Sanjeeb Phuyal
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Fact Check: Is Nepal Government Preparing To Release Rs 100 Banknotes Featuring Balen Shah? No, Viral Video Is Edited
ClaimNepal government preparing to launch new Rs 100 denomination banknotes featuring Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah.FactNo, Nepal government decided to print a new map including Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura on its northwestern frontier. A video claiming that the Nepal government is all set to issue 100-rupee banknotes featuring the image of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra…
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Fact Check: Old Video Of Ram Kumari Jhakri Being Arrested Shared As Recent
ClaimCPN (Unified Socialist) leader Ram Kumari Jhakri is arrested from her residence.FactViral video shows a 2021 clip of Jhakri being arrested. A video claiming that CPN (Unified Socialist) leader Ram Kumari Jhakri has been arrested from her house is going viral on TikTok. The video further claims that the arrest is the consequence of growing…
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Fact Check: Home Minister Rabi Vowed To Induct Sandeep Lamichhane In Nepal’s T20 WC Squad? No, Viral Claim Is Misleading
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 Rabi Lamichhane has promised to ensure Sandeep Lamichhane will play…
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Fact Check: Old Video Of Rastriya Prajatantra Party MP Gyanendra Shahi Being Pelted With Mobile Phone Shared As Recent
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 reacting after he was allegedly being pelted with a stone…
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Fact Check: Kathmandu Mayor Balen Questioned KMG Chairman Sirohiya’s Citizenship Certificate? No, Viral Video Is False
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 (formerly twitter) post by mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC),…
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Fact Check: Edited Viral Video Claims, Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane Over Phone Asked GB Rai To Return
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 Home Minister Rabi Lamichhne talking with fugitive GB Rai, who…
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Fact Check: Did PM Dahal Praise Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane? Here’s The Truth Behind Viral Video
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 Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal praising the work of Home Minister…
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Fact Check: PM Modi Said He Would Start His Election Campaign By Visiting Pashupatitnath Temple? No, Viral Video Is Old
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 on April 19 will be over on June 4. Amid…
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Fact Check: Viral Video Falsely Claims Bollywood Actor Mithun Chakraborty Is Dead
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 video also shows a lamp and incense lit in…
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Fact Check: Patan High Court Acquitted Sandeep Lamichhane In Rape Case? No, Viral Video Is Misleading
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 in a rape case by Kathmandu District Court, has been…