TERMS & CONDITIONS

BINGO TEDHE MEDHE ‘HAR GHAR SUPERSTAR’ CONTEST

 

ITC Limited will conduct a Consumer Promotion activity in Rajasthan named ‘Bingo Tedhe Medhe Har Ghar Superstar Contest’, (“Contest”) wherein the following Terms & Conditions (“T&Cs”) will be applicable;

 

Please read the following T&Cs before participating in the Contest.

The Participant must agree to abide by all rules, as decided or changed from time to time by Bingo Tedhe Medhe.

 

Rajasthan Patrika will be solely responsible for promoting this campaign via its digital platforms. The Contest shall be operated and conducted by Rajasthan Patrika and shall administer all the necessary formalities and procedures to give effect to this Contest and shall be solely liable for distribution of Prizes and overall operation of the Contest.

 

You agree that by participating in the Contest, you will be bound by these T&Cs and you acknowledge that you satisfy all Contest eligibility requirements as provided herein below.

 

For the purpose of these T&Cs, wherever the context so requires, “You” or “Your” shall mean any natural person who is the Participant in the Contest and “We” or “Our” shall mean ITC Limited (also, “ITC”).

 

Persons participating in the Contest shall individually be referred to as "Participant" and collectively as "Participants".

 

1.                   Scope of Contest:

a.                   This Contest is a limited period campaign sponsored and launched by ITC Limited (hereinafter referred to as “ITC” or “Company”).

b.                   The Contest is in relation to ITC’s brand and products under “Bingo! Tedhe Medhe”.

c.                   Participants shall have upload a creative and humorous Video on the Contest Website (available at  https://patrika.com/bingotedhemedhesuperstar/

d.                   The Contest is being organized and managed by ITC.

 

2.                   Eligibility for Contest:-

(i)      The participant must be an Indian citizen who is 18 years of age and above and holding a valid Indian identity card like Passport / Aadhar Card/ PAN Card.

 

(ii)    This Contest is open only for the residents of State of Rajasthan. Participant should be a resident of Rajasthan i.e., having his permanent residential address in the State of Rajasthan.

 

(iii)   The Participant or his/her immediate family must not be employed or related to any person employed in or ITC. For the purpose of this clause, family shall include spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, siblings, children and grandchildren.

 

(iv)   This Contest is being organized on a "best efforts" basis and participating in this Contest is voluntary.

 

3.                   Contest Period & Contest Timings:

a.                   The Contest is valid only in India for a limited period of 90days starting from 1^thof December, 2024 at 00:00:01 a.m. and ending at 2^nd March, 2025 at 23:59:59 p.m. (hereinafter referred as "Contest Period").

b.                   ITC reserves right to cancel/reduce/amend/extend/modify the Contest Period at its absolute discretion without giving any notice/intimation or reason to the Participants and without any liability whatsoever. No claims/questions shall be entertained in this regard.

 

4.                   Steps for Participation:

 

a.                   Step 1: Any Participant who desires to participate, must scan the QR code on the poster which is linked to the webpage available at https://patrika.com/bingotedhemedhesuperstar/

b.                   (“Contest Website”).

Participants can also enter the Contest by directly clicking on the link available on the official “Bingo!” social media page(s) and/or handle as follows:

1.       Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/bingo_tedhemedhe

 

 

c.                   Step 2: After scanning the QR code on the poster, or upon clicking the link on any of the social media platforms as mentioned above, you would be taken to the Contest Website, which will then ask your consent to these T&Cs.

 

d.                   Step 3: Upon consenting to these T&Cs on the Contest Website, the Contest Website would then let you participate in the Contest by asking your details such as: your name, mobile number and pin code followed by OTP verification.

 

e.                   Step 4: Upon verification of details, the Contest Website will let you upload your funny Video (“Entry”).

 

“Video” for the purpose of this Contest shall mean a short format video (with a 58 MB video shot in a creative and humorous manner wherein the Participant will wish happy birthday to “Bingo! Tedhe Medhe”. Picture means an image shot in a creative and humorous manner wherein the Participant will wish happy birthday to “Bingo! Tedhe Medhe”.

 

f.                    Step 5: Only upon successful submission of all the details and the Video as asked on the Contest Website, the Participation will be considered to be completed. Each Participant can register with only one mobile number and can submit only one Video as entry to the Contest.

4A.         Valid Entry: 

 

Necessary Terms for a valid entry: As determined by ITC, in its sole discretion, all entries including the Video(s) must meet the following guidelines:

 

·         All entries submitted must comply with these T&Cs and any Terms of Use of the Contest Website;

·         Once the Video/Picture entry is submitted, it can’t be changed / modified by the Participant.

