Toss a cobra into the Indian state legislative assembly and they adjourn for the day, according to the Hindu

The snake was spotted around 7 a.m. when Bhishma Nayak, a sweeper went to clean the floor of the House. On hearing [Chief Minister] Mr. Nayak’s shouts for help, a watchman rushed in and saw the cobra near Mr. Patnaik’s desk. The snake slithered away when the watchman tried to chase it with a bench. It was not spotted again despite the efforts of experts from Snake Helpline and Nandankanan Zoological Park staff.

Snake detection is still clearly a very low-tech procedure, perhaps because this situation is rare.

No word yet whether this could have been a political statement related to increased recent activity by CoBRA — “elite” anti-Naxal forces in the Lalgarh area of West Bengal.