Chhattisgarh, May 25 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma was reportedly killed in an ambush by Maoists on the Darbha Ghat section of the Jagdalpur-Sukma Highway in Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominant Bastar District on Saturday afternoon.

Media reports said the Union Home Ministry is awaiting details of the incident from the Chhattisgarh Government.

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), May 25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived in Jeddah on Saturday for talks with the Saudi Arabian leadership on a wide range of issues, including the controversial 'Nitaqat law' and on counter terrorism cooperation.

Khurshid, who is on an official two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, was given a warm welcome by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz soon after his arrival.

Chattisgarh, May 25 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma was killed in an attack by Maoists in Jagdalpur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, according to television reports.

Another senior leader and former Union Minister Vidya Charan Shukla was injured in the attack.

According to the police, Maoists kidnapped Chhattisgarh Congress leader Nand Kumar Patel and his son.

Mumbai, May 25 (ANI): Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has announced a huge natural gas discovery in the flagging eastern offshore KG-D6 block which would help in arresting falling output.

In a statement issued here it has claimed that the KGD6-MJ1 well was drilled in a water depth of 1,024 metres - and to a total depth of 4,509 metres (4.5 kilometres below seabed).

London, May 25 (ANI): News Corporation Board has approved the split of its company into two publicly traded entities putting a step forward in separating its entertainment businesses from the publishing division.

The board announced the terms of share distribution, named the board of directors for both the firms, and a 500 million dollars stock-buypack program for the new corporation.

Tokyo, May 25 (ANI): Orix Corporation, a leading integrated financial services group of Japan, has announced its decision to foray into the Mongolian financial services business through an alliance with TenGer Financial Group (TFG), a major Mongolian financial group.

The Japanese investment giant has reached an agreement to purchase about 16 percent of shares in TFG and will obtain the necessary permits in view of investment in June.