Further, any Entry,

·         Cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity;

·         Cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message;

·         Cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group;

·         Cannot promote terrorist acts such as providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other such weapons or provide instructional information about illegal activities;

·         Cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging or slanderous remarks about or ITC Limited, their customers or their products, or other people, products or companies;

·         Cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others (except ITC Limited’s trademarks, logos or trade dress of the Product), or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind (except the current Product as marketed by ITC), without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;

·         Must be original and cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art, stills, or images published on or in television, movies, the Internet or other media, except such materials owned by ITC Limited) without permission and cannot be plagiarized from any source;

·         Cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which ITC Limited  wishes to associate;

·         Cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law.

If an entry does not meet the necessary terms provided herein, it shall stand automatically disqualified. Further, ITC may take an action against any entry that is illegal, dangerous or fraudulent in nature. 

 

5.                   Prizes:

a.                   For the purpose of this Contest:

                                                               i.      “Winners” means Participants who have won any of the prizes. Winners will be selected basis the most creative and humorous Video submitted as part of the Contest. Only such Participant can be a Winner who has completed the participation in the Contest and who fulfills the required eligibility criteria as provided hereunder these T&Cs. The mobile number entered by the Participant at the time of registration would be considered for this purpose.

                                                             ii.      “Prize(s)” means the prizes, rewards and gifts, as the case may be, won by Participant(s), and include Mega Prize(s) and the Gifts/Rewards, the details of which are elaborated in Section5 b (i) and (ii) below.

                                                           iii.      “Participants” means the persons participating successfully in the Contest, and shall individually be referred to as “Participant” and collectively as “Participants”.

 

b.                   Prize & Rewards:

                                                   i.                  “Mega Prize” means an audio/video film wherein the Winner will get a chance to be a part of along with such celebrity/well-known person/public figure as decided by ITC and wherein such video will be posted on available webpage -  Bingo! social media pages.

 

                                                 ii.                  “Rewards”/ “Gifts” means gifts such as Iphone, smart phones, Led Projector, Headphones and Smartwatches as declared by ITC for individual Winners during the Contest Period, in accordance with terms hereof. The total number of Rewards to be given as per this Contest is 5 per week.  For 3 Months duration only. The total number of Rewards to be given as per this Contest Is 60 [sixty]

 

 

c.                   Terms and Conditions with respect to Prizes:

Participants to take note of the following terms with respect to the Contest:

                                                               i.      The Prizes including the Mega Reward cannot be transferred, exchanged or redeemed for cash. Prize cannot be replaced under any circumstances.

                                                             ii.      The mobile number entered by the Participant at the time of registration would be considered for this purpose. The Winner will be bound by the terms of ITC with respect to such video, which will be separately signed by the Winner before shooting of such video. If a Winner refuses to sign such terms and conditions with respect to the shooting of the video, then he shall be considered to have renounced his/her entitlement over the Mega Reward and/or any rights/interest ensuing from such reward/video.   

                                                           iii.      In the event that the Winner does not accept/claim the Prize in the time and manner stipulated then the Prize will be forfeited for the Winner and for avoidance of doubt, cash will not be awarded in lieu of the Prize.

                                                           iv.      Prizes must be taken as offered and cannot be varied. Any unclaimed Prize is not-transferable, non-refundable and non-redeemable for other goods or services and cannot be taken in exchange for cash. This will include all cases covered in Clause 12 below.

                                                             v.      The operational part of the scheme like handling and distribution of Prizes, shall be managed by Rajasthan Patrika.

 

6.                   Contacting the Winners and Disbursement of prizes:

a.       Winners will be contacted via the phone numbers submitted at the time of participation. Disbursement of gifts will happen either via courier or by inviting winners to the local office for collection of gifts.

b.       For any Prize(s) delivered via courier, as a practice, courier companies try to deliver the said prize 2 (two) times to the customer. If at the first instance the courier company is unable to reach the customer for various of reasons such as (not limiting to): the Winner not being present at home, having his/ her phone switched off, has changed his/her delivery address, has provided a wrong delivery address etc., the courier company will try to contact the Winner one more time. If the product is returned in such cases, will not be liable to dispatch the Prize again.

c.       Any complaints regarding the non-delivery of the product should be made within 7 (seven) days from the time of dispatch (intimated through e-mail/SMS) of the Prizes/products by Rajasthan Patrika.

d.       Rajasthan Patrika will ensure to supply the Prizes in good condition. However Rajasthan Patrika  shall not be liable/responsible for any defect in the product. The guarantee and warranty of the Prize/product shall be transferred, as received from the manufacturer/distributor and all claims towards warranty need to be taken up with the manufacturer/distributor directly.

e.       No request for change in color, size, model etc. will be entertained by Rajasthan Patrika.

