Megh Chief Minister Conrad Sangma lights the ceremonial lamp during Foundation Day celebration of College of Community Science at District Auditorium Tura on 24.9.2022

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.