evidence: On March 15, 2023, multiple mainstream media outlets in India quoted Asle Toje, Deputy Leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, as saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was 'the biggest contender for the Nobel Peace Prize'. [...] Times Now shared a video of an interview by Toje, with the caption: "'PM Modi is the biggest contender for the Nobel Peace Prize'- says #AsleToje, Deputy leader of the Nobel Prize Committee". View an archive of the tweet (which has now been deleted) here. Times Now's Editor-in-Chief Rahul Shivshankar also posted the same alleged quote by Toje on his Twitter account. ""PM Modi biggest contender for Nobel Peace Prize" says Asle Toje, Deputy leader of the Nobel Prize Committee," Shivshankar wrote in the tweet, which can be viewed here.