CM Dr Mukul Sangma gives a drumstick sapling to School Education & Literacy minister D C Marak at the Mobilisation & distribution of saplings at Songsak on Aug 21

The Shillong Times first appeared as a tabloid weekly on 10th August 1945 under the editorship of Late Sudhindra Bhusan Chaudhuri. In 1958 it was converted to a Daily. Owing to financial constraints, within six months it reverted back to a weekly.