Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi, President, Asam Sahitya Sabha and Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor, USTM addressing a Press Conference at Guwahati on 22 May, 2019

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.