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JAILED Nupur Talwar, after her bail plea was rejected in the twin murder case of her 14- year- old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008. CLEARED Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in the mysterious death of National Conference worker Yusuf Syed in 2011. A magisterial probe said Syed died of a heart attack soon after Abdullah handed him over to the police. OBJECTED To inclusion of Salman Rushdie’s books Midnight’s Children and Shame, by students and teachers of the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, in the additional courses of Mphil and PHD. OPENED Museum of Innocence, by Nobel Prize- winning novelist Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul. The museum, as depicted in his novel by the same name, houses a collection of artefacts from everyday Turkish life between 1950 and 2000. JAILED Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, for four years, for accepting Rs 1 lakh as bribe from a fake arms dealer in 2001.