These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the website www.shubhtimes.com (“Website” or “Site”) and any services offered by Shubh Times (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By accessing or using our Website, you (“User” or “you”) agree to be legally bound by these Terms.
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
By accessing the Site or using our services, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms, which shall take effect immediately upon your first use of the Site. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms, please do not access and/or use our Website.
You hereby represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age and are capable of entering, performing and adhering to these Terms. While individuals under the age of 18 may utilize the services of the site, they shall do so only with the involvement, guidance and approval of their parents and/or legal guardians.
2. MODIFICATION OF TERMS
Shubh Times may add to, change, or update these Terms of Use from time to time entirely at its own discretion. You are responsible for checking these Terms periodically to remain in compliance. Your continued use of the Site after any amendment shall constitute your acceptance of the revised terms.
Shubh Times reserves the right to suspend, cancel, or discontinue any or all content, products, or services at any time without notice, and to make modifications and alterations in any content without prior notice.
3. COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Unless otherwise stated, copyright and all intellectual property rights in all material presented on the Site (including but not limited to text, audio, video, or graphical images), trademarks, and logos appearing on this Site are the property of Shubh Times and are protected under applicable laws.
You agree not to:
• Use any framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information of Shubh Times
• Remove, conceal, or obliterate any copyright or other proprietary notice
• Modify, alter, change, amend, vary, transform, revise, translate, copy, publish, distribute, or otherwise disseminate any content without express consent
4. LIMITED PERMISSION TO USE
Shubh Times grants you permission to access and make personal use of the Site. You may print or download extracts from these pages for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not retain copies of these pages except for subsequent viewing purposes or to print extracts for personal use.
You may not:
• Resell or put to commercial use any part of the Site
• Use any data gathering or extraction tools
• Create a database by systematically downloading and storing pages from this site
• Reproduce or transmit any part of the Site to other websites without prior written permission
5. USER REGISTRATION AND ACCOUNT SECURITY
For certain services, registration may be required. To register, you must provide current, complete, and accurate information as prompted by the registration form. You will choose a password and username, and you are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account.
Each registration is for a single individual user only. You agree not to:
• Share your account and password with any other person
• Allow access through a single account to multiple users on a network
• Use the account in any unauthorized manner
6. PROHIBITED USES AND CONTENT
As a condition of your use of our services, you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms. You agree not to upload, post, or transmit any content that:
• Belongs to another person and to which you do not have any right
• Is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, invasive of privacy, insulting, harassing, libelous, hateful, or racially objectionable
• Is harmful to children
• Infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, or other proprietary rights
• Violates any law
• Contains software viruses or any other harmful computer code
• Threatens unity, integrity, defense, security, or sovereignty of India
• Is patently false and untrue with intent to mislead or harass
7. USER-GENERATED CONTENT
All content posted by users becomes the property of Shubh Times. By posting content, you grant Shubh Times a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such content worldwide.
You represent that you have valid rights and title in any content you submit and that you have not infringed on any intellectual property rights belonging to any party.
8. AI AND AUTOMATED ACCESS POLICY
This website is intended for human users only. The following activities are strictly prohibited:
• Automated data collection or web scraping
• AI bot crawling or any form of AI tool usage for content extraction
• Training machine learning or AI systems using our content
• Any other automated activity without express written permission
Unauthorized automated access may result in legal action. For legitimate programmatic access needs, please contact us at durgesh.sharma@shubhtimes.com.
9. THIRD-PARTY CONTENT AND ADVERTISING
The Site may contain advertising information or promotional material submitted by third parties. Responsibility for ensuring that such material complies with applicable laws is exclusively on the party providing the information. Your dealings with advertisers found on our Website are solely between you and such advertiser.
Shubh Times will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage incurred as a result of any such dealings or the presence of third-party advertisers on the Website.
10. PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION
Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the Site, to understand our practices regarding the collection and use of your information.
Shubh Times reserves the right to disclose any information, including personal details, in response to any governmental, administrative, regulatory, or judicial authority under any applicable law or regulation.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Shubh Times provides the Website and services “as is” without any warranties, express or implied. We disclaim all warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Under no circumstances will Shubh Times be held responsible or liable for:
• Any content that is derogatory, threatening, defamatory, obscene, or offensive
• Any errors or omissions in content
• Any loss or damage incurred from the use of content posted on the Site
• Any infringement of intellectual property rights by third parties
12. TERMINATION
Shubh Times reserves the right to refuse service, restrict, suspend, or terminate your account and access to the Website at any time, with or without cause, and with or without prior notice for any violation of these Terms.
Upon termination, your right to use the Website will immediately cease. Your information may remain stored in our archives even after account deletion or termination.
13. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in New Delhi, India.
14. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us at:
Email: durgesh.sharma@shubhtimes.com
Website: www.shubhtimes.com
Address: Shubh Times Editorial Office
15. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms will otherwise remain in full force and effect.
16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Shubh Times regarding the use of the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous written or oral agreements between you and Shubh Times.
By using our Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.