Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma with incumbent MP Horen Sing Bey (centre) and BJP candidate Amar Sing Tisso (left), in Diphu on Tuesday.

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.