Important national events to look for today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the extension of Kolkata Metro's North-South Line from Noapara to Dakshineswar today. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will attend a padayatra in poll-bound Kerala. Here is a heads-up of the important national events to look for today.

• PM Modi to visit Assam, West Bengal today
  

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi slated to visit Assam and West Bengal to lay foundation stones for several projects. He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for engineering colleges during the event.

• PM Modi to inaugurate Kolkata Metro extension to Dakshineswar
  

  PM Modi to inaugurate Kolkata Metro extension

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the extension of Kolkata Metro's North-South Line from Noapara to Dakshineswar today. The inauguration, scheduled in the afternoon, will help connect thousands of people in the 4.1 km stretch between Noapara and Dakshineswar.

• Puducherry: Narayanasamy government to face crucial floor test
  

  Floor test in Puducherry

Amid a political crisis in the Union Territory, a floor test in Puducherry Assembly will talk place today as per directions of Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. This comes after two Congress MLAs A John Kumar, Lakshmi Narayanan and DMK MLA K Venkatesan resigned from their Assembly membership.

• Rahul Gandhi to attend padayatra in Kerala
  

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will attend today a programme to mark the culmination of padayatra being undertaken by state Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala and other programmes on February 22 and 23.

• Tourism Minister to inaugurate 'Incredible India Mega Homestay Development, Training Workshop'
  

  Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel

Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel will inaugurate the three-day Incredible India Mega Homestay Development and Training Workshop in Darjeeling today. The Tourism Ministry said that a total of 450 homestay owners will be trained in the workshop where IIAS School of Management will train them free of cost in different spheres of Hospitality.

• Uttar Pradesh's first paperless budget to be tabled today
  

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath