and the alleged involvement of state ministers-plus-m...

Opposition MLAs of the Congress and JD(S) spent a second night in the Karnataka Assembly. They are demanding action against illegal mining, which they say is represented by two senior members of Chief Minister Yeddyurappa's cabinet - the Reddy brothers, known for their mining enterprise in Bellary.The Opposition wants nothing less than a CBI probe....

A first-time lawmaker in Andhra Pradesh has earned fulsome praise from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his "brave" act of sleeping in a crematorium.

A BJP lawmaker from Rajasthan has been heard abusing and threatening a senior medical officer in an alleged phone conversation that has gone viral on social media. Prahlad Gunjal was heard telling Kota's Chief Medical Officer RN Yadav, "I will skin you alive. You won't sleep at night. I will put such fear in you."

One is used to watching MLAs yawn, sleep and snore during Assembly sessions in India. But the recently elected 224 MLAs of Karnataka want to set an example by remaining fit and active.

A photojournalist who had taken a picture of a Congress MLA dozing off during the Assembly session last week was today allegedly assaulted by the legislator inside the House. Walton Lytan, was assaulted within the Assembly premises by Founder Strong Cajee after Chief Minister Mukul Sangma delivered his budget speech.

A Congress lawmaker climbed onto Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat's podium and lay down on it during an agitation in the well to reiterate the demand for resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.The legislator Rajendra Kumar Chatria managed to climb on to the podium after he along with two party members scuffled with the security staff in the assembly...

They don't exactly conjure up images of James Dean, but the Opposition MLAs in Karnataka insist they're rebels with a cause.For the third night in a row, they slept at the Karnataka Assembly - their sleep-in aimed at spurring the BJP government into ordering a CBI inquiry against illegal mining, and the alleged involvement of state ministers-plus-m...

Opposition MLAs of the Congress and JD(S) spent a second night in the Karnataka Assembly. They are demanding action against illegal mining, which they say is represented by two senior members of Chief Minister Yeddyurappa's cabinet - the Reddy brothers, known for their mining enterprise in Bellary.The Opposition wants nothing less than a CBI probe....