Gandhi on Wednesday met the family of the nine-year-old girl and asserted that he is with them on the path to justice and "will not back down even an inch".
The apex court, which dealt with the submission advanced by Kumar's counsel that the former MP be allowed to undergo treatment at a private hospital at his own cost, observed that he cannot be treated as a 'super VIP patient'.
"Sorry. We are not inclined. Dismissed," a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said.
Robbed ornaments worth over Rs 50 lakh has also been recovered from the possession of the accused who was arrested from Madhya Pradesh, officials said.
Senior advocate Vikas Singh, representing Kumar, said that his client be granted bail as if something happens to him in jail then his life imprisonment would become death penalty for him.
A case of COVID-19 had been reported from the building situated in 'theke wali gali' on April 18, prompting authorities to timely seal it. This helped in containing the spread of coronavirus in the area. The administration will conduct tests of people residing in the building on Sunday again.
The first plane -- Air India's jumbo B747 aircraft carrying 211 students, 110 working professionals and three minors-- reached Delhi around 7.30 am and another flight of the airline would leave the national capital for the Chinese city in the afternoon.
The hunt for the remaining two accused persons is on, Additional DCP (southwest) Ingit Pratap Singh said. Police said there was no political angle behind the incident.
The minor girl was allegedly raped by one Ranjeet, who works as a guard and resides in the ground floor of the same building as the victim.
He also said that there were around 620 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis in the city, but there is a shortage of Amphotericin-B injections used in its treatment.
The accused fled from the spot and his family is absconding.
According to Delhi Police data, 2,043 cases of rapes were registered last year as compared to 2,059 cases the year before that and 2,065 cases in 2016.
Independent member of Legislative Assembly Bharat Singh was shot at on Saturday morning in southwest Delhi by "four-five" unknown attackers with police suspecting it to be a case of personal rivalry.
The family of nine, Mukesh, his parents, wife and five children, the youngest less than a year old, set out from their 'home' under a flyover in Palam in southwest Delhi on the long walk to their village. While he pushed the cycle, the others walked alongside, some holding bags, others unwieldy bundles on their heads, some barefeet as they walked on the hot tarred road under a scorching sun and others wearing flimsy footwear.
Jaipur Golden Hospital said it has over 200 patients and they had only half-an-hour of oxygen was left at 10:45 am.
Kumar, 73, surrendered before a trial court on December 31, 2018 to serve his sentence in accordance with the Delhi high court's December 17 judgment, which convicted and sent him to prison for the "remainder of his natural life".
The protesters, including AAP MLAs and newly appointed Delhi convener Gopal Rai, alleged that the manipulation of electronic voting machines was killing democracy.
A 16-year-old boy was allegedly thrashed by a group of boys, stripped naked and subjected to unnatural sex in southwest Delhi's Inderpuri area. The incident took place on Monday, but it was reported to the police yesterday, following which four persons have been arrested, a police official said.
Union minister Babul Supriyo was on Friday injured when the motorcycle he was driving hit a SUV near southwest Delhi's Subroto Park area.
The firing took place in the Jaipur Polo Ground across the road from Dr Singh's house around 3 pm, police said.
Seven persons, including 3 children, were crushed to death and two injured after a speeding truck ran over them on a footpath, where they were sleeping, in southwest Delhi early Monday morning.
A few months back, a Delhi University student was abducted from Dhaula Kuan area and gang-raped in a moving car.
The Indian finance ministry has sought the help of forensic experts in major locations to detect and handle explosives and radioactive material in metal scrap.
Mahipal Singh, accused of raping a 16-year-old girl with seven of his friends was arrested in New Delhi on Saturday.
Delhi Police Sub-Inspector Sanjay Gupta was the investigating officer in the CBSE Pre-Medical Test question paper leak case.
The girl told police that she was coming back home when he had lured her to the bus, in which his friends were waiting, by promising her a job.
Abdul Karim, a resident of Mendhar in Poonch, was suspected to be trying to set up a base for the outfit in the capital
The girl's mother alleged that her daughter was "inappropriately touched" by a classmate.
The trial court declined the plea of Kumar's lawyer that he be sent to high-security Tihar Jail.
Anil Pehelwan alias Leela, who was one of the three most wanted criminals of Delhi and had a cash reward of Rs 2 lakh on his arrest, has been arrested by the Crime Branch following a brief encounter.
The 3,000-strong force, plus its highly trained dog squad, is responsible solely for the protection of one person: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi.
The mystery over incidents of chopping of braids in Delhi and other states continued as more such cases were reported.
Police seized 100 fake notes of old Rs 500 denomination from Burhanuddin, who first claimed to be a Mumbai resident.
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