Some female protesters were injured after the police charged them when they tried to approach a key federal government building near the India Gate monument in the heart of the capital on Saturday.
Television footage showed several hundred
protesters shouting, "We want justice", as police struggled to stop the crowd from smashing flower pots and other symbols of the capital's beautification drive.
They include more police night patrols, checks on bus drivers and their assistants and the banning of buses with tinted windows or curtains.
A silent march was also organised in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad on Saturday.
In the northeastern state of Assam, hundreds of women and girls marched through the city of Guwahati, carrying placards and shouting "Hang Rapists" and "Stop Violence Against Women".
On Friday, hundreds of students and activists blockaded roads in New Delhi and marched to the president's palace, breaking through police barricades, despite the use of water cannons, to demand better safety across the country.
Last week's case - covered intensively by TV news networks - provoked uproar in parliament earlier this week, prompting the authorities to announce measures to make the capital safer for women.
These include increased policing and fast-tracking court hearings for rape.
Police say the woman was attacked with an iron rod after being raped.
The public verbal and physical sexual harassment of women, known as "Eve-teasing", is routine in New Delhi, which has come to be known as India's "rape capital".
New Delhi, home to about 16 million people, has the highest number of sex crimes among India's cities.
Police figures show rape is reported on average every 18 hours and some other form of sexual attack every 14 hours in the capital.
Five of the suspects were arrested soon after the crime and a sixth was caught on Friday, the Press Trust of India reported.
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