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The Tribune

Indian center-left, independent trust-owned

Owned byOwned and published by The Tribune Trust, run by a five-member board of trustees (not by a corporate group or political party). Note: "The Tribune" is also the name of several unrelated U.S. papers, such as the Chicago Tribune. This profile covers the Indian paper at tribuneindia.com.

FundingMainly advertising and newspaper sales and subscriptions, with some digital revenue. The trust structure means no single billionaire or state budget funds it. Detailed financials are not public.

On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

The Tribune was founded on 2 February 1881 in Lahore, then in British India, by philanthropist Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia. It began as a weekly. Majithia put it in a trust so it would stay independent of any party or dogma. It became known for criticizing British rule, including its coverage of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and for its pro-independence and reformist views. After Partition in 1947 it moved out of Lahore and later settled in Chandigarh. It is still run by a five-member trust. It has added Hindi and Punjabi sister papers and a large website. Reference sources commonly describe its alignment as center-left, though it positions itself as independent. Its coverage of the second Trump term focuses on how U.S. actions affect India, such as trade, tariffs, visas and diplomacy, and on major U.S. news. It often carries wire copy and its own editorials and analysis. As a result, its framing of the administration varies by story rather than following a fixed line. Readers should check the byline or wire credit to see whether a piece is its own reporting or syndicated.

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Profile compiled 2026-10-07; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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