(Left to right) Winners of the 18th Sunsilk Mega Miss North East 2021 beauty pageant, Pema Choden Bhutia, Danube Kangjam and Sanwaka Surong in Guwahati on Wednesday evening.

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.