kouliga You may check now
1) Had added this in custom.css file created following documentation here
body#disable-ico .article-aside{display:none;}
The specific css rule has been appended for page class suffix for body tag for homepage so wont affect other pages
You may also wished to view this documentation for disabling such options, if not needed as these options set to show had been creating extra whitespace
2) Kindly view screenshot as I had removed the highlighted extra <p>..</p> tags which were creating the spacing.