 

7.                   Publicity:

 

a.       By participating in the Contest, all Participants agree that ITC shall be at liberty to use the Participant’s name and/or photo and/or video and/or entry and that may appear in any advertisements/promotions/media coverage or publicity in any form which exists today or will be known anytime in the future, without any consideration to the Participant and/or the Winners. No fees or other sums are to be paid to the Participants or Winners on account taking part in the aforementioned advertisements / promotions and they shall not raise any objection, protest or demur to such coverage or in this regard.

 

8.                   Intellectual Property:

a.       All right, title and interest, including but not limited to the intellectual property rights, in the Contest and the promotional material(s), all data collected as a result of this Contest and in any and all responses received shall vest solely and exclusively with ITC at all times. ITC or any person or entity permitted by ITC in this regard shall be entitled to use the responses received or any information in connection with the entry in any media for future promotional, marketing, publicity and any other purpose, without any permission and or payment to the Participant.

b.       All material submitted in connection with the Contest (whether written, audio, electronic or visual form, or a combination of those) or any photographs, video and/or film footage and/or audio recording taken of Participants are assigned to ITC upon submission and become the property of ITC exclusively. ITC may use the material in any medium in any manner it sees fit. Copyright in any such material remains the sole property of ITC.

 

9.                   Processing of Information

 

a.       By sharing their personal information with ITC, the Participants consent to collection, storing, processing and use of personal information i.e., name, address, mobile phone number (include other details as applicable) by ITC, its affiliates, associates, agents, contractors and other third parties. Personal information given by the Participants shall be used to deliver Prizes and for promotional activities by ITC, its affiliates, associates, agents, contractors. The personal information is being collected by and shall be retained by ITC.

b.       The Participants have an option of not providing the personal information as required under this Contest. The Participants also have an option to withdraw their consent in relation to usage of personal information during the Term of the Contest. In such cases, the Entry of the Participant shall not be considered and Participant shall not be eligible for the Prize.

c.       By participating in this Contest, the Participants acknowledge and consent to transfer and/or disclosure of their personal information by ITC to any third party authorized by ITC for providing services in relation to this Contest.

d.       The personal information collected in this Contest will be used to declare the Winners on Contest Website, deliver the Prizes and to communicate promotional offers or information about products by ITC.

 

 

10.               Agreement to Terms and Conditions

a.       The Contest is subject to all applicable central, state and local laws and regulations in India.

b.       ITC reserves the right to terminate the Contest at any time or modify the terms and conditions of the Contest, at any time in its absolute discretion, without advance notice and/or assigning any reason thereof and will not be liable for any consequential losses/damages. The decision of ITC on matters related to Contest will be final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. No claims/questions shall be entertained in this regard.

c.       ITC reserves the right to exclude any person from the Contest on grounds of-

(i)                  misconduct or criminal record;

(ii)                tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest;

(iii)               acting in violation of these terms and conditions;

(iv)               acting in an unsportsman like or a disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person; or

(v)                For any other reasons, as it may deem fit and proper. No communication in the regard will be entertained.

d.       ITC shall not be responsible for any outage in the network services during the Contest Period.

e.       ITC shall not be held liable if the Participants do not have mobile phones/devices that support the Contest Micro site.

f.        ITC and the shall not be responsible for (including but not limited to):

                                                               i.      For any SPAM generated messages

                                                             ii.      For the operator code (the code from which the SMS is received) not being displayed on the user's mobile phones

                                                           iii.      For any SMS message delivery failures

                                                           iv.      Any lost, late or misdirected computer transmission or network, electronic failures or any kind of any failure to receive entries owing to transmission failures or due to any technical reason

                                                             v.      If the Participant has registered himself to the DND of the telecom provider/ the Participant has registered with National Do Not Call Registry/ Participant has specifically requested for not receiving messages for the specific campaign/contests. The Participant putting a missed call under the terms of this Contest is express consent on the part of Participant to exempt ITC from DND restriction imposed by the relevant Participant.

                                                           vi.      Other conditions beyond its reasonable control

g.       By participating in the Contest, the Participant grants an exemption to ITC from applicability of NDNC (National Do Not Call) Registry regulation for the limited purposes of communication on the Contest. Consumers who have won any Prizes under the Contest will be contacted by the collection of further details to ensure delivery of the Prize and such Prize shall only be dispatched if the necessary information as requested for by have been provided. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any errors in such information provided.

