Effective Date: Nov 01, 2009

Acceptance Of Terms

Welcome to Mangalore Today Mangalore Today provides its service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. In addition, when using particular Mangalore Today services, you and Mangalore Today shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services, which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS.

Description Of Service

Mangalore Today currently provides or in future aims to provide users with access to a rich collection of on-line resources, including, various communications tools, online forums, personalized content and branded programming through its network of properties (the "Service"). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release of new Mangalore Today properties, shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided "AS-IS" and that Mangalore Today assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communication. In order to use the Service, you must obtain access to the World Wide Web, either directly or through devices that access web-based content, and pay any service fees associated with such access. In addition, you must provide all equipment necessary to make such connection to the World Wide Web, including a computer and modem or other access device. Obscene content [OR, Content that is considered obscene under Indian law,] is strictly forbidden on the Mangalore Today site, and users are prohibited from posting any material of an obscene nature on the Mangalore Today site. Although Mangalore Today exercises due diligence to ensure that any obscene content posted by users in violation of the TOS is promptly removed, users may sometimes come across user-posted obscene content that we have not yet discovered.

Your Registration Obligations

In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form (such information being the "Registration Data"). If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Mangalore Today has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Mangalore Today has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Portal (or any portion thereof).

Mangalore Today Privacy Policy

Registration Data and certain other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, please see our full privacy policy at www. Mangalore Today com

Member Account Password And Security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify Mangalore Today of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Mangalore Today cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.

Member Conduct

You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not Mangalore Today are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email or otherwise transmit via the Submission Service. Mangalore Today does not control the Content posted via the Submission Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Submission Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Mangalore Today be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Submission Service

You agree to not use the Service to:

Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

Harm minors in any way

Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Mangalore Today official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Submission Service;

Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);

Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;

Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Submission Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges;

Interfere with or disrupt the Submission Service or servers or networks connected to the Portal, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;

Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the Indian securities, exchange control and other authorities, any rules of any Indian securities exchange and any regulations having the force of law;"stalk" or otherwise harass another;

Collect or store personal data about other users.

You acknowledge that Mangalore Today may or may not pre-screen all Content, but that Mangalore Today and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or move any Content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Mangalore Today and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by Mangalore Today or submitted to Mangalore Today

You acknowledge and agree that Mangalore Today may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Mangalore Today its users and the public.

You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

Public Content Posted To merinews

With respect to Content you elect to post for inclusion in publicly accessible areas of Mangalore Today or that consists of photos or other graphics you elect to post to any other publicly accessible area of the Service, you grant Mangalore Today the world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish such Content on the Service solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting the specific Mangalore Today section to which such Content was submitted, or, in the case of photos or graphics, solely for the purpose for which such photo or graphic was submitted to the Portal..

With respect to all other Content you elect to post to other publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant Mangalore Today the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold Mangalore Today and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post to or transmit through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.

No Resale of Service

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Portal, use of the Portal, or access to the Portal.

General Practices Regarding Use And Storage

You acknowledge that Mangalore Today may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Portal, including without limitation the maximum number of days that message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on Mangalore Today servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Portal in a given period of time. You agree that Mangalore Today has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Portal. You acknowledge that Mangalore Today reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that Mangalore Today reserves the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.

Modifications To Service

Mangalore Today reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Mangalore Today shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

Termination

You agree that Mangalore Today in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove and discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if Mangalore Today believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS. Mangalore Today may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Service under any provision of this TOS may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that Mangalore Today may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Service. Further, you agree that Mangalore Today shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.

Dealings With Advertisers

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Mangalore Today shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Portal.

Links

The Portal may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because Mangalore Today has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Mangalore Today is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Mangalore Today shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

Mangalore Today Properitary Rights

You acknowledge and agree that the Portal and any necessary software used in connection with the Portal ("Software") contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you through the Portal or advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by Mangalore Today or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Portal or the Software, in whole or in part.

Mangalore Today grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Mangalore Today for use in accessing the Service.

Disclaimer Of Warranties

You expressly understand and agree that:

Your use of the portal is at your sole risk. The portal is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Mangalore Today expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

Mangalore Today makes no warranty that (i) the portal will meet your requirements, (ii) the portal will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the portal will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the portal will meet your expectations, and (v) any errors in the software will be corrected.

Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the portal is done at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Mangalore Today or through or from the service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the TOS

Limitation Of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that Mangalore Today shall not be liable for any incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if Mangalore Today has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the service; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the service; or (v) any other matter relating to the service.

Exclusions And Limitations

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations of sections 17 and 18 may not apply to you.

Special Admonition For Services Relating To Financial Matters

If you intend to create or join any service, receive or request any news, messages, alerts or other information from the Service concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or securities, please read the above Sections 17 and 18 again. They go doubly for you. In addition, for this type of information particularly, the phrase "Let the investor beware" is apt. The Service is provided for informational purposes only, and no Content included in the Service is intended for trading or investing purposes. Mangalore Today shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted via the Service, and shall not be responsible or liable for any trading or investment decisions made based on such information.

Notice

Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail. The Portal may also provide notices of changes to the TOS or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Service.

Trademark Information

Mangalore Today the Mangalore Today logo, the tagline, other Mangalore Today product and service names are trademarks of Mangalore Today Without Mangalore Today prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the Mangalore Today Marks.

Copyrights

An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site; your address, telephone number, and email address; A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; A statement by you made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Violations

Please report any voilations of TOS to info@mangaloretoday com