Rivers did the bulk of the hauling, until mafias, dwindling forest cover, and stricter rules squeezed out old hands and handed the reins to uncertainty and accusation

Sonali Gupta

Updated At : 07:18 AM Sep 14, 2025 IST

Officials say most logs are uprooted by cloudbursts, flood debris, not criminal enterprise, but environment-alists disagree because of the sheer volume. Photo: Mani Verma

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).

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