Fact Check
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How accurate are Prime Minister Oli’s claims?
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, while addressing the nation on November 15, 2015, made statements on s...
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Madhesis comprise only 19.3 percent of Nepal’s population
Tarai is not entirely inhabited by the Madhesi ethnic group. Several indigenous communities of Tarai...
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Will load-shedding end in a year?
In his address to the nation on 15 November Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli reiterated his promise to e...
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Madhes: Facts and rumors
Lately, the news media and social networking sites are abuzz with some interesting statements on Tar...
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Citizenship provision in new constitution is discriminatory against women
A child born abroad to a Nepali mother and a foreigner father does not get Nepali citizenship if the...
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- Readers checking facts When readers themselves take the initiative to check the authenticity of misleading images through i... Read More
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Does party whip apply to CA members?
The Anti-defection Act-1997, which was amended in 2010, has stated that if a CA member in defiance o...
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Mahantha Thakur’s claim that draft constitution affects Madhesis’ right to employment is incorrect
The Himalayan Times report headlined “Madhesis cannot accept incomplete constitution: Thakur&#...
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UN rights body wrongly says father of deceased two-year-old also died in Kailali clash
In a press briefing on Maldives, Nepal and Iraq by spokesperson of the Office of the UN High Commiss...
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Tharuhat/Tharuwan Joint Struggle Committee wrongly claims hundreds killed in pro-Tharuhat unrest
Only eight persons have been killed in the pro-Tharuhat protests since the four major political part...
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