Important national events to look for today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart the second day of his Bangladesh visit by offering prayers at Jeshoreshwari and Orkandi temples in southwestern Shatkhira and Gopalganj today. Meanwhile, the global Earth Hour will be observed today from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Here is a heads-up of the important national events to look for today.

• PM Modi to offer prayers at temples in Bangladesh today
  

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart the second day of his Bangladesh visit by offering prayers at Jeshoreshwari and Orkandi temples in southwestern Shatkhira and Gopalganj today. He will also visit the 'Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman' in Tungipara of Gopalganj district.

• West Bengal polls: Phase 1 voting to be held today
  

  West Bengal polls

The first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal will be held today. The polls will take place in 30 Assembly constituencies of the state. Voters will be able to exercise their ballot from 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM.

• First phase of assembly elections to be held in Assam
  

  Assam Assembly Elections

Voting will be held today for 47 Assembly constituencies in Assam. People will exercise their right to franchise in more than eleven thousand five hundred and thirty polling booths spread across the State.

• Yogi Adityanath to embark on three-day visit to Gorakhpur
  

  Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Gorakhpur district today. He is on a three-day visit to Gorakhpur. As per reports, he will inaugurate a zoo in the district and participate in a few other events too.

• Karnataka: BBMP to present 2021-22 Budget today
  

  Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike's 2021-22 Budget will be presented by the civic body’s administrator Gaurav Gupta today. The official told reporters that the Budget would be "realistic, yet ambitious."

• Global Earth Hour to be observed today
  

  Global Earth Hour

Earth Hour 2021 will be observed today from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM across different parts of the world. On Earth Hour, the participating individuals and corporations all around the world shut off all their non-essential lights as a symbolic gesture to save our planet.