Kathmandu - A bomb went off in a busy government office in south-eastern Nepal on Wednesday, wounding at least eight people, police said.

The bomb targeted land revenue office in the regional town of Janakpur, about 250 kilometres south-east of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, at a time when the office was crowded with people.

The police said the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device that was hurled at the office by two men on a motorcycle.

Three of the injured, including a government employee, were in serious condition, the police said.

A rebel group calling itself Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTTM) claimed responsibility for the attack.

Police said they were investigating the incident.

Kathmandu - Nepal's government has warned dozens of armed rebels groups to take up the offer of peace talks or face the consequences, media reports said Wednesday.

Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam said the government would use force to disarm the rebel groups if they do not take up the offer of peace talks, Kantipur newspaper reported.

The warning came less than a month after the government invited dozens of rebel groups in southern and eastern Nepal to start negotiations to end violence that has claimed hundreds of lives in the past two years.

Kathmandu, Oct 21: The lawmakers of the Terai-Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) boycotted the meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) for the third time here today.

Kathmandu, Oct 21 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda and UML General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal today agreed to form a special cabinet committee at the soonest to carry out the army integration process.

According to Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Janardan Sharma Prabhakar, the two leaders agreed that the committee would start the process of integrating the army at the earliest.

During the meeting, they had agreed to bring in opposition party and experts also in the committee.

Kathmandu, Oct 21 : Nepali Congress acting president Sushil Koirala today accused the Maoists of delaying the Constitution-making process by inviting debates on People''s Republic.