ACA secretary Devajit Saikia (second from right) after being elected as the BCCI joint secretary, along with newly-elected BCCI president Roger Binny (third from left), in Mumbai

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.