Padma Shri Smt Parbati Baruah receives USTM Social Work Excellence Award 2024 handed over by Sri Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IPS(Retd), State Chief Information Commissioner Assam

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.