Article Photos: India gov't faces heat after raising diesel prices



  Indian Muslim men act like beggars to collect alms during a protest against the price hike in diesel and capping the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. India's government is facing angry protests from its political allies as well as the opposition after it raised the price of diesel fuel in a bid to curb its ballooning fiscal deficit and also announced a reduction in cooking gas subsidies. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indian Muslim men act like beggars to collect alms during a protest against the price hike in diesel and capping the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. India's government is facing angry protests from its political allies as well as the opposition after it raised the price of diesel fuel in a bid to curb its ballooning fiscal deficit and also announced a reduction in cooking gas subsidies. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)