''The Tribune'' is an
Indian English-language
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daily newspaper published from
Amritsar
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,
Jalandhar,
Ludhiana,
Bathinda,
Chandigarh and
New Delhi. It was founded on 2 February 1881, in
Lahore,
Punjab (now in
Pakistan), by Sardar
Dyal Singh Majithia, a
philanthropist
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, and is run by a trust comprising five persons as trustees.
It is a major Indian newspaper with a worldwide circulation. In India, it is among the leading English daily for
Punjab,
Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, and the
Union Territory of Chandigarh
Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...
.
The present Editor-in-Chief of ''The Tribune'' is Rajesh Ramachandran. Previously he was editor-in-chief of ''
Outlook'' magazine.
Ramachandran succeeded Harish Khare, who was appointed editor-in-chief of the Tribune Group of newspapers on 1 June 2015, serving until 15 March 2018.
''The Tribune'' has two sister publications: ''
Dainik Tribune
''Dainik Tribune'' (Hindi: दैनिक ट्रिब्यून) is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper that is being currently published from Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar, Dehradun and Bathinda. It was first established in 197 ...
'' (in
Hindi) and ''
Punjabi Tribune'' (in
Punjabi
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* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
). Naresh Kaushal, an eminent name in the field of Journalism in North India is the Editor of ''Dainik Tribune'' and prominent Punjabi playwright Swaraj Bir Singh is the editor of the ''Punjabi Tribune''. The online edition of ''The Tribune'' was launched in July 1998, and the online editions of the ''Punjabi Tribune'' and ''Dainik Tribune'' were launched on 16 August 2010.
All three newspapers are published by the Tribune Trust.
Narinder Nath Vohra
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is the current president of the Tribune Trust, which comprises S. S. Sodhi, S. S. Mehta, and
Gurbachan Jagat
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as trustees.
''The Tribune'' has had
Kali Nath Roy
Kali Nath Roy (1878 – 9 December 1945) was a Bengali nationalist journalist and the Chief Editor of the newspaper The Tribune. His son Samarendra Nath Roy was a mathematician and applied statistician.
Early life
Roy was born in 1878 at Jessore ...
,
Prem Bhatia, Hari Jai Singh, H.K. Dua, and Raj Chengappa among others, as its editors-in-chief in the past.
Similar to most Indian newspapers, ''The Tribune'' receives most of its revenue from advertisements over subscriptions.
See also
*
Yog Joy, an Indian photojournalist
References
External links
*
1881 establishments in India
Companies based in Chandigarh
English-language newspapers published in India
Mass media in Haryana
Mass media in Punjab, India
Publications established in 1881
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