Terms of Service

Last Updated: March 23, 2025

Welcome to Bol Chaal News. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Bol Chaal News website, mobile applications, and services (collectively, the "Services"). Please read these Terms carefully before using our Services.

By accessing or using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not access or use our Services.

1. Use of Services

1.1 Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use our Services. By using our Services, you represent and warrant that you meet this requirement.

1.2 Account Registration

Some features of our Services may require you to register for an account. When you register, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information and to update this information to maintain its accuracy. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.

1.3 Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

• Use our Services in any way that violates any applicable law or regulation
• Impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity
• Interfere with or disrupt the operation of our Services or servers
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of our Services
• Use our Services to transmit any viruses, malware, or other malicious code
• Collect or harvest any information from our Services, including user accounts
• Use automated means, including spiders, robots, or scrapers, to access our Services
• Post or transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable

2. Content

2.1 Our Content

All content provided through our Services, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, audio, video, and software, is owned by Bol Chaal News or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

2.2 User Content

You may have the opportunity to submit content to our Services, such as comments, news tips, or other materials ("User Content"). By submitting User Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such User Content in any media.

You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to submit User Content and that your User Content does not violate the rights of any third party or any applicable law.

2.3 Content Moderation

We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor, edit, or remove any User Content that we determine, in our sole discretion, violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable.

3. Third-Party Links and Services

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Bol Chaal News. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. You acknowledge and agree that Bol Chaal News shall not be responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of any such third-party website or service.

4. Disclaimer of Warranties

OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT OUR SERVICES OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

5. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BOL CHAAL NEWS AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, OUR SERVICES.

6. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Bol Chaal News and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of our Services or your violation of these Terms.

7. Modifications to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. If we make material changes to these Terms, we will notify you by posting the revised Terms on our website and updating the "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of our Services after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

8. Termination

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to our Services, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including, without limitation, if you breach these Terms.

9. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

Bol Chaal News
123 Media Avenue, Shimla
Himachal Pradesh, 171001
India
Email: legal@bolchaalnews.com
Phone: +91 1234 567890