India awarded five road projects for 109.12 billion rupees ($2.7 billion) on Friday to private companies, including Larsen & Toubro and a consortia of Deutsche Bank and Malaysia's IJM Corp Berhad, a senior government official said. Join discussion...

Travelling to Delhi will become smoother and faster. On Friday, work began on the six-laning project on National Highway-8 connecting Dahisar to Surat in Gujarat. The Rs2,835-crore project is scheduled to be completed by April 2011. Join discussion...

Groups led by 3i Infrastructure Plc and a Deutsche Bank AG fund have withdrawn from the auction, three people familiar with the situation said. German builder Hochtief AG was taken off a shortlist last month and executives from Citi Infrastructure Investors and Global Infrastructure Partners say they’ll bid but that a lack of funds is hampering progress. Join discussion...