SharePoint 2010 list with paging or XSLT dataview

I am newbie in SharePoint 2010 but have experience in ASP.NET (C#) development. I am currently in a middle of designing the homepage of my intranet portal which will have following webparts.

1. INDUCTIONS (new employees announcments from HR department)
2. NEWS
3. EVENTS
4. BULLETIN BOARD

All the above webparts on HOMEPAGE will be a view based on the Sharepoint LIST managed by their department stake holders like INDUCTIONS LIST on HR page where HR will enter new employees on appointments and INDUCTIONS webpart on homepage will reflect the change. News list will be handled by some other department etc in the similar manner.

I am thinking of building an interface where a webpart will have list with Paging functionality like NEXT, PREVIOUS buttons and on click of any item it will show the particular item in a MODAL POPUP window.

To come up with the similar functionality should I go for

1. Visual Web Part using Visual Studio 2010 and use GridView with buttons.

— OR —

1. XSLT I mean create DataView using SharePoint 2010 designer.

Please guide me so I achieve my desired results with ease.

Thanks