Yearly Archives: 2024

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...

ClaimCPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli said Nepal’s former King Gyanendra Shah orchestrated the royal palace massacre in 2001.FactNo, viral video shows KP Oli’s remarks about the 2001 royal massacre in which he said then crown Prince Dipendra Shah didn’t carry out the shooting. A video...

ClaimKBC contestant Prasun Tripathi showed Sandeep Lamichhane’s image as his cricket idol.FactNo, viral video is edited. Tripathi actually showed the photo of Rohit Sharma during KBC season 13, Episode 24. A video allegedly showing a contestant of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) telling host Amitabh Bachchan...

ClaimPuri Shankaracharya hailed Nepal’s Prime Minister ‘Prachanda’ as the champion of the world's healthy revolution.FactNo, Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati was actually reiterating the need to follow Sanatan Hindu faith in its pure form. A video claiming to show Hindu religious leader Puri Shankaracharya saying that...