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

Andhra Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan criticised Tamil Nadu politicians for opposing Hindi while 'wanting money ...

Nadu replaces ₹ with ‘ரூ’ in budget material, sparking controversy. Rupee symbol creator Udaya Kumar reacts as BJP slams ...

D Udaya Kumar is the mastermind behind the Indian rupee symbol, which was adopted in 2010. What's fascinating is that Kumar, ...

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu will present the state's Budget for 2025-26 today, marking the DMK ...

The change of the worldwide recognised ₹ symbol to the Tamil Nadu language has created a massive political controversy.

This marks the first time a state has rejected the national currency symbol, taking its resistance to the NEP to a new level ...

Chennai: Professor D. Udaya Kumar, the IIT Guwahati academic who designed the official ₹ (rupee) symbol, has distanced ...

Mr Kumar's design was chosen from 3,000 entries submitted nationwide, and he received an award of Rs 2.5 lakh. The symbol is ...

His creation, which incorporates elements from the Devanagari 'Ra' and the Roman 'R,' was officially adopted as the national currency symbol in 2010 under the Manmohan Singh-led government ...

The ruling party replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with the Tamil letter for the same in its 2025-26 budget logo, triggering criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kumar said he has no ...