New Delhi, Mar 6 : The Supreme Court on Friday referred the report of Justice B. N. Srikrishna on the clash between lawyers and police, to the Madras High Court.

The report will decide whether there is a need for holding a judicial inquiry into the incident.

A bench headed by Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan said the High Court has to determine the need for a judicial inquiry under the Commission of Inquiry Act.

New Delhi, Mar 6 : Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh on Friday declared that the party's alliance with the Congress was `broken' and he could not offer more than 17 seats in Uttar Pradesh to the latter.

"I do not want to use any harsh words, but the alliance is broken. The obituary of the alliance was written the day Congress had announced its list of 24 candidates in Uttar Pradesh. We cannot offer more than 17 seats to the Congress," Amar Singh told reporters here.

New Delhi, Mar 6 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L. K. Advani on Friday offered 25 more seats to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa. The announcement was aimed at persuading the BJD to stay in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Since 1998, the BJD has been contesting 84 Assembly and 12 Lok Sabha seats while BJP has fielded candidates in 63 Assembly and nine Lok Sabha constituencies.

The Orissa State Assembly polls will be held along with the general elections on April 16 and 23.

Mumbai/New Delhi, Mar 6 : Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, today termed the return of his grandfather''s items as a `miracle'.

Expressing his joy, Tushar said he was grateful to liquor and airline magnate Vijay Mallya for coughing up 1.8 million dollars for the treasured icons.

New Delhi - The wealthy buyer of the set of artefacts that once belonged to Mahatma Gandhi was acting on behalf of the government of India, media reports said Friday.

According to the PTI news agency quoting India's Culture Minister Ambika Soni, the Indian independence icon's pocket watch, sandals, a bowl, "thali" (plate) and letters of authenticity were "procured through the services of an Indian, Vijay Mallya."

New Delhi, Mar 06 : Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow recently admitted that her marriage to rocker Chris Martin too has its own set of issues.

The `Great Expectations' actress also came clean about the fact that her husband would definitely `kill' her about it publicly, as the couple had a pact that none of them could talk about their private life openly.