Former Home Minister HDR Lyngdoh speaking to media persons after his file nomination paper for Assembly election 2023 at DC office . (Photo by Sanjib Bhattacharjee).

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.