Tamil Nadu government replaces national rupee symbol with Tamil script in Budget 2025 amid language controversy.

The Tamil Nadu government, amid a battle with the Centre over Hindi imposition in the state, let go of the rupee symbol ( ₹) ...

Analysts say the BJP has unwittingly given the DMK an opportunity to play on Tamil sentiment and evoke regional pride in the run-up to state polls next year.

The man behind the iconic rupee symbol design is D. Udaya Kumar, an Indian academic and designer with a passion for typography and graphic design. Kumar's design for the rupee symbol is a blend of the ...

My father was an MLA even before I was born. Now, he is old and living in our village, leading his life peacefully. It just ...

CM MK Stalin defended his government after Tamil Nadu's decision to replace rupee symbol with Tamil letter 'Ru' in its budget ...

Amid the burning language row in Tamil Nadu, the state government has replaced the Indian rupee symbol with the Tamil letter ...

The rupee symbol was designed by Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, an IIT professor and the son of a former DMK MLA. This gave the ...

The Tamil Nadu government has long been at odds with the Centre over language policies, with repeated accusations that the ...

Chief Minister Stalin has been vocal about protecting the Tamil language, describing it as not just a language but a symbol ...

IIT Guwahati professor D Udhayakumar, who designed the official rupee symbol based on the Devanagari script, is caught in the ...

The designer of the rupee symbol (₹) has reacted to the controversy over the Tamil Nadu government replacing the sign with the Tamil letter "Ru" in promotional material for the state budget.