📋 Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to Chauraha News (chaurahanews.in). By accessing, browsing, reading, or otherwise using our website and associated digital services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.

These Terms of Service should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer.

If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue use of the website.

2. Changes to These Terms

Chauraha News may update, modify, or replace these Terms of Service from time to time to reflect changes in our services, website features, applicable laws, or business practices.

Updated terms will be published on this page. Your continued use of the website after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

3. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise stated, the original content created and published by Chauraha News, including articles, editorial material, graphics, logos, website design, and other original materials, is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

Some content displayed on the website may be provided by contributors, licensed from third parties, supplied by news sources, or otherwise used under applicable legal rights or permissions. Ownership of such third-party material remains with the respective copyright or rights holder.

Personal Use: You may access, view, and read website content for personal, non-commercial purposes.
Sharing: You may share links to Chauraha News articles through social media, messaging services, or other platforms, provided that the original article URL and attribution are retained where appropriate.
Reproduction: You may not reproduce, republish, commercially distribute, systematically copy, scrape, sell, modify, or create derivative versions of substantial portions of Chauraha News original content without appropriate authorization, except where permitted by applicable law.

4. User Conduct

When using interactive features of the website, including comments, contact forms, submissions, or other user participation features, you agree to use the website lawfully and responsibly.

You must not post, transmit, upload, or distribute content that:

Is defamatory, abusive, harassing, threatening, or unlawfully discriminatory.
Promotes unlawful violence, criminal activity, or other activities prohibited by applicable law.
Violates another person's privacy or infringes intellectual property, trademark, or other proprietary rights.
Contains malware, viruses, malicious code, automated scripts, spam, or harmful links.
Impersonates another individual, organization, government official, or entity, or falsely represents an affiliation.
Attempts to interfere with, damage, overload, or gain unauthorized access to the website or its systems.

5. User Comments & Moderation

Comments and other user-generated content represent the views of the individuals who submit them and do not necessarily represent the views or editorial position of Chauraha News.

Chauraha News reserves the right to review, moderate, restrict, edit where appropriate, or remove user-generated content that violates these Terms of Service, our community standards, or applicable law.

We may also restrict or suspend access to interactive features where necessary to protect users, the website, or our services.

6. User-Submitted Content

If you voluntarily submit comments, photographs, information, articles, suggestions, or other material to Chauraha News, you represent that you have the necessary rights or permission to submit that material.

You should not submit confidential, sensitive, or private information through public comments or other publicly accessible features of the website.

By submitting content for publication, you grant Chauraha News a non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, publish, display, edit, or distribute that content for editorial or website-related purposes, subject to applicable law and our Privacy Policy.

7. News Content & Editorial Information

Chauraha News publishes news reports, features, opinions, analysis, and other editorial content for general informational purposes. News events may change rapidly, and previously published information may subsequently be updated or corrected.

For additional information regarding accuracy, corrections, third-party material, and other editorial matters, please refer to our Disclaimer.

8. Third-Party Links & Advertisements

Chauraha News may contain links to third-party websites, services, social media platforms, partner publications, or other external resources.

We do not control or guarantee the accuracy, availability, security, privacy practices, products, services, or content of third-party websites. Visiting external websites is at your own discretion and subject to their respective terms and policies.

The website may also display advertisements, including programmatic advertisements such as Google AdSense, sponsored content, or other promotional material. The presence of an advertisement does not necessarily constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chauraha News.

9. Website Availability & Security

We aim to keep Chauraha News available and functioning properly, but we do not guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or free from errors.

The website may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical problems, hosting issues, security measures, updates, or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its content and services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

Chauraha News does not warrant that the website, its content, or its services will always be accurate, complete, reliable, current, uninterrupted, secure, or free from errors or harmful components.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Chauraha News and its owners, employees, contributors, and service providers shall not be liable for losses or damages arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, the website or reliance on information published on the website.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law.

12. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of India.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of Chauraha News shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts having jurisdiction under applicable Indian law.

13. Contact

If you have questions regarding these Terms of Service, copyright, user-generated content, or other website-related matters, please contact Chauraha News through the contact information provided on our website.