Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma delivers the inaugural address of the North East States Conclave on Urban Planning, in Guwahati o Friday.

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.