Pranab Mukherjee led meaningful life: Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama recalled having had the honour of meeting Mukherjee on several occasions over the years, most recently in 2016.
With the emergence of the concept of welfare state, the role
of a police personnel has changed, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said as he
asked Indian Police Service trainees to discharge their responsibilities
without fear or favour.
“Gone are the days when the job of a police officer was
to maintain law and order. Today, with the emergence of the concept of welfare
state, the role of a police personnel has changed,” Mukherjee told IPS
trainees who called on him today at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Mukherjee told them that more elements have been added to
their core function of maintaining law and order.
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“He said they should train themselves to handle cyber
crime, black money, kidnapping etc. There are two other important challenges —
insurgency and terrorism which are closely linked to internal and external
security,” a statement from Venu Rajamony, Press Secretary to the
President, said.
He told them that learning is a life-long process and they
should discharge their responsibilities without fear or favour. This required
nerves of steel along with a smiling face, the statement said.
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