A New Zealand television host whose comments about an Indian official sparked a diplomatic protest of racism from India has resigned from his job.

INDIA was yesterday struggling to keep its Commonwealth Games on track, with England warning the event was on a “knife edge” over complaints of filthy housing and growing structural and security fears.

Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a group of tourists near one of India's biggest mosques today, injuring two Taiwanese and raising concerns about security less than two weeks before an international sporting event in the Indian capital.