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Fact Check: Viral Video Falsely Claims Deal Between Oli and Dahal To Allow The Latter To Lead Government For Five Years
ClaimCPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is also the Prime Minister, forge a deal to allow the latter to lead the coalition government for five years. Fact The political leaders have not forged such an agreement....
Fact Check: Video Showing Shah Rukh Khan Holding Placard Reading ‘Kalapani Belongs To Nepal’ Is False
A video purporting to show Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan holding a placard that reads, "Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura belong to Nepal," is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker fact check found the image to be edited.
The Limpiyadhura-Kalapani-Lipulekh area on the north-western frontier of Nepal...
Fact Check: Old Video Of Flash Mob Incident In Wisconsin Falsely Linked With Recent Looting At Balaju Shopping Mall
A video allegedly showing a group of thieves stealing goods from a clothing store in Balaju, Kathmandu is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the claim to be misleading.
Violence had erupted in Balaju area of Kathmandu on February 13 during the protest organised by...
Fact Check: Viral Video Allegedly Posted by Bollywood Star Akshay Kumar Is False
A video purportedly posted by Bollywood star Akshay Kumar issuing an open invitation to TikTokers for doing a duet with him is going viral among Nepali TikTok users. In the video, a purported voice of Akshay is heard challenging TikTok users to stop Nepal's...
Fact Check: No Powerful Quake Has Hit Pokhara Recently, Viral Video Is False
As earthquake-battered Turkey and Syria are struggling to pick up the pieces and move on, a 19-second video claiming that a powerful earthquake rocked Pokhara in which a person died and a bridge collapsed, is going viral on TikTok. The news clip video further...
Viral Video Falsely Claims Ex-King Gyanendra Shah Spoke About Rabi Lamichhane
A video allegedly showing a statement by Nepal's former King of Nepal Gyanendra Shah is circulating on video sharing platform TikTok. The quote attributed to Shah reads, "Nepal could become a prosperous country if people like Rabi Lamichhane take the leadership." Newscheker found the...
PM Dahal Caught Plotting Against Rabi Lamichhane? No, Viral Video Is Misleading
A 39-second video allegedly showing Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal plotting against Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the claim to be misleading.
Only a month after his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Rastriya Swatantra...
Viral Video Falsely Claims India’s PM Modi Has Issued Letter In The Name Of RSP Chief Rabi Lamichhane
A video claiming that India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a long letter to Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the claim to be misleading.
TikTok user @jagadish10000 posted a video showing images of Rastriya Swatantra Party...
Viral Video Alleging Rishi Dhamala Of Being Involved In Illegal Activities Is Misleading
A video claiming that Nepali journalist Rishi Dhamala was allegedly involved in illegal activities and that Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane's words have turned out to be true is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the video to be old and shared...
Nepali Rescue Team Landed in Turkey? No, Viral Video Shows Nepal Airlines Plane Landing In Japan
Even as governments and international organisations from around the world have been responding with offers of support after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake ravaged Turkey and northwest Syria, a video purporting to show a Nepal Airlines aircraft carrying relief items from Nepal landing in Turkey has...
