Front page of a historic 1931 edition |
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| Type | Daily newspaper[1] |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Tribune Trust |
| Editor-in-chief | Raj Chengappa |
| Founded | 2 February 1881 |
| Political alignment | Independent[2] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Chandigarh, Punjab (Indian state), India |
| Official website | Tribuneindia.com |
The Tribune is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar, Dehradun and Bathinda. It was founded on 2 February 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees. It is a major Indian newspaper with a worldwide circulation.[3][4][5][6] In India, it is the leading English daily for Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.[7]
Aside from The Tribune in English, it has two sister publications: Dainik Tribune (in Hindi) and Punjabi Tribune. Naresh Kaushal is the Editor for Dainik Tribune and Varinder Walia is the Editor for Punjabi Tribune. Raj Chengappa is the Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune Group of Newspapers. The Internet Edition of The Tribune was launched in July 1998 by Deputy Editor Roopinder Singh. The Internet editions of the Punjabi Tribune and Dainik Tribune were launched on 16 August 2010. [8] All the three newspapers are published by 'The Tribune Trust'.