Indian Punjab State Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal (C) pays tribute to Sarabjit Singh before his cremation at Bikhiwind village some 45 kms from Amritsar, on May 3, 2013. Singh, an Indian convicted 16 years ago in Pakistan for spying and deadly bombings, died May 2 after being savagely beaten with a brick in Lahore prison, sparking a furious response from Indian politicians. Singh was cremated with state honours in his native village in northwestern India where hundreds of angry demonstrators shouted 'Down with Pakistan!' as they gathered to pay their tribute.
Indian Punjab state Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal (C), Director General Police (DGP) Punjab Police Sumedh Singh Saini (L), Director General of Police (BPR&D) K.N. Sharma (R) pose during the first All India Conference of Commissioners of Police in Amritsar on December 22, 2012. Indian Police Commissioners and high ranking officials from across the country are attending a two-day police conference organised by Punjab Police in coordination with the Bureau of Police Research and Development.
Indian Punjab state Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal (C) addresses the media after meeting with family members of late Indian Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector Ravinder Pal Singh at his resident in Rampura village on the outskirts of Amritsar on December 10, 2012. The leader of Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and an accomplice were arrested on December 6, 2012, for allegedly killing the police official Ravinder Pal Singh.
Indian Punjab state Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal (C) looks at a marble lion statue during the Punjab International Trade Expo PHD (PITEX) 2012 Trade Fair in Amritsar on December 10, 2012. Exhibitors from Mozambique, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Thailand, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Ghana, and other Asian countries are displaying their exhibits during the fair held from December 6-10.
Indian Punjab state deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal (C) waves following his return from Pakistan at the India-Pakistan border in Wagah on November 9, 2012. A delegation of Indian industrialists, traders and government officials visited Pakistan to meet with their counterparts to increase trade between the two countries.
Indian Punjab state deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal (centre L) shakes hand with Pakistani Punjab Speaker of Provincial Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan (centre R) as he returns from Pakistan at the India-Pakistan border in Wagah on November 9, 2012. A delegation of Indian industrialists, traders and government officials visited Pakistan to meet with their counterparts to increase trade between the two countries.
