Terms of Use

By accessing or using mvnews.in (the “Site”) or any of the services offered through it (the “Services”), including our newsletter, e-Paper, candidate database, and corrections form, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (“Terms”). If you do not agree, please do not use the Site or the Services.

These Terms form a legally binding agreement between you and MV News Media Pvt. Ltd. (“MV News”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013, with its registered office at Anna Salai, Chennai 600002, Tamil Nadu, India.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the Site after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, MV News grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to:

• Access and read the journalistic content published on the Site for your personal, non-commercial use.
• Share links to articles on social media or messaging platforms, provided the share does not bypass our paywall (where applicable) or strip attribution.
• Quote brief excerpts of up to 75 words from any article, with attribution to “MV News” and a link back to the original article.

This licence does not include the right to: republish full articles, scrape our content programmatically, train a machine learning model on our content without a separate written agreement, or use our content for any commercial purpose without prior written consent.

All content published on mvnews.in — including articles, headlines, photographs, illustrations, infographics, videos, audio recordings, and the visual design of the Site — is the property of MV News Media Pvt. Ltd. or its licensors, and is protected under the Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended) and applicable international copyright treaties.

The MV News name, the “Maanbumigu Vetpaalar” wordmark, the masthead design, and our tagline “When the Society Rises, the King Rises” are trademarks of MV News Media Pvt. Ltd. Unauthorized use of these marks is prohibited.

Reader-submitted content — including letters to the editor, corrections requests, and tip-line submissions — is licensed to MV News on a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual basis for the purpose of journalism and editorial use. You retain ownership of your submission.

You agree not to:

• Use the Site to upload, post, or transmit any content that is defamatory, obscene, hateful, threatening, harassing, or otherwise unlawful under Indian law, including the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Information Technology Act, 2000.
• Impersonate any other person or entity, or falsely represent an affiliation with a person or entity.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Site, our servers, or our databases. This includes attempted SQL injection, cross-site scripting, brute-force password attacks, and credential stuffing.
• Use automated tools — bots, scrapers, crawlers — to extract data from the Site, except where we have granted explicit permission in writing or where the activity is permitted under the “fair dealing” provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957.
• Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit any portion of the Site for any commercial purpose without our prior written consent.
• Submit a knowingly false correction request, fake news tip, or spam submission to any of our forms. Misuse of the corrections desk is taken seriously and may result in IP-level suspension.

Violations may result in immediate termination of your access to the Site, and we reserve the right to report serious violations to law enforcement under the IT Act, 2000.

When you submit content to MV News — through the contact form, the corrections form, the newsletter signup, or by email — you represent and warrant that:

• You own or have the right to submit the content.
• The content is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
• The content does not violate any law, including defamation, copyright, and privacy laws.

MV News reserves the right to edit, excerpt, publish, or decline to publish any user-submitted content at its sole discretion. We do not undertake to publish every submission.

The Site and the Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. While MV News exercises professional editorial judgement in the production of journalism, we make no warranty that:

• The Site will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free at all times.
• Every article will be free of factual errors — see our Corrections Policy for how we handle errors when they occur.
• Any candidate information, opinion poll, or projection will be accurate, complete, or predictive of any future election outcome.

To the maximum extent permitted by Indian law, MV News disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event shall MV News Media Pvt. Ltd., its directors, officers, employees, or contributors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including loss of profits, data, goodwill, or reputation — arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Site or the Services.

Our aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site shall not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you have paid to MV News in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or (b) ₹1,000 (Indian rupees one thousand).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable Indian law, including liability for gross negligence, wilful misconduct, or violation of mandatory statutory provisions.

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, or the Services shall first be attempted to be resolved through good-faith negotiation. You agree to send a written notice of any dispute to legal@mvnews.in and allow MV News thirty (30) days to respond before initiating formal proceedings.

If the dispute is not resolved through negotiation within sixty (60) days of the initial notice, the dispute shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The seat and venue of arbitration shall be Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The arbitration shall be conducted by a sole arbitrator appointed by mutual consent, or failing such consent, by the Madras High Court under Section 11 of the Act. The language of the arbitration shall be English.

Subject to the arbitration clause above, these Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. The courts at Chennai, Tamil Nadu shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any matter not subject to arbitration.

We may revise these Terms at any time by posting an updated version on this page. The “Last updated” date will reflect the most recent revision. We will, where materially adverse, notify registered users by email at least thirty (30) days before the changes take effect.

Your continued use of the Site after the effective date of any change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Site.

Questions about these Terms may be directed to:

• MV News Media Pvt. Ltd.
  Anna Salai, Chennai 600002, Tamil Nadu, India
• Email: legal@mvnews.in
• Grievance Officer (under the IT Act, 2000 and DPDP Act, 2023): grievance@mvnews.in