Yearly Archives: 2024

ClaimHome Minister Rabi Lamichhane promised to ensure Sandeep Lamichhane will play T20 World Cup.FactViral video shows Lamichhane addressing the event organised to bid farewell to Nepal national cricket team for 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup. A video claiming that Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister...

ClaimStone hurled at Rastriya Prajatantra Party MP Gyanendra Shahi in his home district JumlaFact2022 video of Gyanendra Shahi being pelted with mobile phone shared as recent A 43-second long video claiming to show Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) leader and member of parliament (MP) Gyanendra Shahi...

ClaimKathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah wrote in X (formerly Twitter), questioning why the citizenship of KMG Chairman Kailash Sirohiya doesn’t have his father’s details.FactNo, viral video carries a screen grab from a parody X handle resembling KMC Mayor Shah.  A viral video carrying a purported X...

ClaimHome Minister Rabi Lamichhane talked with fugitive GB Rai on the phone and asked when he would come to Nepal.FactOld audio from Lamichhane’s TV programme Sidha Kura Janta Sanga laid on top of the video. A one-minute-42-second video purportedly to show Deputy Prime Minister and...

ClaimVideo shows Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal praising the work of Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.FactVideo actually shows PM Dahal delivering his speech at the 16th National Development Council. He did not praise, nor refer to home minister Lamichhane  A two-minute-and-11-second long video purportedly showing Prime...

ClaimIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would start his election campaign by visiting Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu.FactNo, viral video is from 2022 when Modi visited the birthplace of Lord Buddha in Lumbini. India is in the middle of Parliamentary elections. The seven-phase-election which began...

ClaimVeteran Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty has passed away.FactNo, senior actor Chakraborty is alive. A viral video claiming that veteran Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty has passed away is going viral on TikTok. TikTok user @ganeshchaudhary495 posted a video showing a garlanded image of actor Mithun Chakraborty. The...

ClaimPatan High Court gives clean-chit to cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane by quashing the verdict of Kathmandu district court.FactNo, cricketer Lamichhane has not been acquitted, final hearing on the case is slated for April 22. A video claiming that Nepali cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane, who has been convicted...

ClaimKMC deputy mayor Sunita Dangol extended support to Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.FactNo, a viral video shows KMC deputy mayor speaking during the inauguration of a traffic awareness campaign in Kathmandu. A video claiming that Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) deputy mayor Sunita Dangol has expressed her...

ClaimHome Minister Rabi Lamichhane has expressed his readiness to provide justice to Sandeep Lamichhane before T20 World Cup.FactNo, Home Minister Lamichhane has not spoken in support of cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane.  A video claiming that Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has said that...