The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has decided to remove the official rupee symbol (₹) from the state’s Budget 2025, replacing it with the Tamil script. This marks the first time a state has ...

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.

The recent move by the Tamil Nadu government to replace the Rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letter "ரூ" in the state’s budget logo has reignited interest in the history and significance of ...

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.

It is perhaps the first time when any state has dropped the national currency symbol. The controversy comes ahead of the tabling of the state budget 2025-26 by Tamil Nadu finance minister Thangam ...

The Tamil Nadu government’s decision to replace the Rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letter "ரூ" in its budget logo has sparked debate over language and identity. This move has reignited in ...

A political row over the linguistic origin of the ‘ ₹’ symbol mustn’t distract us from the need to ensure that India’s ...

The Tamil government's decision to replace the Indian rupee symbol with a new logo - Tamil alphabet 'Ru' - has triggered a massive political controversy amid the ongoing language battle.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin replaced the rupee symbol with a Tamil script in the state budget amidst a controversy over 'Hindi imposition.' The rupee symbol was originally designed by ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has dropped the Indian rupee symbol (₹) from the state budget 2025-26, and replaced it with Tamil letter ‘Ru’ from ‘Rubai’, which means Rupees in Tamil.

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 ...