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

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.

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

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M.K. Stalin on Sunday defended the state government's decision to replace the ...

DMK replaced the Rupee symbol with Tamil symbol 'Ru' in its state budget. The logo for the budget, released by the government ...

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 ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday stated that replacing the rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letters that form the ...

Hours after the rupee ‘₹’ symbol was dropped from the logo of the Tamil Nadu state budget, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticised Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin by terming the move a ...

Hitting back at the DMK for replacing the rupee symbol in promotional material for the Tamil Nadu budget with the Tamil letter 'Ru', BJP state President K Annamalai has said the party is so ...

The rupee sign controversy was triggered by state BJP president K. Annamalai, who found something remiss in a promotional ...

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 replacement of the rupee symbol with a Tamil language symbol representing the same came amid Tamil Nadu's row with the ...