The Tamil Nadu government's use of a different symbol instead of the Indian rupee (₹) in its recent state budget document has sparked controversy. Discussions have intensified across the country on ...

Tamil Nadu government, led by MK Stalin, on Thursday replaced the Rupee symbol "₹" with the Tamil script "ரூ" in the logo for the state's 2.

The Tamil Nadu government, amid a battle with the Centre over Hindi imposition in the state, let go of the rupee symbol ( ₹) in its budget 2025 logo. Interestingly, the designer of the symbol hails ...

IIT Guwahati Professor D Udaya Kumar, who designed the Indian rupee symbol, distanced himself from the controversy over Tamil Nadu's decision to repla ...

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 happened to be a coincidence, says Udaya Kumar.

Analysts say the BJP has unwittingly given the DMK an opportunity to play on Tamil sentiment and evoke regional pride in the ...

The Tamil Nadu government has long been at odds with the Centre over language policies, with repeated accusations that the Union government is attempting to impose Hindi.

If DMK opposes ‘₹’ now, why didn’t it protest in 2010 when it was adopted under the Cong-led UPA, with DMK as part of the ruling alliance at the Centre?

The rupee (₹) symbol was introduced less than 15 years ago, chosen from thousands of designs. Incidentally, the design that was selected was created by the son of a former DMK MLA ...

The ruling DMK has been accusing the BJP-led union government of 'imposing' Hindi on the southern state through the National ...

The usage of ‘Ru’ is to signify the protest of the state against the policies of the government,” DMK spokesperson said.