Kamrup DC Keerthi Jalli (centre) along with officials and representatives of IIT-Guwahati, during the unveiling of the dummy ballot unit on Monday.

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.