In the Chair was Sasmit Patra who condemned the act of O'Brien for throwing rule book towards the Chair which could have hit any official.
December 21, 2021On Thursday, Trinamool's Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien and the party's Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar also arrived in Tripura.
July 30, 2021After Modi commneted that people from Bengal are stopped from worshipping goddess Durga, O'Brien said in reality Rs 50,000 was provided as assistance to each Puja committee last year.
February 24, 2021The minister said the highly publicised ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’, Rs 400 crore was spent on an advertisement campaign but 2021 Budget has zero allocation. In Bengal, Mamata Banerjee launched Kanyashree scheme and so far 67 lakh girls received direct cash benefits and so far Rs 9,400 crore spent for this scheme.
February 20, 2021'7 pieces of concocted, false info in one speech. Actually, by his standards, quite low!' he said in a tweet.
December 20, 2020The incident has been recorded in a video in which a man in a white shirt and a helmet, who is reported to be UP Joint Magistrate Prem Prakash Meena, has shoved Derek O’Brien and grabbed MP Pratima Mandal by the shoulders to prevent her from walking to the village.
October 2, 2020He rushed to the well of the House amid the proceedings to register his protest against the bill.
September 20, 2020Amit Mitra, state finance minister said that so far Rs 9,000 crore has been deposited in PMCF but Centre ruled the Fund cannot be audited.
July 15, 2020TMC has vehemently opposed the 'unconstitutional' bill in both the houses of the parliament. With MP Abhishek Banerjee in Lok Sabha saying that the party 'will fight till the last drop of blood but won't allow NRC' in the state.
December 13, 2019CB team whisked away by cops to a police station, were let go later; Rajeev Kumar says he will speak to media on Monday; CM Mamata Banerjee accuses PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah of trying to organise a coup in West Bengal
February 3, 2019The stalemate saw heated arguments between the opposition and the government, forcing Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh to adjourn the house for the day.
December 31, 2018The Assam police have already launched a massive combing operation against the suspected militants in and around the Sadiya area in the district.
November 4, 2018The MP underlined Banerjee’s 40 years of political struggle and her career as a Parliamentarian as well as the CM of West Bengal.
July 25, 2018West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday strongly opposed the Centre’s move to disinvest its stake in Air India and TMC leader Derek O’Brien questioned the decision, saying a parliamentary panel was still examining the issue. Hours after the government released the preliminary information memorandum on strategic disinvestment of the national carrier, Banerjee took …
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March 29, 2018Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien on Friday alleged that the Rajya Sabha was being disrupted by the members of the ruling party as the government did not want a discussion on the Union Budget. “The government does not have answers to questions being asked by the Opposition. So, the Rajya Sabha is being deliberately disrupted,” …
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February 9, 2018The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) said on Tuesday that it would continue to “expose” various Aadhaar card-related problems and carry on its fight against the central government’s move in and outside Parliament. In a statement, TMC MP Derek O’Brien said that his party would be “persistent” in its protest against Aadhaar card. “From notices …
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January 9, 2018Students of an art college in Kolkata came together to create a 1.25-km Rangoli on a road ahead of Durga Puja. Posted by Siddhartha Bose on 19 ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 2017 (Video: Facebook) “An estimated 350 students from Art College have drawn various colour designs along a 1.25 km stretch from Sarat Bose Road to Vivekananda Park …
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September 20, 2017