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Patiala, December 5
To spread awareness about AIDS among adolescents, the World AIDS Day was celebrated today. the science department of DAV Public School, Bhupindra road, Patiala, organised various activities like multi-media presentation and poster-making competition for class IX and X students .

A team of doctors headed by Dr Veenu Tuli held an interaction with the students. —TNS

Ambala, December 5
The Ambala Lawn Tennis Association organised the ALTA District Festival Championship at Mind Tree School, Ambala City, today. 80 players from 14 students participated in the event. The matches Under-8 category were held on round robin league system. 

Manas Gandhi of Chaman Vatika International School bagged the gold medal in the competition. The winners were honoured by Principal Sudha Mathur and the officials of the tennis association. — OC

Chandigarh, December 5
A week after the UT police busted a gang from West Bengal, which was involved in over 100 incidents of robbery and snatching across the country, the Ambala police got the custody of the robbers today.

The gang of six members was taken to Ambala Cantt under transit remand by the Ambala police.

The Ambala Cantt police had demanded transit remand for investigating the Rs 5 lakh snatching case, in which the gang was involved.

The incident had taken place at the Ambala Cantt Railway Station.

The police said accused Rajiv Gawala along with Awinash Gawala, Jimmy Gawala, Munu Gawala, Rohit Gawala and Sujit Gawala was planning dacoity in Guvava Garden at Makhan Majra.

The police added that the miscreants were also planning a dacoity at State Bank of Patiala Daria village.

They have committed over 500 thefts in trains and are also suspected of killing Amarjeet Singh, owner of the Sham Fashion Mall.

Chandigarh, December 5
Second seed Nandini Sharma, after losing two match points in the second set made a comeback and defeated Harsimran Kaur, during the St Stephen's AITA Tennis Championship Series , being held at the CLTA and the Lake Sports Complex today. Harsimran managed to win the second set in a tie-breaker but in the final set Nandini, who was trailing by 0-3, took the lead of 5-3 and won the final set by 6-4.

On other hand, top seed Prinkle and Bhavya moved into the semifinals. Prinkle defeated Taru Ahluwalia by 4-2 and 4-1 to secure a berth in the semifinals . Bhavya Wadhawan beat Bani Singh in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 in the girls (U-16) category.

In the boys (U-16) category, top seed Paramveer Bajwa faced some resistance from Nihit Rawal . He lost the fist set by 6-7 but came back strongly to win the next two sets by 6-1 and 6-1. In the boys (U-12) category, top seed Sacchit Sharma defeated Abhimanyu Rozra by 4-1, 4-0 while Rishabh Sharda overcame MS Karthik by 5-4 and 4-1. Rishabh will face Sahishnu Sharma in the final after the latter defeated Himanshu Mor in a tie-breaker by 7-3.

Results:

Boys (U-12) singles quarterfinals- Sacchit Sharma bt Abhimanyu Rozra 4-1, 4-0; Amit Beniwal bt Yuvraj Singh 4-0, 4-5; Sahishnu Sharma bt Himanshu Mor 4-2, 2-4, 7-3; Rishabh Sharda bt MS Karthik 5-4 (4), 4-1; girls(U-12) singles quarterfinals-Prinkle Singh bt Taru Ahluwalia 4-2, 4-1; Chetna Kumari bt Simran Pritam 4-0, 5-4 (3); Shreya Gulia bt Harleen Kaur 4-0, 4-2; Sarah Dev bt Alisha Menon 4-0, 4-0; boys (U-16) singles quarterfinal - Paramveer Bajwa bt Nihit Rawal 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1; Vikas Singh bt Vikrant Dahiya 7-5, 6-4; Param Pun bt Mritunjay Badola 7-6 (3), 6-2; Shrey Gupta bt Sumitpal Singh 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; girls (U-16) singles quarterfinals- Bhawya Wadhawan bt Bani Singh 6-3, 6-1; Simranjeet Kaur bt Prinkle Singh 7-5, 6-2; Aarushi Kakkar bt Nimrat Walia 6-1, 6-2; Nandini Sharma bt Harsimran Kaur 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-4; boys (U-16) doubles semifinal- Shrey Gupta and Vikrant Dahiya bt Rahul Seth and Eklavya Singh 1-4, 5-3, 7-5; Vikas Berwal and Rohit Kumar bt Vikas Singh and Sumit Pal Singh 3-5, 4-2, 8-6; girls (U-16) doubles semifinal-Bani Singh and Simarjeet Kaur bt Bhawya Wadhwan and Gayatri Kumariah 4-2, 0-4, 7-5; Prinkle Singh and Aarushi Kakkar bt Charvi Saxena and Saumya Saxena 4-0, 4-2.

Chandigarh, December 5
In the first match of the 6th RF Saupin Football Trophy , Saupin's School defeated Mount Carmel by 1-0 while in the second match of the day, Saupin's School, Mohali, defeated Ryan International by 2-0. 

In another match, Sacred Heart registered an outright win over Chitkara by 2-0 while Carmel Convent School played a goal less draw with Government Model School, Sector 22.