In January 2018, while talking to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, also the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, former Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj had a simple comment: “Cricket is not gender-biased. If male cricketers deserve all the facilities, why can’t women get equal attention?”
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The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.
The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.
The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).
Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia
