''The Shillong Times'' is an Indian newspaper. It is

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's oldest

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daily newspaper, which started as a tabloid-sized weekly on 10 August 1945, on a treadle machine in

Shillong Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in ...

. ''The Shillong Times'' switched to a modern computer

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and offset printing technique on 15 August 1991, and the first issue in

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format came into being. A second edition from the town of Tura in the Garo Hills of

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...

was launched on 9 November 1992. Besides the Tura edition, Shillong Times Private Limited also publishes the only

Garo language Garo, also referred to by its endonym A•chikku, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India in the Garo Hills districts of Meghalaya, some parts of Assam, and in small pockets in Tripura. It is also spoken in certain areas of the neighbourin ...

daily ''Salantini Janera''. The publication is headed by

Patricia Mukhim Patricia Mukhim is an Indian social activist, writer, journalist and the editor of '' Shillong Times'', known for her social activism. A recipient of honours such as Chameli Devi Jain award, ONE India award, Federation of Indian Chambers of Comm ...

as its editor, who succeeded Manas Chaudhuri in 2008. Chaudhuri had been editor of the paper since 1978.

References

External links

''The Shillong Times'' website
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