Terms Of Services
Terms Of Services
The visitors are cautioned to read all the terms and conditions under which they can access the PABNA Infotainment Portals. Only visitors agreeing to these terms may access the site for accessing infotainment content or for availing any of the free or paid services offered by the site and/or its partners/ affiliates/ advertisers/ franchisees/ agents/ agencies etc.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THESE TERMS, YOU ARE ADVISED NOT TO FURTHER ACCESS THE SITE OR REGISTER FOR SUBSCRIBERSHIP.
This is a legal agreement (“Agreement”) between the visitor/Subscriber, and PABNA, hereinafter referred to as rint & Broadcast News Agency, the owner and operator of the mobile app and website: www.pabna.in and/or such other website that may be periodically linked either to this web address or to the home page of PABNA portal, hereinafter referred jointly and severally as the site.
Access to the site cannot be had unless and until these terms and conditions are read and consented to.
1. Use and access :
a. This site is primarily intended to disseminate news, views opinions, and current affairs.
b. The services offered by the site and/or its partners/ affiliates/ advertisers/ franchisees/ agents/ agencies etc. may be accessed and/or used generally by any intending party, irrespective of region, religion, language, caste, creed, community, race, location, etc. but subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement.
c. The visitors/ users/ Subscribers must be majors and should be capable of contracting as per the law of the land, where they access the portals.
d. They must also submit and subject themselves to the laws of India and to the jurisdiction of law courts at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, for the resolution of any dispute arising out of any eventuality related and/or attributable to the information posted in the site or URLs linked to this site.
e. The users/subscribers shall agree to all such modifications, alterations, deletions, additions to the content or material layout or get-up or color scheme or features or advertisements that may be made to the site at the discretion of PABNA.
2. SUBSCRIPTION:
Users will be able to view all the content in the app, completely free for the period of three months from the date of registration in the app. Log-in is permissible only through the registered mobile number with a one-time password generated at the time of registration. The user will be able to view all content including the premium paid content of the app. This free access to complete content ends with the limitation of 90 days and from the 91st day onwards, he or she can view only the content marked as free and he is prompted to subscribe for either of below below-stated subscription packs.
NEWS PACK: In this plan, the user can opt for monthly, quarterly, yearly, and yearly plans. The user has to subscribe to a plan where he will be allowed to have access to the News in detail plus the free available content.
User will be navigated to subscription on below actions mentioned in the app :
From the Profile Menu, the user can navigate to the subscription page.
If the user clicks on any premium content before he or she subscribes to the app, the Subscription option will be prompted.
If the user clicks on watch offline then the user will be navigated to the Subscription page. Once the subscription ends, users' offline videos will be deleted after 2 days.
Device-based subscription: Individual subscribers can have simultaneous login – in three multiple devices for viewing any of the above-stated Subscription packs; While having logged in at three devices, if the user tries to sign in simultaneously with the same login id at the fourth device, the device will forcefully logout the user from the first device. Session ID will be used to identify the number of devices currently in use.
Subscription Flow for the first time :
When the user purchases a subscription, he will be directed to the Billdesk payment gateway. Billdesk handles all checkout details. Once the user subscribes to any product within the trial period, his subscription begins immediately but he won’t be billed until the free trial period of three months is over. After the free trial period expires, the user will be charged for the purchased product. It is handled from the Server end.
Users can renew subscriptions at any time using the “Extend Subscription” option on the subscription detail page. Tapping “Extend Subscription” will allow the user to buy a new product, which will extend the current subscription plan. For example, if the user has subscribed for the monthly plan from 17th Apr to 16th May. Now if the user renews his subscription for the quarterly plan, his subscription will extend to 18th August.
After subscribing to the product, details of the currently chosen plan, next billing date, and expiry date will be displayed on the subscription detail page.
Renewal flow :
a. In Android, the user will have a subscription, which is automatically renewed. Subscription will elapse after the subscription period ends and the user will have to buy a new subscription.
b. The user will be notified of the subscription expiry on the home screen on the app launch, before “n” number of days from the expiry date. Notification will be provided with OK and Cancel buttons. Tapping OK will redirect the user to the subscription page from where he can purchase the product, tapping on Cancel will skip the notification and redirect the user back to the home screen. Here ‘n’ value is provided from the CMS end and it is configurable.
Once the subscription period expires, “You are not subscribed” is shown with a blank chosen plan, billing date and expiry date will be displayed. And users have to purchase a new product from the subscription detail page.
c. After expiry date, tapping on premium content will display notification to purchase the subscription product.
d. The subscriber shall not alter or delete any material that is displayed on the portal nor shall the subscriber do or caused to be done anything that may damage the material posted on the portal or that may jeopardize any system or device attached or connected to the portal or the server of rint & Broadcast News Agency .
e. The subscriber who does or cause to be done any objectionable/illegal act shall render himself/herself liable for all legal consequences thereto and shall also be liable to indemnify PABNA against any costs and consequences arising out of such objectionable / illegal acts of the subscriber to third parties.
