Doordarshan News-17Nov

1. The National Investigation Agency is probing suspected LeT operative David Coleman Headley and his companion Tahawwur Hussain Rana's links with 26/11 Mumbai attack.

2. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held wide ranging talks with his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harpe on Tuesday evening and agreed on the importance of working collaboratively towards global economic recovery.

3. India's nuclear installations were put on high alert in the wake of possible terror threat, as the Centre asked State governments including Maharashtra where BARC is located to beef up security there.

Read Yojana Online ---

Hi to all who are aspiring for IAS-2010. I got a very important link today and that is of "Yojana" Magazine.

Many of us may be living in a area where it will be tough to get this very precious magazine. So here is the solution for your this problem.

http://www.yojana.gov.in/


You can read even the older issues.

Happy targeting IAS_2010


Please do post if you have some important links in comments if you have and can help others.

Some Useful Books: IAS {History as first Optional}

Books In a order i think will be benificial for good preparation:-----------

History-- Krishna Reddy
polity-- DD Basu,lakshimakant
economics-- PD economics Yearly Issue, sndaram dutt
GS -- news paper and DD News
Geography --- Wizard Book
Kiran Publication -- History
Spectrum current affairs
Manorama Year Book(latest) current affairs portion especially calendar of events

For Mains:
NCERT books for history
IGNOU Notes
(Tata McGraw Hill) written by Krishna Reddy .
Thapar for Ancient
Satish Chandra for Medieval
Bipin Chandra for Modern (both books that is struggle for freedom and after independence) .
Gazetteer Volume2 (Publication Division)
Grover & Grover



Magazines-------------Must ==============
Pratiyogita Darpan
Frontline
Competition Wizard
Yojana
Kurukshetra