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Home Minister Lamichhane Left For Kanchanpur To Hunt Nirmala Panta’s Killer? No, Claim Made In Viral Video Is False
A 10-second video claiming that newly appointed Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has reached Kanchanpur with a team of Nepal police and sniffer dog to search for the killer of Nirmala Panta, a 13-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in July 2018, has gone...
Video Claiming The Arrest of Nirmala Panta’s Killer Is False
The infamous rape and subsequent murder of Nirmala Panta, a teenaged girl from Kanchanpur, shocked the country in July 2018, and the case has still remained a mystery. Nirmala Panta went missing on July 26, and her body was recovered, the next morning, from...
Year In Misinformation: Top 10 Fact Checks of 2022
The year 2022 witnessed many international events from Russia-Ukraine war to Sri Lanka's economic crisis, Iran's uprising against repressive regime to death of UK's Queen Elizabeth II and FIFA World Cup in Qatar, among other incidents. Alongside these global events, many incidents from floods...