3. PROFILE:
a. A profile of a subscriber is created by filling up the application online.
b. Subscriber may upload his/her photograph or a video clipping, subject to technical feasibility.
4. UPLOADING/POSTING OF MATERIAL:
a. Only the absolute owners of photos, data, profiles or any other text or video material can upload the same to the site. Others cannot upload or submit material for display on the site.
b. The person uploading/submitting material to the site is presumed to be the owner of such material and that such owner has placed/uploaded/submitted/made available under an assurance and undertaking and warranty that he/she is the owner of the material placed/ uploaded/ submitted/made available and with a further irrevocable right/authorization in favour of PABNA to display the material on the site without any obligation whatsoever on the part of PABNA or on such other persons authorised by PABNA either expressly or impliedly, to pay any remuneration, royalty, license fee etc. and such right/ authorization shall be without any territorial and time restrictions.
c. It shall be the ultimate responsibility and liability of the subscriber for anything that is posted or uploaded on the portal with his/her user id. PABNA shall be obliged under law to furnish the information to the concerned authorities, relating to any subscriber under whose user id any objectionable content is posted on the website or if any objectionable act is committed using the user id of a subscriber.PABNA
d. The subscriber shall not post any defamatory, offensive, excessive, exaggerated, false, malafide, inaccurate, erroneous, blasphemous, obscene, profane, pirated, offensive, salacious, ghastly, indecent, racial or illegal material on the site.
e. The visitors or subscriber shall not send abusive, threatening, coercive, harassing, indecent, obscene mails.
f. No advertisement can be made on the site of any product or service or no offer of any sale of goods or services can be made without the prior consent of PABNA.
g. The Subscribers shall not submit or upload any material, which impinges upon or infringes the intellectual property rights of third parties. There shall be an implied assurance and undertaking from the Subscribers about the ownership, genuineness and originality of all the information, photographs profiles or other material submitted and/or uploaded on the site.
5. DEACTIVATION OF PROFILE:
a. Profile of a subscriber will be automatically deleted if it is not active for 6 months.
b. Profile of a paid Subscriber will be automatically deactivated if not renewed before expiry.
6. CANCELLATION OF SUBSCRIBERSHIP:
a. PABNA reserves unfettered right to cancel any subscription at any stage, without assigning any reason whatsoever. The Subscriber who thus forfeits the Subscribership shall not have any claim whatsoever either for the refund of Subscribership fee paid if any or any material given or any information furnished to PABNA.
b. A subscription will automatically be cancelled if any abusive, obscene or sexually oriented message/s or photo/s or video/s are sent by any Subscriber to other Subscribers or if such material is added to any profile. Such Subscribers shall not be entitled for any compensation from Pint & Broadcast News Agency.
7. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT:
This agreement can be terminated by either of the parties at any time, for any reason without notice to the other party. This right is without prejudice to the right of PABNA to suspend or terminate the access of the Subscriber to the site without notice for any breach of this Agreement.
8. SCHEMES:
PABNA offers periodically, different types of schemes on the site, for the convenience of all the Subscribers, each with their own distinct benefits. PABNA reserves the right to modify, amend, alter, change or discontinue the schemes at their absolute discretion. Subscribers are advised to refer Subscribership plans for current schemes.
9. OWNERSHIP:
a. This site is owned and operated by Print & Broadcast News Agency , a Company in Ramoji Group. The Company hereby reserves the right to change or discontinue any service, feature, offer, gift, contest, design, layout, content, platform, equipment, systems, programme, software needed for the access or use of the site including Subscriber’s area.
b. PABNA reserves their right to make such modifications, alterations, deletions, additions to the content or material or lay-out or get-up or colour scheme or features or advertisements, from time to time.
c. PABNA also reserves all their right to upgrade or down grade the technology or platforms deployed by them in the portal and the subscribers shall have no objection for any such up-gradation and down-gradation of technology or change of platforms or deployment of new technology.
10. DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF VISITORS AND SUBSCRIBERS:
a. The Subscribers shall furnish truthful, authentic, genuine, relevant, valid, correct, current, fair information for being displayed or posted on the site.
b. The Subscribers shall provide proof as may be required by PABNA to substantiate the information furnished.
c. Every Subscriber impliedly undertakes personal responsibility and liability as to the correctness, authenticity, genuineness of the information furnished for display on site.
d. The onus of proving the correctness of information furnished and/or displayed on the site lies on the concerned Subscribers.
e. The onus of proving that the information is wrong lies on the Subscribers /third parties asserting, relying on/using the information.
f. It shall be the duty of the visitors and Subscribers seeking alliance from the Subscribers whose profiles are displayed on site to cause thorough enquiry and cross-check the correctness, authenticity, currency, genuineness of the information displayed on the site and take adequate precautions on their own before finalising the alliance.
g. The Subscribers availing online chat facility shall not misuse or misbehave with other Subscribers.
h. The Subscribers or non-Subscribers seeking alliance with Subscribers of EPP are advised to make independent verification of all credentials of the Subscribers, including verification of medical history and other antecedents. PABNA shall not be responsible or liable for any misrepresentation or falsity of information on the site.
11. ERRORS AND DISCREPANCIES :
While PABNA takes every care and caution to maintain the site free of errors and discrepancies, it is possible for some mistakes to creep into the site by inadvertence, oversight, human error, innocence and honest belief in the information in good faith. PABNA shall not be liable in respect of innocent dissemination of such information and the liability of PABNA is limited to removal of such errors and discrepancies from the site. Subscribers and visitors may bring any such discrepancies to the notice of PABNA with reasonable proof for necessary action.
12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS :
The intellectual property rights in the site like Trademarks, copyright in artistic works, photographs, creative, graphics, layout, design, text, video, audio etc shall exclusively vest in PABNA. Any violation of such Intellectual Property Rights of PABNA by copying, publishing, distributing, modifying, transferring, altering, imposing, defacing shall be punishable under Law, including Copyright laws. PABNA sources material and photographs from reputed agencies on agreement of non-commercial use and non-distribution of the material and photographs. The Subscribers are advised not to down load any images or material from PABNA Portal and any use of the images down loaded from PABNA portal shall amount to infringement of copyright of the owner of the photographs and shall entail penal consequences. The Intellectual Property rights in various trademarks, logos, photographs, text and other material posted on PABNA Portal and any use of the same by the subscribers for whatever purpose would infringe upon the Intellectual Property Rights of the owners of the material including Print & Broadcast News Agency. Subscribers are cautioned against use of any intellectual property down loaded from PABNA Portal.
13. Copying, storage, transmission, circulation of any information including photographs, profiles, code numbers, Subscribership numbers, addresses, etc displayed on the site, is strictly prohibited.
14. Some of the material which is procured by PABNA from third parties by way of licence may be protected by international copyright laws, violation of which would entail penal consequences under international laws.
15. The Subscribers/visitors shall be solely responsible and liable for all the consequences arising out of any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights including but not limited to damages, attorney fees and expenses.
16. ADVERTISEMENTS:
a. PABNA publishes advertisements on the PABNA Digital platform on “as is where is” basis. PABNA shall not endorse any products or services, advertised on PABNA Portal nor do they vouch about the quality, quantity, utility of the product/services, advertised on PABNA Portal, the users / consumers are advised to cross-verify the genuineness, quality, quantity, utility and other attributes of the products / services advertised on PABNA Portal.
b. PABNA shall not undertake any responsibility for display of any erroneous or unauthorized material or information on the site and the liability of PABNA in case of any such display shall be limited to the removal of such information or material from the site and providing the details of the Subscribership account from where the offending information or material is found to have been uploaded to the site as per the records of PABNA.
c. PABNA shall be at liberty to run/display advertisements in PABNA Portal in various forms, namely pop-ups, scrolls, tickers, buttons, paid links, ear panels, banner ads etc. The subscriber shall not have objection for running all such advertisements on PABNA Portal.
d. PABNA may distribute mail ids of the subscribers to their sister concerns for promotional activity. The subscribers by default are construed to have agreed for distribution of their mail ids to the sister concerns of PABNA only for promotional purpose. The subscribers are however at liberty to advise appropriately to the concerned, if they do not desire to receive the promotional material, by opting out of the direct mailers.
17. The Subscribership / access to the site is available subject to the condition that the site is accessed/used at the sole risk of the Subscriber/visitor. PABNA cannot and does not guarantee about the availability of connection to the site, the services, and facilities nor does it assure any accuracy, quality, quantity, genuineness and promptness of any of the services offered on the site.
18. While every endeavour is made to make the site free of any bugs, errors, viruses, failures, delay in transmission etc. PABNA does not guarantee that the site or any of the services offered would be free of bugs, errors, viruses, failures and PABNA does not accept any responsibility or liability for any such bugs, errors, viruses, failures delay in transmission etc. in the site.