11.               General Conditions

a.       Each Participant represents and warrants that he/she is legally competent to enter into binding contracts under applicable laws. By taking part and/or entering into the Contest, the Participant warrants that all information provided by Participant regarding Participant's name, age, state, city, address, phone number, etc., is true, correct, accurate and complete.

b.       By participating in the Contest, Participant warrants and represents that the entry:

                                                               i.       is the Participant’s original work,

                                                             ii.      has not been previously published,

                                                           iii.      has not won previous awards, (d) does not infringe upon the copyright, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity;

                                                           iv.      The Participant will indemnify and hold harmless, ITC from any claims to the contrary. Any Participant whose Entry includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the Participant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of persons, buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use, in a form satisfactory to administrator, upon request, prior to awarding of prize.

c.       ITC will not be responsible for any NDND (National Do Not disturb) Registry regulation. Participants may be contacted for collection of further details to ensure delivery of the Prize and such Prize shall only be provided if the necessary information as requested for by has been provided. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any errors in such information provided. You agree that for the purpose of processing any Prize may need to collect personal and/or sensitive personal information (“Personal Information”) from the Participant to ensure delivery of the relevant Prize. Such Personal Information shall be used and processed in accordance with provisions set out in Section 11 above. Participants eligible for a Prize give their consent to the collection, use and processing of such Personal Information upon sending the Missed Call/Website to the nominated number/weblink on the Product pack.

d.       ITC shall not be liable to perform any of its/their respective obligations under the Contest or in respect of the Prize where it is unable to do so as a result of circumstances beyond its/their control in the nature of fire, explosions, natural calamities, state emergency, riots, or any other force majeure condition, etc., and shall not be liable to compensate the Participant in these circumstances. ITC shall not be accountable/liable for any disruptions/stoppages/interruptions or cancellation of the Contest due to any government restrictions or any force majeure events including acts of Gods or any other circumstances beyond the control of ITC.

e.       The decision of ITC, as regards the selection of Winners and distribution of the Prizes shall be final, subject only to ITC 's approval. No correspondence or any other claims whatsoever, in this regard will be entertained.

f.        No queries, claims, dispute, complaints or grievances shall be entertained by ITC and after 5 business days from the date of the closure of the Contest.

g.       The Prize cannot be exchanged and is not transferable and cannot be converted into cash.

h.       Nothing contained herein amounts to a commitment or representation by ITC to conduct further contest of the same or similar nature as that of the Contest.

i.         None of the provisions of these terms and conditions shall be deemed to constitute a partnership or agency between any Participant and ITC and the Participant shall not have the authority to bind ITC in any manner whatsoever.

j.         ITC or any of its respective officers/employees/directors shall not be responsible for Participant not winning any Prizes due to delayed, lost, mutilated, corrupted or illegible documents etc. of the Participants.

k.       Failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided hereunder or by law does not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or waiver of other rights or remedies on the part of ITC.

l.         ITC accepts no responsibility for late, lost, incomplete, incorrectly submitted, delayed, illegible, corrupted or misdirected entries, loss of SMS, loss of internet connectivity, unique codes, documents, demand drafts, claims or correspondence whether due to error, omission, alteration, tampering, unauthorized data hacking, deletion, theft, destruction, virus attack, transmission interruption, communications failure, hardware failure or otherwise. ITC shall not be liable for any consequences of user error including (without limitation) costs incurred.

m.     If a Participant is dissatisfied with the Contest or the Contest rules and/or any content or any requirements of the Contest form, the materials available related thereto, or with these terms and conditions, his/her sole and exclusive remedy is to not participate in the Contest.

n.       If a person eligible to participate in the Contest chooses to access the weblink for the Contest from outside India, he/she shall do so on his/her own initiative and shall be responsible for compliance with applicable local laws of the country.

o.       This Prize cannot be treated as a cash equivalent under any circumstances or interpretation and ITC shall under no circumstance exchange any Prize or voucher for cash.

p.       Validity of Prize cannot be extended, or new Prize cannot be provided against the expired/unused vouchers.

q.       ITC shall provide the Prize on an "as-is basis" and without any warranty or guarantee concerning the quality, suitability or comfort of ITC. ITC its associates, affiliates and its management, directors, officers, agents, representatives shall not be responsible for or liable (including but not limited to the product and service liabilities) for deficiency and/ or defect of any Prize or for any kind of consequential damages/ loss, in any manner whatsoever.

r.        Only Indian Nationals holding valid PAN CARD, AADHAR CARD, PASSPORT or VOTER ID CARD for verification purpose shall be entitled to participate under this Contest.

s.        Gift Tax including TDS will be borne by the Participant in accordance to the applicable Income Tax regulations.

