Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addresses mediapersons after the BJP-led alliance’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections, 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.