19. PABNA reserves the right to make such additions, alterations, modifications, insertions, improvements to the site for the betterment and quality enhancement of the material displayed on the site. The Subscribers shall also agree for such modifications to the material for compatibility with the technological advancement and shall, without demur, agree for any changes that may be required to be made at the discretion of PABNA and also provide such information or material that may required for updation or upgradation of the site in view of any technological advancement.
20. INDEMNITY:
a. The Subscribers shall indemnify PABNA against any claims by third parties against PABNA in respect of any material posted by them on the site or any claim made by them in the profile.
b. The Subscribers shall indemnify PABNA against any claims by third parties in respect of infringements of any Intellectual Property Rights in respect of and/or in relation to any material posted by them on the site.
21. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
a. This site is provided by PABNA on an “as is” and “as available” basis. PABNA makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this site or the authenticity of the information, content, materials, or products included on this site. The visitor/Subscriber expressly agrees that his/her use of this site is at his/her sole risk.
b. PABNA does not warrant that this site, its servers, or e-mail sent from this site are free of viruses or other harmful components. PABNA will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.
c. PABNA does not give any warranty whatsoever either express or implied, for any advertisement material displayed on the site as to the quality, quantity, utility, originality, genuineness, legality, punctuality of any goods or services offered by PABNA or its agents, business affiliates, associates, agencies, franchisees etc. PABNA also does not give any warranty whatsoever either express or implied, of any disruption, interruption, breakdown of the site or services offered by PABNA or its agents, business affiliates, associates, agencies, franchisees etc.
d. PABNA shall not be liable for any damages to any Subscribers or visitors or users or third parties for any injury or damage or hardship sustained by them on account of any error, failure, discrepancy, defect, shortfall, misdescription ; any bugs, errors, viruses, failures delay in transmission etc in the site; any defamatory, offensive, excessive, exaggerated, false, malafide, inaccurate, erroneous, blasphemous, obscene, profane, pirated, offensive, salacious, ghastly, indecent, racial or illegal material on the site. The Subscribers / visitors/users of the site specifically agree to this and discharge PABNA from any liability whatsoever for the said acts.
e. None of the staff or directors or officers or employees or agents of PABNA shall be liable in any manner whatsoever, for any of the claims of a Subscriber for any loss, damage, costs, expenses sustained or likely to be sustained by him/her, by the use and access of the site.
Terms & Conditions – Citizen Journalism
All images, articles, stories, information, news, views, incidents, occurrences etc. and any predictions, horoscopes, information that may be posted or displayed on the site are purely that of the respective authors. Subscribers/ visitors/users are requested to crosscheck the information from sources that are most reliable and trusted in their personal opinion. PABNA shall not be liable for any action, damages, indemnity, cost, expenses that the Subscribers/visitors/ users may have sustained or incurred from the use of such information.
a. PABNA shall not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate, false, excessive, outdated, irrelevant information displayed or posted on the site at the instance of a Subscriber.
b. PABNA shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for any errors, discrepancies, and falsities in the information furnished by the Subscribers and displayed on the site.
c. PABNA shall not in any manner be responsible for any infringement and Intellectual Property rights of any third parties by Subscribers.
d. All articles, stories, features, news, views and opinions, occurrences, incidents displayed on PABNA Portal in either text or audio-video format are provided by field reporters, freelance contributors, or by various news agencies, or are written by respective authors and PABNA does not assume any responsibility or liability for any inaccuracy in any of the material posted on the website. The aggrieved parties are advised to address their grievances if any, to the concerned authority as indicated elsewhere in the portal. The Staff and Management, Directors of PABNA shall not be personally liable for any inaccuracy in the material posted on the website.
e. Horoscopes and predictions are sourced by PABNA from experts/professionals in the field. PABNA does not vouch for the accuracy of horoscopes and predictions, which are broadly indicative and may vary in individual cases. Individuals are advised to exercise caution in following the horoscope or predictions and are advised cross-check the same if necessary.
f. PABNA, their staff, employees, directors etc., shall not be liable for any inaccuracy in horoscope or prediction and for any consequent loss, damage, inconvenience caused to any member of the public by such horoscope or prediction.
g. Information relating to services like bus, train, flight are provided on best effort basis on the basis available information obtained by the staff of PABNA. Members of public is advised and cautioned to cross-check the information relating to the timings etc.
GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL
Any complaint relating to content on news portal www. pabna.in must be made within a reasonable time not exceeding 7 (seven) days from the date of the posting of the news on the portal to the following person appointed by the Company as the Grievance Officer under Rule 11(2)(a) of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Chetan Shukla,
Print & Broadcast News Agency,
Email id: grievance@pabna.in