Following the winner announcement, the Winner must pay the applicable TDS amount on rewards exceeding Rs. 10,000/- to Rajasthan Patrika via bank transfer, demand draft, or cheque. Winners will be communicated the TDS amount and the TDS date applicable to their winning. The Prize will be dispatched only upon receipt of the said TDS amount. If the required TDS amount is not deposited to by the TDS date, the Winner will lose his entitlement to receive the Prize. Copy of the challan of the TDS deposited to the Income Tax Department (‘TDS certificate’) will be provided to the Winner in due course as per the applicable law.

t.        Any queries pertaining to the Contest, delivery of Prizes will not be entertained done during public holidays and bank holidays.

u.       Only one registration in the Contest will be entertained per person (i.e., per person, per mobile number, per e-mail ID and per entry will be allowed only). Even though multiple entries to the Contest i.e., multiple participations by the same person is allowed, one Participant is eligible to win one Prize only.

v.       ITC is acting as an executing agency for this Contest and holds no legal and financial liability on unclaimed offers, incentives, vouchers, etc., beyond the applicable period of the Contest.

w.     Under this promotion, the Prizes are being offered directly by ITC. ITC is not responsible either directly or indirectly with respect to any matter pertaining to the Prize offered in this contest.

x.       If this promotion is interfered with in any way or is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of ITC including but not limited to technical difficulties, unauthorized intervention or fraud, ITC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law (a) to invalidate any customer; or (b) subject to any written directions from a regulatory authority, to modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the promotion, as appropriate.

y.       ITC is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone or network or lines, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, technical problems or traffic congestion on a mobile network, or any combination thereof, or any other technical failures including any damage to entrant's or any other person's mobile handset or computer related to, or resulting from, participation in this promotion or the downloading of any materials related to this promotion.

z.       Any attempt to deliberately damage Contest website or the information on the website, to cause malicious damage or interference with the normal functioning of the website, or to otherwise undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, whether successful or not, ITC reserves the right to seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. If ITC suffers loss or incurs any costs in connection with any breach of these Terms or any other legal obligation by an entrant, the entrant agrees to indemnify ITC for those losses, damages, and costs.

aa.   ITC and Rajasthan Patrika does not endorse the quality of any of the products or services being offered as reward in the contest.

 

12.               Release and Limitations of Liability:

a.       ITC shall under no circumstances be liable, whether jointly or severally, for any loss or damage suffered or sustained (including but not limited to consequential loss), including for personal injury or property damage suffered or sustained, as a result of acceptance of any Prize or participation in the Contest.

b.       ITC accepts no liability, whether jointly or severally, for any errors or omissions, whether on behalf of itself or third parties in relation to the Prizes.

c.       The Participant shall be solely responsible for any consequences which may arise due to his/her participation in the Contest by conducting an illegal act. Participant also undertakes to indemnify ITC and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (together “Indemnified Persons”) on the happening of such an event (including without limitation cost of attorney, legal charges etc.) on full indemnity basis for any loss/damage suffered by the Indemnified Persons on account of such act on the part of the Participant.

d.       In consideration of ITC allowing the Participants to take part in the Contest, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Participants waive and release each and every right or claim, all actions, causes of actions (present or future) each of them has or may have against ITC, its respective agents, directors, officers, business associates, group companies, sponsors, employees, or representatives for all and any injuries, accidents, or mishaps (whether known or unknown) or (whether anticipated or unanticipated) arising out of the Contest or related to the Contest or the Prize of the Contest.

 

 

13.               Dispute

All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Terms and Conditions, or the rights and obligations of the Participants ITC shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. The courts of competent jurisdiction at Bangalore. ITC shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any and all disputes arising out of, or in connection with, the Contest. Participation in the Contest is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including (without limitation) this clause.

14.               Sponsor

ITC Ltd is a sponsor for the Contest and its Prizes and its liability as sponsor shall be limited to funding of the Prizes set out in these T&Cs (subject to all terms and conditions mentioned herein). The Contest shall be operated and conducted by Rajasthan Patrika and shall administer all the necessary formalities and procedures to give effect to this Contest and shall be solely liable for distribution of Prizes and overall operation of the Contest.

 

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